Example sentences of "to be a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted it to be a surprise for you , and I 'm only telling you in advance in case — in case you should think it might have been me . " |
| 2 | Practical problems , such as the lack of exporting systems and expertise in the East will , however , continue to be a difficulty for some time to come . |
| 3 | It seemed to be a triumph for international cooperation and reason . |
| 4 | Whereas Kazakhstan was already thought to be a springboard for additional territorial acquisitions , Siberia , as yet , was not . |
| 5 | It was going to be a present for herself , a comfort after the bad things she had endured . |
| 6 | In 1927 he joined the Portland Cement Company , who denied him car-racing rights but went on to be a sponsor for Golden Arrow . |
| 7 | I shall draw from studies of nineteenth-century medicine which show how the Female was defined in certain ways , and I shall look at early psychoanalytic theory in the light of this , to show how the demands of female desire continue to be a problem for modern culture . |
| 8 | What constitute the elements of a structure , its units , never seems to be a problem for the structuralists because they are taken as an empirical property of the medium of signification ( the text ) . |
| 9 | This used to be a problem for many people as a result of the Earnings Rule . |
| 10 | So that 's going to be a problem for Nottingham Forest who threatened towards the end of that first half to get back into this game one down remember . |
| 11 | Watching her , Ross asked smoothly , ‘ Is it going to be a problem for you , staying away from London for more than a few days ? ’ |
| 12 | He said : ‘ In the past , Gwynedd communities may have perceived HIV and Aids to be a problem for others , for large urban populations or overseas communities . |
| 13 | Finding someone willing to give up time just to listen seems to be a problem for many people . |
| 14 | Kapil Dev has , naturally enough , had to do much of his bowling in India , a country whose pitches were always reckoned to be a graveyard for fast bowlers . |
| 15 | It was also to be a station for the motor-car age , situated on ample land with large car-parks . |
| 16 | Moses permitted divorce because of the human realities involved , for it was meant to be a protection for the woman against the possibility of physically aggressive acts from the husband . |
| 17 | But the over-riding problem was really to ensure that there would continue to be a School for boys to progress from . |
| 18 | In terms of both sharing the problem , and sharing the solution , there is likely to be a case for the establishment , in secondary schools at any rate , of consultative committees — with governor and parent representation - on curriculum and resources . |
| 19 | From the upper echelons this seems to be a case for rationalisation but from below it seems that their raison d'être is being removed with the closure of schools , bus services , etc . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , there would appear to be a case for each authority to provide an annual report in the same way as local authorities . |
| 21 | We 've gone away from the days of systems imposed by the data processing department , this is going to be a system for the users . ’ |
| 22 | but er at the end of the day there has to be a purpose for it so unless you , you , you put it into action , then you , if you just read , then you 're in danger of having a bigger judgment than somebody that was ignorant |
| 23 | There 's going to be a competition for the best alternative verse I think . |
| 24 | It was here that he made his name , carrying out the first really ambitious operation of its kind in the country , which was to be a blueprint for his ‘ Great Design ’ for the Fens . |
| 25 | A bizarre example of what appears to be a Tit for Tat arrangement in nature was discovered by Eric Fischer in a hermaphrodite fish , the sea bass . |
| 26 | Almost random ; there seemed to be a preference for early morning . |
| 27 | She says it is going to be a struggle for her because it is quite a severe leg injury but she 's determined and what we 're looking at now is very good recovery so thpat should continue . |
| 28 | The letter says be good to your god , be good to yourself , and try to be a support for us |
| 29 | There seems to be a memory for elaborate patterns and sequences which takes a long time to develop . |
| 30 | While Bourdieu 's self-deprecatory claims to priesthood and orthodoxy turn out to be a cover for a very avant-garde sociology of culture . |