Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 Similarly , the discussion of fermentation and metabolism is not for the unwary — eg the suggestion that the low selectivity of P(HB3) conversion from butyric acid in alcaligenes is mainly due to concomitant polyphosphate formation .
2 In that case the police searched under warrant the defendant 's home for stolen jewellery .
3 Half an hour 's detention listening to Ol' Blue Eyes is enough for most of them .
4 Dynafit has gone to the Swiss boot company Raichle and Kastle is currently for sale .
5 He has said repeatedly that the club is not for sale .
6 So the search is on for an acceptable new arrangement for increased French involvement in the military affairs of the alliance .
7 Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub .
8 Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain .
9 So the search is on for a more durable , ‘ horizontal ’ resistance to a variety of races of a pest .
10 Once more the search is on for the woman with the most beautiful hair — could it be you ?
11 Search is on for ‘ soap opera ’ star
12 Right , the search is on for the person in the team who told me that Larry Adler 's birthday was today , and not February the tenth .
13 With Horton and his assistant David Moss gone … the search is on for a new management team … what happens now … that 's what managing director Keith Cox has got to decide
14 With Horton and his assistant David Moss gone … the search is on for a new management team … what happens now … that 's what managing director Keith Cox has got to decide
15 The search is on for a Conservative candidate to succeed the black barrister involved in a race row at the last general election .
16 He has now been accepted for a transplant operation at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the search is on for a suitable bone marrow donor .
17 The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North .
18 The search is on for Darlington 's young sports winner for 1992 .
19 THE search is on for a dog fit for a queen and the auditions are to be held in Darlington .
20 The search is on for value for money , real or perceived , and food producers , processors and retailers at home and abroad are all after a share of your food pound .
21 Nigel Lawson 's tax cuts will , it seems , be defended to the last ( though the International Monetary Fund is reportedly applying pressure in that regard ) and the search is on for cutbacks in the social side of public spending .
22 THE search is on for someone to fill a top training post .
23 ‘ I 'll just phone the Nobel Prize Committee and tell them their search is over for another year . ’
24 The weekly return in Table 1 illustrates the Bank 's assets and liabilities : the division between the Issue Department and Banking Department is largely for historic reasons and has no real economic significance .
25 What future is there for Paddy Ashdown ?
26 ‘ What future is there for Maureen in this situation ?
27 Yeah , I know but all this tape 's not for me .
28 Francis , flanked by secretary Graham Mackrell , who was waving the fax above his head , said : ‘ I did n't even refer the offer to my chairman because I have a mandate that David is not for sale .
29 Stock Car racing in the United States is not for " bangers ' as in the United Kingdom , but is for high-powered production cars like Ford Thunderbirds and Chevrolet Monte Carlos .
30 Veneration of the images is therefore for the devout Hindu worship of Brahman .
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