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

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1 The present procedure when a judge is about to pass a life sentence for murder is for him to invite defending counsel to make submissions on what advice the judge should give to the Secretary of State on the appropriate tariff .
2 The only real hope for MAC is for Rupert Murdoch and the new BSkyB service to give ( or be forced by the ITC to give ) a long-term commitment on making all their PAL transmissions from Astra simultaneously available in MAC from Marcopolo .
3 There were a recipe in for Queen 's for Queen Mother 's birthday cake .
4 This is er a condemnation of the jailing and threat of jailing of pensioner 's for pay failing to pay the Poll Tax .
5 We had a phone call erm a year or two ago Mrs did a lot of work on this with petition 's and so on about the costs of pensioner 's for animal treatment , because the P D S A no longer operates in Harlow and the nearest one I think is Edmonton , which makes it impossible .
6 The standard UK period of protection is for the life of the author and fifty years .
7 Second , the only way of avoiding this presumption of responsibility is for the defendant to prove either ( a ) that the driving , accident or damage occurred before he took the car , or ( b ) that he was neither in , on or near the vehicle when that driving , accident or damage occurred .
8 This process of interaction is for Marx and Engels both a source of conceptualization and also of a sort of natural religion , at least in the earlier stages of evolution .
9 However such a distinction can be a narrow one especially since some limitation clauses are effectively exclusion clauses where , for example , the limitation of liability is for a trivial sum .
10 Finally the Master/Slave VME T9000 board , built on top of Chorus is for use as a VME controller .
11 Finally the Master/Slave VME T9000 board , built on top of Chorus is for use as a VME controller .
12 The only course of action is for the doctor to make every effort possible to save the life of the child concerned , whether the parents approve or not .
13 I must admit this town short of cafe 's for reason .
14 The usual method of incorporation is for the exemption terms to be set out in printed conditions which are commonly attached to or referred to in the auction catalogue and copies of which are usually displayed on the premises .
15 Some 35pc of Carpetright is for sale , of which 10pc is being reserved for employees and directors .
16 Some 35% of Carpetright is for sale , of which 10% is being reserved for employees and directors .
17 His gift of salvation is for the whole world , it 's available , God willeth not the death of the sinner , but that all should come to repent .
18 Although the ultimate goal of rehabilitation is for the patient to be able to walk and function independently , not all patients can be expected to recover fully .
19 A well-documented response to the threat of take-over is for the company to increase its capitalisation by itself becoming a predator or otherwise absorbing additional businesses to enable it to obtain the relative security that comes with increased size .
20 ‘ I bet Ross 's idea of compromise is for you to do what he wants !
21 The alternative mode of procedure is for the court to make an order under Order 39 , rule 1 of the Rules of the Supreme Court for the issue of a letter of request to the judicial authorities of the country in which the proposed witness is , asking that they take , or cause to be taken , the evidence of that person .
22 The initial term of appointment is for one year from approximately July/August 1990 to June/July 1991 ; an extension of two to three years is envisaged , depending on the renewal of external funding .
23 Another type of use is for Sales and Marketing , which is expected to grow considerably in the future .
24 European Commission spokesman Chris North says that the intention of legislation is for aircraft to be transferred between the civil aircraft registers of EC states without additional work , but that this will apply only to new aircraft , type-certificated under JARs .
25 The possible existence of a remedy in the law of restitution is for consideration later , but assuming there is not one , relief by way of judicial review would in my opinion be available .
26 Charlie 's personal idea of bliss is for a long-haired client to walk in an allow him to create one of his more advanced shapes , but he would never impose his styles on an unwilling customer .
27 As the phrase implies the contract of employment is for a fixed term e.g 1 year , 2 years etc .
28 If the er nas we know what the national figure of growth is for next year .
29 But however important the possession of oil is for a country , oil exporters such as Nigeria , Mexico and Egypt demonstrate that oil alone is no guarantee of general prosperity .
30 The one real contra-indication to the use of humour is for campaigns which are to be used internationally .
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