Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] is [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll just phone the Nobel Prize Committee and tell them their search is over for another year . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Their pride is not for each other , it 's for themselves . |
| 3 | His or her motivation is usually for strategic gain of their organization , the corporation , or the individual . |
| 4 | PESC does not embody detailed analysis of policy operations ; its purpose is primarily for macroeconomic planning . |
| 5 | His professionalism is there for all to see , all the time . |
| 6 | ‘ God , ’ Vincent groaned , ‘ what hope is there for any of us ! ’ |
| 7 | If these upper- and middle-class criminals are also pathological , then what hope is there for any of us ! |
| 8 | Whither now , at sixty-five , with an agent who sends me postcards from abroad as conscience sops , but never telephones because what work is there for such a one as I ( or is it me ) ? |
| 9 | And what music is there for waterlogged fields ? |
| 10 | ‘ This is n't the first time in the past two years he 's stalked out of our house in a jealous rage , swearing that this time our relationship is over for good . ’ |
| 11 | We 'll show him we 're happy , and comfortable , and safe , and we 'll pretend our happiness is enough for all four of us . |
| 12 | Your will is only for those which you ca n't get rid of because you ca n't get rid of everything . |
| 13 | The House does not have to take my word for it , because the action taken to deliver our commitments is there for all to see in the report . |