Example sentences of "they [be] for [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 Similarly , young emerging leaves and shoots that have not yet developed a tough skin are easier for fungus spores to penetrate as they are for sucking and biting insects , and this is why the first signs of mildew especially are always to be found on such tissue .
2 ‘ Our kits are marketed as much for leisurewear as they are for wearing on the terraces .
3 It is doubtful whether either of these distinctions would bear scrutiny on the broader canvas of moral and social philosophy : the moral thrust of Caldwell is that people are often just as much to blame for failing to think as they are for thinking about their actions and its consequences , and this very argument was applied to rape in the paragraphs above .
4 This trait is not restricted to one variety of style , for we can observe it both in passage [ 3 ] ( " though ( of course ) an undeniably fine infant " ; remorseless twins they are for striding through their human forests , notching as they go " ) ; and in passage [ 7 ] ( " as is not unusual in men of transparent simplicity " ) .
5 They are for estimating purposes only and should be assumed to have an accuracy no greater than + 25% .
6 They are for fighting .
7 His group are not for listening , they 're for telling people .
8 They 're for playing .
9 They 're for playing in .
10 They 're for growing in pots .
11 Although EEC policy is necessarily uniform for the Community as a whole , member governments are responsible for applying it in ways which are relevant to local problems , just as they were for identifying boundaries of their Less Favoured Areas in the first place .
12 They were , they were for grabbing stuff out for and stone cold general cargo , anything .
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