Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is all to play for and the pride we have in our long , unbeaten run , will make us fight every inch of the way to keep it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I still have some very good friends who play for the club and although their record speaks for itself , it 's all to play for . ’ |
| 3 | Worldwide recession is obviously to blame for poorer attendance , as is unwillingness on the part of dealers to exhibit major pieces when clients are hesitant about buying . |
| 4 | The environment working group of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) is finally to meet for the first time — 20 years after it was first constituted . |
| 5 | Ruthless cuts are being made to Canada 's railway system and the last whistle is soon to blow for the country 's most famous train , The Canadian . |
| 6 | It is shortly to apply for planning permission to extend the pits . |
| 7 | Two events are to be held to raise funds for HACK which is shortly to apply for charity registration . |
| 8 | So the reason I put Jasper Carrott up here is just to think for a moment , here 's somebody who 's obviously a really effective and great communicator . |
| 9 | Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances . |
| 10 | The immediate remedy is usually to petition for winding up in the public interest , so that a provisional liquidator ( the Official Receiver ) can be appointed , halting the company 's activities . |
| 11 | The Labour team , he added , would not be relaxing their efforts : ‘ Everything is still to play for but we are confident that we can win . ’ |
| 12 | The Labour team , he added , would not be relaxing their efforts : ‘ Everything is still to play for but we are confident that we can win . ’ |
| 13 | What is much more important is deliberately to look for alternatives even when the present answer or proposal seems highly satisfactory . |
| 14 | The report 's author , Sir Ieuan Maddock , a former chief scientist at the Department of Industry , says the Ministry of Defence is partly to blame for this stagnation in ‘ technology transfer ’ . |
| 15 | Recent studies by the authority have shown that partially treated sewage going into the River Severn from the plant uses up valuable oxygen and is partly to blame for the death of some fish . |
| 16 | The Commission is also to push for sanctions against the manufacture , sale and use of illegal growth promoters . |
| 17 | SCARBOROUGH : Extensive work is underway to prepare for a big launch of a scheme to convert the former Odeon cinema into a theatre . |
| 18 | Gordon Chapman is here to interpret for the deaf . |
| 19 | Gordon Chapman is here to interpret for the deaf . |
| 20 | Karen Fraser is here to interpret for the deaf . |
| 21 | Karen Fraser is here to interpret for the deaf . |
| 22 | Gordon Chapman 's here to interpret for the deaf . |
| 23 | The best advice I can give you is simply to go for unfair dismissal on the basis that you 've got two managers who do exactly the same job , there 's no need for you to go on site , there are other drivers that could get you there , therefore it 's not necessary to finish your job simply because you 've lost your licence . |
| 24 | What the bloody hell is there to apologise for ? |
| 25 | Kingsley says he 's not sure whether the hunger is there to win for the second year . |
| 26 | From Hume 's standpoint , it is of course precisely this tendency to mistake succession for identity that is chiefly to blame for the metaphysical doctrine of substance as an enduring and unanalysable substratum behind the observable changes . |
| 27 | He 's yet to score for Swindon and its rumoured his future with the club looks shaky . |