Example sentences of "this is [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If in Holy Scripture there are found some injunctions forbidding the infliction of some cruelty towards brute animals … this is either for removing a man 's mind from exercising cruelty towards other men … or because the injury inflicted on animals turns to a temporal loss for some man … |
| 2 | This is both for the purposes of common courtesy but also as it may have an important bearing on the way he discharges his own continuing professional responsibilities . |
| 3 | This is both for practical reasons and as a matter of public policy . |
| 4 | This is generally for a set sum , over an agreed period , during which you sill pay back the capital and the interest : the rate of interest is fixed at the time you take out the loan , so your monthly repayments never change . |
| 5 | If Veblen 's book continues to be read this is partly for its unconscious humour but partly for the comfort , however misplaced , which it offers to those still mesmerized by egalitarian ideas . |
| 6 | Elsewhere prisoners have restored a range of vintage farm machinery … this is strictly for show … but the prison horse is kept busy carrying hay.Leyhill earns its keep by providing food for jails throughout the south west … these glasshouses produce eight tons of tomatoes a week.Plants for displays at other prisons are also propagated under glass , together with the half a million bedding plants for use at Leyhill and elsewhere . |
| 7 | This is not for want of official concern by education commissions , curriculum projects and national ministries . |
| 8 | This is not for us less honourable than administration : indeed it is more exacting for it is simple to give orders , but |
| 9 | This is not for us fishkeepers , so it is fortunate that no persuasion is required to adapt to my typical menu , of beefheart , lancefish , mussels , feeder shrimps , worms and just about any other meat-based food . |
| 10 | ‘ Listen , Jack , this is not for us … ’ |
| 11 | By this stage a few will have decided that this is not for them . |
| 12 | Her own refrain went : This is not for me . |
| 13 | that their all goody goody and then later on you think , this is not for me |
| 14 | This is not for er any sort of This i I 'm doing this talk here for erm Stanley 's daughter who 's at er college , and she likes to hear the sound of my voice when I 'm sober . |
| 15 | I must state this is not for the fur . |
| 16 | ‘ This is not for the Mamur Zapt . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ This is not for your stone . |
| 18 | This is just for the trade , still all very much in the air , ’ she warned , ‘ and not the trade at large . |
| 19 | ‘ You do n't think this is just for him , do you ? ’ |
| 20 | Although this is just for fun , lets keep it realistic , I cant see them swapping Wright or Ruddock for example . |
| 21 | I happen to like Hamman … but I think this is just for publicity or severe delusions of grandeur . |
| 22 | Oh I see this is just for different names of the different in-house companies |
| 23 | this is just for your test when they ask you |
| 24 | No , this is this is just for changing the stations . |
| 25 | Sorry forgive me , this is the whole point , this is just for your information what has happened in the past , we 're now looking at , looking for a new |
| 26 | This is just for the courtyard and these shrubs and things |
| 27 | This is n't for any covert reason , it just happens that most of the BBC 's committee rooms are down there ! |
| 28 | This is n't for you , the world is n't for you ’ . ’ |
| 29 | So if you feel at some stage that er this is n't for me then one of the things that we regularly hear is I wish I 'd done this course ten years ago . |
| 30 | ‘ This is n't for research , as such , ’ she told him as they moved along the rows of apparatus . |