Example sentences of "be [noun] for many " in BNC.

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1 However , we did not have the very high rates on many goods such as television sets , which are described as luxury goods but are essentials for many people — rates which we inherited and which I understand that the Labour party would consider again .
2 Unexpected overtime , low wages and complicated antisocial hours are features for many care assistants .
3 Alternatives would be offered in the curriculum plan but there would also be opportunity for many other alternatives hopefully designed at teachers ' workshops .
4 There are charges for many local authority services , some of which are means tested , including residential care .
5 He and I have been friends for many years , so it may have helped that I was there to give him some confidence in the project .
6 The state testing programmes in the USA have been described in a survey by the Educational Testing Service ( 1973 ) , which reported that , although there were plans for many states to test a wide range of curriculum areas ( such as human relationships ) , few had developed the test technology sufficiently actually to carry out testing .
7 Fred 's younger brother Sid also became a marine and both were bandsmen for many years !
8 There had been complaints for many years from the canal 's users , fed up with waiting in long queues at one end for the procession of boats to clear from the other ; like sitting at traffic lights that never change to green .
9 The experience of the early Christian community in Jerusalem in sharing their worldly goods is evidence for many of the material communism which is implicit in the Great Commandment ‘ Love your neighbour as yourself ’ .
10 It is fine for many of us , given the privileged lives that we lead ; it is hell for many of our citizens and we owe them a great deal more urgency than is provided by this useful but inadequate measure .
11 It is time for many such ideas to be amalgamated into a fresh overview of prehistory ; time for them to be applied holistically .
12 There is time for many cultural evolutionary events in each generation .
13 ‘ This is reward for many years of hard work , for all the perseverance and the lonely nights , ’ he said as he sat on the terrace of the clubhouse revelling in the atmosphere and attention of a successful first round .
14 By the time I arrived at B.P. there was need for many more of those whom Peter Calvocoressi calls the Indians , and the net had been cast wider to trawl the less élite from universities other than Oxford and Cambridge .
15 Nevertheless , the stringent regimen that was normality for many — even in a lavish burg — was staggering back towards normal .
16 He worked in the Post House Wynd store , now Starling and Godfrey , ever since and was manager for many years .
17 Despite her love of exercise , her health had been poor since her early adulthood and she was bedridden for many years .
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