Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] for the " in BNC.

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1 These accounts are for the period from 15 July 1991 to 30 September 1992 .
2 … The proceedings in the present case are for the direct purpose of handing the appellant over so that he may be dealt with on these charges .
3 The illustrations are for the case when the game is played with the eight neighbouring sites ( the cells corresponding to the chess king 's move ) , and with one 's own site ( which is reasonable if the players are thought of as organized groups occupying territory ) .
4 We need an urgent review , maybe less papers but more information on rights lost and what Labour policies are for the future .
5 All those defences are for the defendant to establish on the balance of probabilities .
6 A few , a tiny few , recognise how unreasonable this attitude is , but the overwhelming majority are for the time being standing firm . ’
7 Most of the meetings are for the purposes of electing Elders and Deacons ; selecting dates for Communion and purging and adding to the roll in preparation ; electing a representative in the Presbytery and Synod ; and acting as a court of discipline .
8 could I ask if i if it is appropriate whether whether Bob could elaborate on on what the proposals are for the Market Hall and .
9 More than half of the 999 calls are for the police and , since crime is rising , Oftel estimates that the current average of 60,000 calls a day will rise to 70,000 by the mid 1990s .
10 Both graphs are for the same individual ; eight birds all gave similar results .
11 Rewards are for the CB , not for stopping behaving badly when asked .
12 It is obvious , argues Cutler , how suitable these characteristics are for the needs of bourgeois society .
13 The system is essentially diagnostic , the remedies are for the librarian to apply .
14 The next steps are for the successful candidates to take .
15 It still seems to me that the acting critics of poesy are for the most part incapable of looking for more than one thing at a time , having got started about 1913 ( I mean a few of ‘ em got started about 1913 and a lot have started since ) to look for a certain plainness and directness of speech and simple order of words ; and having about 1918 got started looking for Mr Eliot 's rather more fragile system ( a system excellent for Mr Eliot but not very much use to any one else ) , they now limit their criticism to inquiring whether or no verse conforms to one or other of these manners , thereby often omitting to notice fundamentals , or qualities as important as verbal directness and even more important than ‘ snap ’ .
16 Of course , the pictures are for the young readers — or are they ?
17 Motion pictures are for the people .
18 The idea behind the Partnership Act is that the internal affairs of the partnership are for the partners to decide .
19 The private schools are for the élite , mostly in urban areas .
20 Tranquillisers are for the control of manic patients . ’
21 Decor and furnishing are for the 1990s styles , insulation is even better than the Mark 3s and passengers with special needs are catered for as , for example , mother and baby facilities and disabled toilets .
22 Decisions taken by management are for the future , and some have a very long ‘ planning horizon ’ — the time between making the decision and seeing the consequences of that decision can be very long .
23 The implicit assumption as to why this should be so is that questions of law are for the ordinary courts .
24 Ramblers are for the most part hybrids of the Japanese species Rosa wichuraiana , or have it somewhere in their not-too-far-distant ancestry .
25 Matters of degree are for the Secretary of State to decide .
26 The important thing to remember is that NVQs are for the individual , are broadly based and non-specific , in five levels , and once accredited the individual , from school leaver upwards , builds up a personal record of achievement which will be recognised by employers across the country .
27 The only way out of this conundrum would be to argue , not only that the contents of the bracket are for the tribunal , but that it can alter these at will , and put any other contents in their place at any time .
28 The following members have been reappointed by the Lord President : Appointments to the Council are for the period until December 1977 .
29 By contrast , the metaphysical question of what the preconditions are for the world 's being accessible to thought was uppermost for Plato and Aristotle .
30 Bear in mind that presentational matters are for the convenience of your reader , who will want to be able to check easily on the materials you have used .
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