Example sentences of "to [be] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Approaching the fabliaux with a mind prepared to find moral instruction in the texts , however unpromising they might superficially seem to be for such interpretation , is something that we can reconstruct as an authentic medieval mode of reading — " " All that is written is written for our doctrine " " as St Paul has it — although there is little direct evidence for the application of such literary theory to vernacular literature as well as the classics before the fourteenth century , and even then the extent of such application is difficult to assess . |
| 2 | This was the time that Farnborough was the place to be for many reasons . |
| 3 | Living by faith in the story of the Incarnation turns out to be for these writers a totally absorbing game , the playing of which is a self-validating exercise that releases human creative energies to the full and extends the play of divine wisdom before the face of God . |
| 4 | I think there has always got to be for any executive — and for any employee for that matter — new challenges , new frontiers to keep them enthused . |
| 5 | Well I have to say that much of the impact of this story depends upon your being able to see and think of Boy as beautiful , admirable and even adorable in the true senses of those difficult and dangerous but nonetheless precious and necessary words ; I suggest therefore that you amend my descriptions of Boy and his lover — but I anticipate myself , that was not to be for several weeks yet ; that ‘ Great Romance of Our Times ’ , as it became known amongst us , had not yet begun , its theme tune had not yet been composed on Gary 's piano , its scenario was not yet subject of our daily gossip and speculation , we were not yet auditioning for a place in the credits — The Friend , The Admirer , Blonde Man in Bar , Second Guest at Dinner Party . |
| 6 | He widened the faculty from being Anglican to being for all denominations . |