Example sentences of "be [noun] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been concerns for some time that IBM Corp was fast running out of cash — the UK subsidiary was reportedly ordered to factor its receivables by its parent at the end of last year after it ran out of cash for its operations , hardly a cheap way of borrowing for a blue chip company , and the Reuter report that it and IBM Credit Corp are seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market ( see page seven ) , seems to confirm it ; at least one source told the news wire that IBM is trying to keep the arrangement very quiet , presumably to avoid generating more alarm than there already is about progress of its business . |
| 2 | ( It is probable that the majority of idioms began their lives as metaphors ; and synchronically , transitional cases , which are idioms for some and metaphors for others , are not uncommon . |
| 3 | Whether in fact there are disadvantages for some men , whether in fact it 's very unusual for women to be the primary bread winner , when the man becomes the primary bread winner then the man holds the economic power . |
| 4 | Must be torture for some people . |
| 5 | While C2 Certificate holders would normally proceed directly into employment , there should , however , be opportunities for some students to acquire credits allowing them eventually to obtain a C1 Certificate . |
| 6 | There may also be possibilities for some kind of diagrammatic representation of selected information . |
| 7 | The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do . |
| 8 | The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do . |
| 9 | There may be charges for some or all of these services , depending on your income , but it is certainly worth asking about what may be available . |
| 10 | After that it will be time for some home improvements , but not necessarily the DIY kind . |
| 11 | They 'd been friends for some time when I first knew them but I did n't realise how long . |
| 12 | They have worked together and have been friends for some time . |
| 13 | The princes had not been mentioned and she assumed it to have been instructions for some special task commissioned privately by the new constable . |
| 14 | They 'd been lovers for some time , apparently . |
| 15 | Its 1979 census population of about 162,000 was 75.9 per cent Armenian and only 22.9 per cent Azerbaijani , and there had been pressure for some years for its transfer back to Armenia and for a greater degree of autonomy for its predominantly Christian people . |
| 16 | Carbon monoxide has no smell and if your appliance has n't been services for some time you may now be in danger . |
| 17 | Within this compulsory allocation , there is room for some autonomous decision-making by individual schools . |
| 18 | Sewing is relaxation for some , purgatory for others . |
| 19 | Some of the objects on show are clearly and satisfyingly ‘ fake ’ , in the sense that their sole intention is deception for some form of gain . |
| 20 | There is evidence for some cereal cultivation between 1700–1100 B.P. , the time of colonisation of the Hebrides by Scots and Picts . |
| 21 | There is evidence for some geological activity on Venus , and though it is unlikely that Plate Tectonics ever got going this conclusion is not yet beyond doubt . |
| 22 | Holidays change over once a fortnight , except in May and June when there 's space for some one week holidays . |
| 23 | And then again I think it is escapism for some of them to get pregnant where there 's so much unemployment , it 's something of their own to be proud about . |
| 24 | If characters who have the ability to speak either prose or verse have been talking prose among themselves , or if the medium is prose for some other reason , the entry of a person of rank or status can be the signal for the move to the higher level . |
| 25 | It is time for some changes . ’ |
| 26 | It is time for some original thinking on cutting the cost of the National health Service . |
| 27 | It is time for some good old fashioned courage in the face of the gunmen , the bombers , the propagandists and the sympathisers at home and abroad . |
| 28 | Included in the arrangement was provision for some joint training . |
| 29 | Later Macmillan was reputed to have defended his decision in a sentence which is likely to be authentic because it has the Macmillan ring : ‘ I thought we had had enough of Martha and it was time for some Mary. , |
| 30 | But now it was time for some wheeling and dealing . |