Example sentences of "this [noun] be for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work in this field was for many years hampered by a lack of techniques sufficiently sensitive to detect changes in the solutions under study and by a rigid and over-simplified view of the nature of solutions . |
| 2 | Critics of Guerreiro 's dismissal , however , stated that this decision was for foreign consumption , and pointed out that it was Collor himself who had delayed the boundary decision by six months in order to give FUNAI more time to study the region . |
| 3 | But this monitoring was for many students inconsistent with their future leading roles in Chinese industry , commerce and society in general . |
| 4 | This action was for wrongful dismissal but the same principle applies in a claim for damages for personal injury . |
| 5 | This chapter is for those who may need to make decisions about equipping a teaching institution with video recording hardware . |
| 6 | And this figure is for each cell , not all the cells of a body put together . |
| 7 | The two parts of this figure are for different values of the Prandtl number . |
| 8 | The partial answer to this dilemma was for most of Laura 's exotic ideas to be available in a special , higher priced ‘ Decorator Collection ’ . |
| 9 | Available straight or with honey , this vinegar is for general cooking and dressings for salads , including apples . |
| 10 | Paddlers who normally carry a throwbag in a buoyancy aid back pocket will continue to do so but this holster is for those who do not have back pockets in their buoyancy aids or , indeed , bank support members not wearing buoyancy aids at all . |
| 11 | This cake is for those with a sense of the macabre , or a love for the old Hammer Horror films . |
| 12 | ‘ THIS is an ideas battle … not every one of these things can be distilled into politics — you know , who 's for this and who 's for that , and if this person is for this , somebody else has to be for that . |
| 13 | This lot was for 59 coaches to what became 53 , the numbers allocated being 1599–1648 inclusive . |
| 14 | everybody thought that this agency was for runaway dads . |
| 15 | Note that this allowance is for independent monsters which are assumed to be magically bound , trained , or otherwise loyal to your cause . |
| 16 | One solution to this problem is for two or more classes to collaborate on a project . |
| 17 | The object of this activity is for one side to carry a ‘ ball ’ from one end of the assembly hall to the other . |
| 18 | What is lacking at this stage is for some imaginative research laboratory or university department to contact serious UFO researchers and design an experimental study for these UAPs . |
| 19 | This section is for permanent residents ; I brought you here first because if it had got out that you had been here and had n't seen this lot my life would n't have been worth living . |