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

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Since wages and prices tend to be ‘ sticky ’ in the downward direction , the only way that the price mechanism can work and give the appropriate signals is for the prices of different goods and services to rise at different rates .
2 The most frequent plea we hear from readers is for a no-fuss dinner-party menu .
3 The usual practice in most offices is for a post-clerk or secretary to open all the incoming mail and to place it in the in-tray of the appropriate recipient .
4 One of their main demands is for a greater say in policy-making and legislation governing Northern Ireland .
5 If loss of amenities is for the rest of the plaintiff 's life the court will need to take into account in assessing damages his age and his expectation of life .
6 One of her designs is for a lady 's version of the Norfolk jacket , which has been worn by Prince Charles on Sandringham shoots .
7 The normal rule in such circumstances is for the convictions to be set aside : ‘ no reasonable jury who had applied their mind properly to the facts in the case could have arrived at the conclusion , and once one assumes that they are an unreasonable jury , or they could not have reasonably come to the conclusion , then the convictions can not stand . ’
8 Quite why food and diet have become of such interest in recent years is for the social historian to discuss , but there is no doubt about the present popularity of culinary herbs .
9 Thus , the Manpower Services Commission ( MSC ) stated in 1985 that ‘ the best assumption for planning purposes is for a continuing high level of unemployment throughout the period ( 1985–89 ) and for a level of long-term unemployment remaining at around the one million mark . ’
10 One of their biggest fears is for the loss making Cotswold Line which has eleven rural stations between Oxford and Worcester .
11 Our only real protection from these problems is for the horse trainer or handler to cure the anxiety before the problems develop — to banish fears in the horse , not to make them .
12 All that is needed to disrupt this state of affairs is for a ‘ seed ’ to be planted .
13 A central requirement in the Regulations is for a risk assessment in order to help the employer decide what health and safety measures are needed .
14 Erm I 've got a Mercury account at home and I 've got it set up so that after the Mercury number you type in a user code , and one of my user codes is for the business .
15 The hon. Lady has failed to understand that the ring-fenced money held by the regions is for the trusts or directly managed units .
16 An alternative method for dealing with vector elements of different lengths is for an increment value of one always to be used , but for the modifier field to be suitably manipulated when an element is accessed .
17 Perhaps the most appropriate mechanism for safeguarding both the patient 's and the doctor 's interests is for the hospital to document the circumstances fully in the notes , and to have the patient 's competence assessed in cases of doubt by a qualified person not otherwise concerned in the case .
18 The decision on whether to lay down guideline sentences is for the Lord Chief Justice , the deputy chief justice and others in the Appeal Court , not for me .
19 Yeah we 're going to stay with his mums 's for a few days sh sh
20 Prescriptives is for the contemporary woman who demands the same high standards from her beauty products as she expects from her wardrobe .
21 The association had also identified very clearly in its submissions to the Labour Court that , whereas its long term aspirations were encapsulated in the original claim , the immediate requirement for our Bank Assistant members is for a real and reasonable increase in pay to meet the urgent needs of today .
22 Their average earnings have stayed at two-thirds of men 's for the past decade , with employers segregating the sexes in job grades , said the commission .
23 The other primary typification used by Easton 's section police is for the purpose of categorizing the abnormal .
24 A petition can only be presented in respect of a debt if ( s 267(2) ) : ( i ) the amount of the debt or the aggregate of the debts is equal to or exceeds the bankruptcy level ( defined in 5267(4) as £750 but subject to change by the Secretary of State ) , ( ii ) the debt of each of the debts is for a liquidated sum payable either immediately or at some future time and is unsecured , ( iii ) the debtor appears unable to pay or to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay the debt or debts , and ( iv ) there is no outstanding application to set aside a statutory demand served under s 268 ( see section 4 ( c ) below ) .
25 What the programmer wants in many cases is for the result of the operation to replace one of the operands .
26 One of Boutros-Ghali 's most important proposals is for a strengthening of preventive diplomacy , particularly through the Chapter VI peaceful dispute revolution mechanisms of the Charter .
27 One of their proposals is for the appointment of up to three bishops as ‘ provincial visitors ’ , outside the traditional structure of diocesan bishops .
28 It would be noted that in fact one of these plans is for a 20-bed unit consisting of 2 10-bed sections .
29 The way to eradicate threadworms is for the whole family ( apart , possibly , from pregnant mums ) to take de-worming treatment , either an over-the-counter medication or the rather more effective prescribed preparation from your doctor .
30 ‘ If a judgment requires , before it can be made , the existence of some facts then , although the evaluation of those facts is for the Secretary of State alone , the court must inquire whether those facts exist , and have been taken into account , whether the judgment has been made upon a proper self-direction as to those facts , whether the judgment has not been made upon other facts which ought not to have been taken into account .
  Next page