Example sentences of "what the [noun] is for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , you could say what it looked like and what was happening and then say , Well I 'm not quite sure what the convention is for writing them |
| 2 | You know what the outlook is for unemployed teachers at the moment . ’ |
| 3 | Could you comment briefly on Addison Wesley and the pattern of the , the major programmes in that business and er , what the outlook is for the current year . |
| 4 | Provided that each state of the system results from the previous state in accordance with known causal laws , its behaviour can be explained and , in principle , predicted without worrying about what the system is for . |
| 5 | ‘ Could you tell me what the cairn is for , on the hill outside town ? ’ |
| 6 | You have n't got one y know , quite cheap just mats that they they ah I 've got forgotten what the word is for it they make the mouse improves the performance of the mouse see |
| 7 | Which kind of input is best depends on what the perceptron is for . |
| 8 | So on his next few field trips to Mexico he searched this area properly to find out just what the range is for this species . |
| 9 | I do n't intend to discuss the housing , whether seven hundred acres , sorry seven l land for seven hundred houses is owned by the City of York , that 's not part of our case one way or the other , but we have offered you a distribution of the Greater York provision figure between the districts , because from Barton Willmore 's very extensive experience of participation in local plan work up and down the country , I think we share the view that er City of York have , that Ryedale have , my colleagues to the left and right on this side of the table have , that there does need to be a distribution , otherwise there will be at best confusion as to whether local plans comply with the structure plan , and at worst a game of of pass the parcel and everybody will be conforming , but nobody will actually be possibly meeting the figures , and that is the situation that I do n't think anybody would wish to see as a result of er the outcome of of alteration number three , I mean I do n't know how the County Council would would really be able to say whether they thought a local plan conformed to the structure plan , without knowing what that distribution was , perhaps in some bottom draw manner which is not now the approved way of going about these things , so that I think there does need to be a distribution for the proper planning of York , and before coming on to our to explain our figures a little bit , I should also say , perhaps in in response to remarks Mr Thomas made earlier on about the general character of the York area and the need to protect that , that that course is precisely what the greenbelt is for , and what it does , it is n't necessary to extend that concept across the whole of the vale of York , and therefore to seek to er discount migration outside the greenbelt . |
| 10 | So I do n't what the excuse is for moving from Road . |
| 11 | What the debt is for and the date it was incurred . |
| 12 | ‘ I am sure your friends will be eager to help — once you explain to them what the money is for . |
| 13 | And that 's what the gradient is for any X along here . |
| 14 | Personally I feel they are being a bit bureaucratic for Mark is , a genuine teenager and that 's what the championship is for , but what can you do ? ’ |
| 15 | A staff meeting is held to clarify what the plan is for and to outline the procedures to be adopted . |
| 16 | The consultant needs to see the relatives as well as the patient and take time to explain what the treatment is for , what its effects are and about the side-effects . |
| 17 | Normally , if a horse acts aggressively towards us we let it know quite clearly that such behaviour is unacceptable , and punish it appropriately and immediately , so that there is no doubt in the horse 's mind what the punishment is for . |
| 18 | I think from that report there was a there was a requirement or request that perhaps the theatre should actually have a public meeting to talk about which way the theatre was going what things were going on at the theatre and that 's what the meeting is for this evening . |
| 19 | It 's open to the public yes , and we 'd like to have as wider range of views , we 're all open-minded at the moment because we need to be informed , and this is what the meeting is for . |
| 20 | That is now what the department is for . ’ |
| 21 | I suppose you may say : ‘ Why should I be more green ’ ? and what I say to that is : ‘ I do n't know what the reason is for you but I do know that for me it 's about showing compassion for the planet we live on and trying to hand on as much beauty and good-will as we possibly can to future generations ; while improving our own quality of life . |
| 22 | I do n't know what the one , the the there 's usually a theme for every one world week each year and I do n't know what the theme is for this year . |
| 23 | This is what we look at in terms of er target of erm the er wallets we 're going to print and that is determined , not quite sure what the measurement is for estate agent it 's something to er to do combination of the number of peop er number of mailings they 've done in the last er twelve months and also the number of houses they have on their their books . |