Example sentences of "be [adv] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be so for some cultures where the taboos of the kind mentioned by Freud exist , but it can not account for all the taboos and rites surrounding the dead in cultures where the dead are seen as more friendly . |
| 2 | It would thus be only for those films with generally low levels of subjective risk or few moving objects that subjects actually looked at the fixed information even in the recognition phase and were thus able to be biased by it . |
| 3 | It was true , but Wycliffe remembered Emily Pascoe 's words : ‘ … delicate ; you could see she would n't be long for this world . ’ |
| 4 | A reliable little bird tells this column that Frank may not be long for this world either . |
| 5 | But it will be enough for many people that the Poll Tax will cost her the next general election . |
| 6 | Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound . |
| 7 | The worksheets themselves are organized into Notebooks which contain 257 pages each ( which should be enough for most mortals ) . |
| 8 | Just the achievement of finishing a triathlon , let alone managing to win one , would be enough for most athletes , but not this one . |
| 9 | That would be enough for most people , but in October South Africa play nine matches in France and follow that with four matches in England . |
| 10 | But the five free 16-bit slots should be enough for most people . |
| 11 | All this , you might think , would be enough for any playwright but , with reckless abandon , Shadwell keeps flinging further ingredients into his rich comic stew . |
| 12 | In general the court should exercise its discretion to set aside a statutory demand if , but only if , it would not be just for those consequences to apply in the circumstances . |
| 13 | We know that er stress er does cause exacerbation of other illnesses and er people can be away for that sort of reason . |
| 14 | In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days . |
| 15 | The only thing that we do , and we 've always done it without Neighbourhood Watch , we always make a point of telling one another when we 're gon na be away for any period of time . |
| 16 | Would be away for some weeks . |
| 17 | Father will be away for some time , and I 'm very worried . ’ |
| 18 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't pay John any bigger compliment — to be underground for that length of time . |
| 20 | A 48″ × 15″ × 12″ aquarium was to be home for these fish . |
| 21 | It may be preferably for any payments to be payable to the purchaser and to be stated to be adjustments to the purchase price . |
| 22 | Thanks to the new guidelines , it 's likely they 'll still be here for many centuries to come . |
| 23 | ’ He could be here for any number of reasons … ’ |
| 24 | She gave me her apologies earlier for being unable to be here for this stage of the debate . |
| 25 | Oh you 're not going to be here for this joke so I , I said oh got ta let him down . |
| 26 | ‘ We will be here for some time . |
| 27 | I shall be here for some time . |
| 28 | ‘ I shall be here for some time . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ My men will be here for some time yet , and I 'll leave someone here on duty all night . |
| 30 | I shall be here for some time — I have to make detailed drawings and take photographs . |