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

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1 Schluchsee is a paradise for water lovers .
2 Thanks to his curriculum , Brown is a paradise for airheads and idlers .
3 Opened 20 years ago , the Pembrokeshire Coast Path is a paradise for walkers , bird watchers and nature lovers .
4 Featuring guest rapper Rakim , ‘ Contribution ’ itself is a plea for unity echoed later in ‘ Take Me Away ’ ( a bright song with a sad lyric ) and ‘ Who Can We Blame ’ .
5 Featuring guest rapper Rakim , ‘ Contribution ’ itself is a plea for unity echoed later in ‘ Take Me Away ’ ( a bright song with a sad lyric ) and ‘ Who Can We Blame ’ .
6 It is a plea for consistency .
7 It is a yearning for Palestine which permeates the whole refugee community and is most ardently espoused by the younger refugees , for whom home exists only in the imagination .
8 At the heart of attempts by firms in Britain to introduce modern technology is a battle for control of the shopfloor between management and factory worker .
9 What ought to remain is a technique for learning , and a grasp of intellectual principles that may be applied and reapplied in different circumstances .
10 This is a drink for people with real taste .
11 Houston has a huge Mexican-American population , and programming works like Frida is a must for Gockley at a time when ‘ multiculturalism ’ is very much the buzz word on this side of the Atlantic .
12 A first win at home is a must for Steve Coppell 's boys against Nottingham Forest , the only team below them in the Premier Division who have yet to win away .
13 Arum italicum " Pictum " with its marbled arrowhead leaves , is a must for winter and spring cutting .
14 This book is a must for students of Welsh culture and architecture .
15 The author makes extensive use of Wedgwood 's letters and memoranda and the book is a must for collectors of Wedgwood ware .
16 The Black & Decker Workmate is a must for diy-ers .
17 If a writer has produced a song he or she thinks is a must for Cliff Richard , a major publisher is most likely to get that song where it needs to be in order to interest Cliff .
18 The museum 's weirdest exhibit , hailed in its time as a ‘ Marvel of the age ’ and a ‘ Wonderful freak of nature ’ , is a must for children and can be found just along the corridor .
19 These questions express the second misconception concerning doubt — the idea that doubt is a problem for faith but not for knowledge .
20 In so far as meaning is a problem for semiotics it is not a question of discovering ‘ hidden meanings ’ but one of the structure of signifiers that communicate a meaning accepted by participants .
21 This , for example , is a problem for tyre manufacturers .
22 That is a problem for time , experience , and the experiments of many Universities to solve .
23 Furthermore , I think there is a problem for Christians today in thinking in terms of this non-gendered cosmic Christ which forms the key to her Christology ( and I am sure I should have thought this at the time when I counted myself a Christian ) .
24 So it is a problem for readers to know where to put them .
25 But it is a problem for feminists if dictionaries include sexist definitions and examples , if they refuse to include feminist terms or define them in contentious ways .
26 This is a problem for plants because they already have fewer daylight hours in which to manufacture their food , and can not grow at all if the temperature falls below 6 degrees Celsius .
27 Results from the APU have demonstrated that decimal place value is a problem for pupils who are average or above average attainers .
28 The performers are making the most of the opportunity and hope that the critics agree that this dance group is a blueprint for success for many years to come .
29 The formal political framework facilitates an adversary relationship among political parties , but the underlying reality is a quest for compromise .
30 16.2 Reading is much more than the decoding of black marks upon a page : it is a quest for meaning and one which requires the reader to be an active participant .
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