Example sentences of "[vb base] for is a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must allow that children are small , courageous people who have to deal every day with a multitude of problems , just as we adults do , and that they are unprepared for most things , and what they most yearn for is a bit of truth somewhere . |
| 2 | Rather , what I hope for is a linguistic universe in which people will accept that they must consider the alternatives and then make their own choices , instead of relying so heavily on authority — even some hypothetical feminist authority — to tell them what is acceptable or ‘ correct ’ linguistic usage . |
| 3 | ‘ Essentially what I look for is a star , somebody with great character , , confirms Gatfield. ‘ of course , it is usually the front man , the singer , who needs to have that special appeal . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah having worked in newspapers er for two or three years I n I now know that the er what you look , well I did n't look for cos I was on the business page , what people look for is a good story and it does n't |
| 5 | And the organization I work for is a little like that too . |