Example sentences of "that [noun sg] be for " in BNC.

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1 She interrupts the pleasures of cultural hedonism , gives the lie that progress is for all and for ever , and introduces suffering into personal relationships .
2 Mum said that bit was for Sergeant Joe . ’
3 Truth is not a defence , unless the defendant can convince a jury that publication is for the public benefit .
4 He had been brought up to believe that marriage was for ever .
5 The main thrust of all the writings was to show that Bonapartism was for France the natural system of government and that it had been so since the Revolution .
6 Basil was a true advocate of the view that Art was for all people .
7 We are spurred on by advertising images that fun is for the young and fit .
8 If one believes that education is for all children and must be regarded as in many ways the great equalizer , it is hard to accept the proposition that education in morality and religion should be left to parents whose fulfilment of this obligation will be far from equal .
9 She says that girls think that science is for boys .
10 At first sight this degree of fluidity in the Japanese labour market sits uneasily with the presumption that employment is for life because this would make wages a quasi-fixed cost .
11 The only spontaneous applause during the day was for Sir Christopher Booth , who said : ‘ The colleges ought to realise that accreditation is for NHS consultants working alone and that a quite different form of accreditation is needed for research academics working in teams . ’
12 It does seem rather odd to say that death is for the good of the person involved .
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