Example sentences of "it [be] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reflected the view of my constituents when he said that crime and how to reduce it are matters for the Government . |
| 2 | And will it be curtains for Coombs in Swindon ? |
| 3 | Could it be wedding-bells for you soon ? ’ |
| 4 | Would it be grounds for denying access ? |
| 5 | and my Lord er in relation to this judgment er you 've got the courts setting out the principal at page er one stroke five , forty , paragraph fourteen of the judgment that 's the principal of suspension and it 's then got it 's conditions for suspension on the next page , paragraph twenty two |
| 6 | ‘ I have a horrible feeling that UM is about to reorganise world-wide planning operations and , if that happens , it 's curtains for the European organisation and for me . ’ |
| 7 | And it 's curtains for you and me . |
| 8 | Not only do you have to keep an eye out for hidden switches to help you get across treacherous terrain but , hardest of all , you have a time limit to complete the game — exactly 60 minutes — or it 's curtains for the Prince . |
| 9 | If those Labour voters work out that ‘ culture of co-operation ’ means they ought to vote tactically for the Liberal Democrats — and they do seem to have worked it out at Newbury last week — it 's curtains for yours truly . ’ |
| 10 | And it 's horses for courses , it 's secure . |
| 11 | I could perhaps mention titles only : technology , choice of technology and the link with the again the unemployment problem ; fields like rural development planning and erm the associated questions of rural industrialization of the balance between town and country , of migration from the country to the town and it 's implications for both country and town . |
| 12 | He is one of the finest hairdressers we have and there is nothing he ca n't do with hair ; whether it 's chignons for Princess Alexandra , wigs for Cher of shoots for vogue . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's cats for drowning , Donald . |
| 14 | A recent national survey by a leading High Street chain store showed that when it comes to Merseystyle , it 's pinstripes for the day and the ‘ tarty ’ look at night . |
| 15 | A recent national survey by a leading High Street chain store showed that when it comes to female Merseystyle , it 's pinstripes for the day and the ‘ tarty ’ look at night . |
| 16 | Prost rules — but it 's pits for Hill ! |
| 17 | I think the most important thing about community arts is that it 's arts for the community , and invariably one is not approaching it in the same way as one would market , say , a show at the Theatre Royal for instance . |
| 18 | It is horses for courses . |
| 19 | These three vices are universally regarded as so detrimental to a horse , and so incurable , that if one is detected in a horse soon after it has been sold at a reputable horse auction , it is grounds for its sale to be cancelled . |
| 20 | But as Bill celebrated it was curtains for George and Barbara Bush … from West Derby . |
| 21 | No , it was clothes for the living as far as I was concerned . |
| 22 | No it was n't just eggs though it was erm like salads and there was steak , you could have one meal a day , right , but it was eggs for your breakfast , eggs for your dinner , your lunch |
| 23 | And then it was thanks for the drinks and time to get back as another gang of wallies was booked in for one o'clock . |