Example sentences of "it be an [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , and finally , might it be an idea for a political writer to do the interview ? |
| 2 | It 's an honour for us to have it here in Gloucester . |
| 3 | It 's an inspiration for their creative talents . |
| 4 | and it 's an ordeal for a young child |
| 5 | It was so much the sort of remark one could only make to a girl friend , but Rupert took it very nicely and said with only slightly forced heartiness , ‘ Jolly good , and it 's an excuse for me to have a better meal than usual , too . |
| 6 | you know , below the shadow of both the next two properties , we shall , we shall , you know , just have a brick wall , and if they they just shifted the garage to one end and as far as I 'm concerned it 's an excuse for them to put up the power , that is , |
| 7 | It 's an N for me when it goes back . |
| 8 | It 's an eyesore for the whole of the village |
| 9 | It says it 's an offence for anyone to be carrying an offensive weapon . |
| 10 | Jan Aage says it 's an education for him and he 's got top learn how to play with the boys |
| 11 | It 's an opportunity for the company to become efficient at the same time , to have new life injected into it , to bring on and develop talented younger people who might otherwise become stifled and consequently up and go . |
| 12 | So it 's an opportunity for the factories to promote their own activities within whatever they regard as the school catchment area . |
| 13 | It 's an opportunity for the passengers to meet members of the crew . |
| 14 | The important thing though is that invited to the lunch are the top literary agents in London and therefore it 's an opportunity for these aspiring writers to meet top literary agents and of course , we 've got the biggest publisher in the U K there — Collins , and so it 's , what the awards all about entree ; giving access and extending a helping hand to twelve aspiring writers every year and giving them the most terrific flying start . |
| 15 | And it 's an opportunity for her and me to say a couple of words to us , and for us certainly to thank her very much for her service . |
| 16 | It 's an ad for Tennents lager , I think . |
| 17 | If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients . |
| 18 | Erm , again it 's an option for them to have if need be . |
| 19 | It 's an embarrassment for people to come in and catch cold and think it 's your mattresses that 's done it . |
| 20 | It 's an advert for Malcolm . |
| 21 | It 's an advert for that film called Malcolm |
| 22 | It 's an alibi for Aldrich all right , but not really one for Stratton , is it ? ’ |
| 23 | It 's an anthology for today . |
| 24 | Yet , considering the sordid life to which the modern underclass is committed , and especially when their life is compared with that of the contented majority , it is an occasion for wonder that the discontent and its more violent and aggressive manifestations are not greater than they are . |
| 25 | It is an opportunity for you to develop and demonstrate your skill in identifying , carrying out , and writing up a discrete piece of research , using the academic concepts , the theoretical insights and the practical abilities acquired on your course . |
| 26 | It is an opportunity for the field man to educate people into what they can and can not discharge into the river , and it contributes to a network of relationships which creates a means of learning about pollutions shortly after they occur . |
| 27 | Rather it is an opportunity for them to contribute positively to the educational , social and personal support which many pupils do need but often do not receive . |
| 28 | It is an issue for anyone who cares for the sanctity of human life . |
| 29 | It is an offence for a shopkeeper to sell solvent based products to anyone under the age of 18 , if they know , or have reasonable cause to believe , that the products are to be abused , and not used for their normal purpose . |
| 30 | And it is an offence for a man to commit gross indecency with another man : this offence usually concerns mutual masturbation or oral sex between two males ( there is no equivalent offence between females ) . |