Example sentences of "but it [is] for " in BNC.

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1 Come here to see me if you will ; mother asks you , and I want you , but it is for you to come or not as you feel best , or as you like .
2 Inside there is more marble , — the marbled floor is very good — but it is for its art that the interior is famous .
3 But it is for you already , any fool can see you 're in no shape to continue .
4 The changes of the 1990s pose an urgent challenge for the whole personnel function in planning for recruitment and retention , pay flexibility and increased employee expectations , but it is for management development specialists , within the wider personnel function , constantly to remind task-driven managers of Metzger 's words , quoted by Glascott , ‘ people breathe life into programmes ’ ( Glascott , 1990 ) .
5 Towards the end of his time with us , Peter began to develop a midfield role in the craftier confines of Division Two , but it is for his goalscoring exploits that Palace fans chiefly remember him .
6 But it is for the mother to decide whether she has pain relief .
7 But it is for his gift of sympathy and understanding for the teachers who worked with him which far exceeded his obligation that I shall largely remember him .
8 I know it seems a little bit i idealistic , do n't know what the word is I want but it is for warning
9 The specimen may be of blood or urine , but it is for me to decide which .
10 Little beechwood board looks like a butter pat , but it is for chopping garlic .
11 ‘ Call it a wedding gift , ’ he advised harshly , ‘ but it is for you alone , not a thing to share with your future husband .
12 higher than this year , but it is for Derbyshire to decide its level of spending and priorities between services .
13 Local education authorities have considerable flexibility to provide additional assistance to small primary schools , through the small school protection factor , but it is for each authority to devise its own scheme and to choose its priorities within that scheme in the light of local needs .
14 In England , no such evidence has come forward , but it is for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland to decide whether he is convinced by the evidence .
15 Not only were there also one or two very old statutes to which resort could be made , but the common law of conspiracy was generally held to preclude collective actions designed to harm employers ' interests : " it is not the denial to work except for more wages than is allowed by statute , but it is for a conspiracy to raise their wages , for which these defendants are indicted " , concluded a famous judgement against some striking tailors of Cambridge in 1721 .
16 It is not for teachers to tell them what to believe or value , but it is for them to try to equip pupils in such a way that they can enter into the debate and develop a coherent and perceptive worldview for themselves .
17 I do n't know when it 's for , but it is for when , that 's what it 's called , you get a list and it is sort of ante
18 Many different types on the market , but when you actually start to look into them , erm , they reveal a few things , you can see by this one it 's a fairly old one , but it is for for demo purposes only , this is one by Polycell , it 's battery operated in a plastic cases and it 's handy because it 's got a torch but when you actually put the alarm on it goes my gadget 's not working really .
19 ‘ No , no , well yes , she would like to meet you , but it 's for the medicine , ’ said Endill .
20 It 's a glove , but it 's for covering the hand .
21 It 's a stable , but it 's for horses .
22 Now this last one here is called Living the Prayer and it 's like the other quite a few of the others , erm but it 's for you , it 's not for not for us it 's not to be shared .
23 But it 's for the youngs — the youth . ’
24 But it 's for me too — I got such a buzz out of seeing the kids ’ faces at that show .
25 We do have a death penalty , but it 's for the vulnerable , the young , the old and disabled .
26 ‘ Nobody wants to exterminate them but it 's for their own good .
27 ‘ I know it sounds old-hat , but it 's for the children .
28 It 's very little , all I 've managed to save , but it 's for you to use until I come back .
29 Yes yes right I 'll see what I can do by September I should be able to do a fair bit by then Yeah well I say I 've done the doll , that 's for August that 's for the er Beckley fete but it 's for , Friends of Beckley Church and it 's guess the doll 's birth date which as you said as you said it should have two
30 but it 's for playing golf in .
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