Example sentences of "is [pron] [noun sg] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is my cue for showing you how to go from a list to a database and this is done using the /Data , Query , Input command . |
| 2 | One head of department claimed that , ‘ Most of my appraisal is my justification for asking next year for a tremendous increase in my capitation . ’ |
| 3 | She looks a little hot and flustered at the moment , which I 'm afraid is my fault for rushing her down here at very little notice . |
| 4 | America 's besetting sin is its preference for acting alone , writing its own trade laws and using them to break its way into other people 's markets . |
| 5 | A major feature of the Committee " s ( and indeed the Board of Education " s ) automatic correlation of " English " with " Englishness " is its provision for dealing with certain " marginal " cultures . |
| 6 | This is her idea for impressing on the audience how the powerless feel . |
| 7 | However , a consequence of this autonomy is their responsibility for seeing that housework gets done . |
| 8 | One of the more interesting aspects of the use of computers in education is their potential for involving children in problem-solving activities . |
| 9 | Then Messrs. Gwynne 's proposal for equalizing the strain on each inidividual rope by means of connected Hydraulic Rams is most satisfactory , as also is their suggestion for actuating the lift up gates by means of Hydraulic pressure utilising the engine for pumping up the accumulator . |
| 10 | So too is materialism which is their reason for positing it as a rightful successor to idealism as the method for understanding history . |
| 11 | What is their programme for moving ? — and so on . |
| 12 | One physiological process of the leather corals which must be considered when designing an aquarium for them is their mechanism for excreting waste products . |
| 13 | So this is their justification for bringing in the childhood . |
| 14 | A prime example of that desire not merely to improve but to achieve the practical limit is his machine for microwriting . |
| 15 | This is your night for receiving . ’ |
| 16 | " What is your fee for grinding my corn ? " she said to the miller . |
| 17 | ’ What I do have a need for , your Lordship , is your reason for contacting me . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ What is your reason for refusing ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps , then , that is your reason for hurrying back to Milano . ’ |
| 20 | One way of defining the spiritual aspect of ‘ self ’ is to say it is our purpose for living . |
| 21 | Education fund is in there we 've not raised the price but that is our top priority and we believe it 's societies top priority also in our amendment is our idea for extending concessionary bus fares for journeys within the city to those of school age who do not quality for the statutory schemes run by the county . |
| 22 | To the Indonesians , we found out later , one of the quainter of our many vulgarities is our predilection for depositing the contents of our noses in embroidered cloth and carrying it around in our pockets with us . |
| 23 | What is our mechanism for keeping up to date ? |