Example sentences of "seem to be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more Jane Holt mulled things over in her mind , the less cause there seemed to be for alarm . |
| 2 | The coverage seemed to be for the exclusive benefit of the Tory Party . |
| 3 | During the period between the Fascist ascendancy of 1934 and the collapse of Mosley 's hopes in March 1937 , Joyce 's personal life had undergone a change which seemed to be for the better . |
| 4 | All her concern seemed to be for Terry 's family , especially his mother , and Anne was even more surprised when Sarah refused to go back to the house with her . |
| 5 | Maggie had n't even taken notes , and most of Mitch 's shots seemed to be for pleasure . |
| 6 | It is certainly possible to see in the charter deeds of the denomination ( which is what the Book of Common Prayer seems to be for many ) this vision to reach those outside the church . |
| 7 | But the long-term trend in those areas in which the public interest in regulation ( or possibly politicians ' exposure to public criticism ) is perceived to be greatest , seems to be for both the volume of regulation and the role of government in it to increase . |
| 8 | Under the threat of NT the current mood of the industry seems to be for one requirements body , a consistent set of requirements and one open system . |
| 9 | There nevertheless remain some aspects of the scheme which demonstrate how difficult it seems to be for government to jettison the original ideas of the Beveridge Report ; for example , the Invalid Care Allowance ( ICA ) , which was introduced as recently as 1976 , is not payable to married women on the grounds that they are likely to be at home anyway and hence not in need of compensation for giving up paid work in order to care for a chronically sick person in their household ( Groves and Finch , 1983 ) ; the tax system ( which is not under detailed discussion here ) still assumes that all men need an additional allowance to help pay for the cost of ‘ keeping ’ a wife . |
| 10 | Thinking about these questions produces the conclusions that are the starting point for Hughes 's paper : that the philosopher 's child invariably turns out to be male and that autonomy seems to be for men only . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , the only alternative seems to be for the baby to be looked after by her mother , and she will go and visit in the evenings when her father has gone off to his night work . |
| 12 | Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper . |
| 13 | The answer would seem to be for the purpose of ascertaining the possessor 's intention , and for deciding whether in all the circumstances , racial hatred is likely to be stirred up . |
| 14 | Approaching the fabliaux with a mind prepared to find moral instruction in the texts , however unpromising they might superficially seem to be for such interpretation , is something that we can reconstruct as an authentic medieval mode of reading — " " All that is written is written for our doctrine " " as St Paul has it — although there is little direct evidence for the application of such literary theory to vernacular literature as well as the classics before the fourteenth century , and even then the extent of such application is difficult to assess . |