Example sentences of "[pron] be for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 These media , which are for the present time state-owned , are therefore expected to devote a significant amount of air-time to the running of radio schools and the promotion of mass adult literacy education , as well as the study of other basic subjects .
2 These media , which are for the present time state-owned , are therefore expected to devote a significant amount of air-time to the running of radio schools and the promotion of mass adult literacy education , as well as the study of other basic subjects .
3 A purpose which is for the direct benefit of a particular class of persons ( other than a State institution ) is not charitable , although it results in an indirect benefit to the community .
4 The first two rounds of voting — in north Lebanon and the Bekaa on Aug. 23 , and in Beirut and Mount Lebanon on Aug. 30 — produced some wins for Hezbollah , an Islamic group aligned with Syrian policy-making which was for the first time participating in elections as a parliamentary party .
5 I had the right card , it was the card number five which was for the hot wash as , hot wax as well .
6 Where has she been for the last decade ?
7 That grant is ring fenced , it can only be spent on community care defined elements , it includes the recognition that as well as buying care for people , you are for the first time , er , assessing people 's needs .
8 You 're for the high jump . ’
9 And it 's all about : Who is for the high jump in Rome ?
10 Goram , exceptional throughout his reintroduction to the side , was forced to muddy his tracksuit bottoms in response to the first of Amokachi 's many attacks on the break and the more Rangers pressed forward , the more gaps there were for the Belgian side to exploit from a midfield they dominated .
11 Among the free churches there is no set system of redundancy procedure as there is for the Anglican Church , so that it may be for officials from the local congregation to decide if and how to dispose of vacant church property .
12 But when , after those two years , the valley had almost imperceptibly widened and there was for the first time , not those black enclosing cliffs , but the vista of a normal life , even of happiness , a landscape over which it was possible to believe the sun might shine , she had become unwittingly embroiled in the racial politics of her school .
13 But the Whigs had miscalculated how much sympathy there was for the High Church position .
14 Now , however , having regard to what was learnt by C.N.L. 's counsel whilst sitting in court during the successful appeal , they are for the first time in a position to raise a plea of justification .
15 Whatever I designed would have to take account of circumstances as they are for the hard-pressed teaching population .
16 However , they are for the relative opinion of the reviewing courts , not the tribunal .
17 Mr Smith , whose team are 6–1 outsiders for the Cup , agrees with the bookmakers in rating Liverpool even stronger favourites tonight than they were for the first meeting .
18 The Bioscope very much approved of the description of the movies as ‘ the drama of the masses , and went on to argue that the whole beauty of the movies was that they were for the first time providing amusement , ‘ the greatest factor in the life of.the masses ’ , to ‘ the millions ‘ who had been ‘ passed over for so many years and considered of no account ’ .
19 I 'd assumed without thinking that they were for the straddling dock cranes to run on .
20 It 's for the bigger lady and
21 I ca n't really go into details I 'm afraid , but , yes , it 's for the final push . ’
22 It 's for the first christening .
23 It 's for the back door .
24 right so it 's for the half year sorry , beg your pardon five million half year
25 One should not expect to obtain a detailed contract , but once a commitment is made it is for the long term .
26 For that 's the way it is for the talented twosome .
27 Unemployment is a tragedy for the unemployed in Britain , just as it is for the greater number of unemployed in France and the United States .
28 What utter and unbelievable nonsense it is for the Labour Group to claim that the Conservative Group have sought to exploit the needs of people with disabilities in order to gain political advantage .
29 And one of the most significant changes I wanted to make , and I think we have made was that the , the letting of contracts and the vetting of contracts and so on would be done by our Q Ss , in the same way as it is for the civil work
30 When in due course the investigation process is completed by the issue of a report , it is for the regulating authority to put into effect the safety recommendations the report contains .
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