Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As York finds , workers prefer not to involve their clients in short-term task processes , but this may be for a multitude of reasons other than that of effectiveness : lack of time ( client participation is generally time consuming ) , agency policy and pressure ( paternalism ) , professional socialization and norms , and so on . |
| 2 | This may be for the very simple reason that , just now , nobody envisages a better future ’ . |
| 3 | All this may be for the locals , but in Cologne you 'll find the welcome extended to visitors is as warm as a schnapps downed in one . |
| 4 | However true this may be for the economic development of the United States — and even there such contentious hypotheticals are highly dubious — it certainly can not hold good for European expansion and supremacy in the later nineteenth century . |
| 5 | Erm , you can use ordinary spelling , you probably will use ordinary spelling , or phonetic transcription , this may be for short sections . |
| 6 | It is n't uncommon for a record contract to allow for a royalty increase of I per cent throughout each year of the agreement , and for this to be raised once certain sales figures have been reached ( commonly , this might be for gold and platinum status albums ) . |
| 7 | This might be for disciplinary reasons or for redundancies arising from , perhaps , reduced staffing needs or curricular changes . |
| 8 | Something in all this might be for him . |
| 9 | There are possible complications of a curable cancer and I shall have to be monitored regularly by Charing Cross Hospital ( because moles are so rare it is centralised ) until my hormone levels return to normal ( This could be for up to two years ) . |
| 10 | This could be for many reasons : for example the database does not contain a good example of that particular form of letter , or the character may have been badly written . |
| 11 | This could be for a television documentary about the town or for a town pageant . |
| 12 | Because her sleep was still disturbed and her consequent lack of energy was making her job and domestic chores more difficult , the therapist said he would advise her general practitioner to prescribe a mild hypnotic , but that this would be for a strictly limited period . |
| 13 | This would be for Sharon . |
| 14 | Ron and I thought that the best way to arrange this would be for me to interview the Prince about his uncle , and to tack the result on to the end of the obituary programme . |
| 15 | For 30 per cent this would be for the first time , yet almost half our sample are installing an additional or replacement shower . |
| 16 | The company says that it intends to support the FDDI , Fibre Channel Standard and Parallel Channel Attachment standards but this will be for connecting the SP1 to file servers and hosts rather than speeding up the local network within the chassis . |
| 17 | This can be for periods of one , two , three , six or 12 months or longer if required . |
| 18 | This can be for unexpected circumstances , such as short term domestic crisis . |