Example sentences of "it is [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barley is exceedingly delicate in his treatment of the great Bung Karno , the man who once stated , to wild applause from an audience of Indonesian economists , that ‘ Inflation can be good — as long as it is inflation for the Indonesian revolution ’ . |
| 2 | It is algebra for today 's lesson , my worst topic in maths . |
| 3 | It is idea for use in hall , living and dining room , or study . |
| 4 | If they ca n't it is misery for both borrower and lender . |
| 5 | Therefore it is nonsense for the Opposition to claim that we have done nothing at all about the problems of retraining . |
| 6 | It is nonsense for us to debate such matters in Committee for an hour and a half and then , at the end of the debate , we vote not on the merits of the matter but on whether it has been considered . |
| 7 | It is nonsense for a team to miss out at Wembley after 48 games . |
| 8 | These two changes — instrumentation and electronic treatment — suggest two points immediately : that this is music created in a recording studio using quite complex equipment and recording techniques ( the Beatles had in fact just given up live performance ) ; and that it is music for listening rather than dancing . |
| 9 | It is music for the coach trade , at which only the most high-minded purist is likely to take offence . |
| 10 | The US still wants its verbal support because it is cover for American policy in the Middle East , but that 's all it is . |
| 11 | It is success for the second time for Mr Myers and his long-term business partner Karen Jones . |
| 12 | The Class runs for an hour and it is playtime for the 24 children . |
| 13 | Counsel for the Crown conceded , in our view rightly , that in a case where the prosecution has been completed and the judge thereafter refuses leave to the Crown to discontinue , it is counsel for the prosecution 's duty to remain in the case . |
| 14 | Not a change of nature , I hope , and believe : still , a development as the World calls it , though I can not think it is development for the better . |
| 15 | Kenny does the same , and he relates animal wants to Aristotle 's notion of epithumia , or sensual desire : ‘ It is felt desire , and it is desire for something now , desire which is more or less continuously felt until it is satisfied ( like hunger , sleepiness , thirst ) ’ ( 1975 : 49 ) . |
| 16 | It is value for money . |
| 17 | Yes , it is value for money . |
| 18 | It is need for vision in dim light . |
| 19 | But it is humbug for the Harlequins to make a great song and dance about it — and for Jamie Salmon to imply that the New Zealanders never kick anyone . |
| 20 | It is death for all mutineers in England . |
| 21 | It is cause for a double celebration because the Society is also celebrating its 10th anniversary . |
| 22 | And then again I think it is escapism for some of them to get pregnant where there 's so much unemployment , it 's something of their own to be proud about . |
| 23 | Whilst it is true that the deposit is paid to the original payee because it is security for the performance of contractual obligations assumed throughout the term by the payer and because the payee is the party to whom the contract is entered into , it is , in their Lordships ' view , more realistic to regard the obligation as one entered into with the landlord qua payee rather than qua landlord … |
| 24 | It is tuition for her and helps her to get over a lot of barriers about performing live in front of demanding and sometimes difficult audiences . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It is time for certain philosophers to come and take a hard look at the data which we have collected before they dismiss our models and our philosophical assumptions so glibly . |
| 27 | Arthur Cox 's admiration for John Fashanu is well known , and perhaps it is time for the Maxwell millions to be used to purchase just such a battering Ram . |
| 28 | Most critics ignore the dreariness of our streets , but it is time for the public to demand better |
| 29 | All elections in two-party parliamentary systems are essentially about whether or not it is time for a change . |
| 30 | That match , for ‘ Jacki ’ , is , of course , against England , and he believes it is time for a reversal of recent results between the two countries . |