Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [is] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A petition can only be presented in respect of a debt if ( s 267(2) ) : ( i ) the amount of the debt or the aggregate of the debts is equal to or exceeds the bankruptcy level ( defined in 5267(4) as £750 but subject to change by the Secretary of State ) , ( ii ) the debt of each of the debts is for a liquidated sum payable either immediately or at some future time and is unsecured , ( iii ) the debtor appears unable to pay or to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay the debt or debts , and ( iv ) there is no outstanding application to set aside a statutory demand served under s 268 ( see section 4 ( c ) below ) . |
| 2 | This is because 40 per cent of all the information that is taken in through the eyes is for balance alone . |
| 3 | He would not have disagreed either with the implications about the unfairness of Providence ; we should note that a recurrent prospect in The Lord of the Rings is for Frodo to be taken by Sauron and tormented till he too goes ‘ under the shadow ’ , becomes a petty ‘ wraith ’ himself , worn out by addiction and privation and torture and fear to a state of nothingness like that of ‘ the haggard king ’ of Minas Morgul . |
| 4 | A central requirement in the Regulations is for a risk assessment in order to help the employer decide what health and safety measures are needed . |
| 5 | Megarry J in Spens v IRC ( 1970 ) 46 TC 276 at p285 stated : … where a trustee who receives income from investments holds those investments on trust for a life tenant , each sum received by the trustees is for surtax purposes the income of the life tenant as soon as it is received , for it is forthwith under the life tenant 's control . |
| 6 | The hon. Lady has failed to understand that the ring-fenced money held by the regions is for the trusts or directly managed units . |
| 7 | Included in the recommendations is for a two day training course , costing fifty thousand for two thousand places it 's excellent except we 're told in the report that we ca n't get people on courses however good they is es especially among , er , small companies . |
| 8 | The best way of establishing the facts is for project managers to keep a detailed log of their daily activities on , say , a half-hourly basis , for a week . |
| 9 | Or perhaps none of the shirts is for me … |