Example sentences of "is [adv] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The criterion of legality is enough for many parents , and understandably so : a criminal conviction is a handicap and a label that may stick for life .
2 One ninety-minute cassette gives you forty-five minutes on each side which is enough for most people .
3 In theory at least , the diameters range from 5 to 15mm ( 0.2 to 0.6in ) and lengths are around 2 metres ( 78 in ) which is enough for any kite spar .
4 It is perhaps for that reason that the pensions industry had been able to get away with such arrangements for so long .
5 It is perhaps for these reasons that there is little tangible evidence showing any measurable reduction in loss of fire damage to contents or structures .
6 Indeed , the author of Le débat des hérauts d'armes could state that the French nobility did not regard fighting at sea as being a noble activity : it is perhaps for this reason that naval warfare did not feature in the chronicles in the way that war on land did .
7 It is perhaps for this reason that a Code of Practice was issued by the Secretary of State for the Environment in 1981 which requires that authorities produce a minimum number of specified unit cost statistics .
8 It is perhaps for this reason that the Court of Appeal in Faccenda left open the question as to whether an employee could sell the information which was comprised in the skills acquired in the course of employment which he could not be prevented from using himself .
9 It is probably for this reason that male zebra finches copulate frequently with their partners , even though a single mating is quite sufficient to fertilise all the eggs .
10 It is probably for this reason that Exeter services have not attracted the baleful glare of publicity .
11 The Clouds are of immense importance to astronomers , and it is partly for this reason that many of the great new telescopes are being set up south of the equator , where the Clouds are accessible .
12 It is mainly for these reasons that MLU and the stages identified by Brown have subsequently found such wide accept-ance among academic researchers and practitioners ( see Table 7.1 ) .
13 The money IS there for this sort of defecit though … like any asset you get depreciation so you should nt expect to have a nil balance on ins and outs .
14 Indeed , it is precisely for such reasons that organisations have sought to develop long-term relationships with them .
15 It is precisely for that reason that trust status will be a more successful means of managing the health service .
16 It is precisely for this anonymity that they were selected .
17 Consequently there are no cases in our books which show what the appropriate determinate sentence is specifically for that offence .
18 This is specifically for this kind of file , which is accessed by a machine without reference to either DOS or the BIOS .
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