Example sentences of "[is] for [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What a laugh , Modern English merit respect even if it 's for their sheer determination and sense of humour . |
| 2 | They are also closely associated with University College Cork , which makes it particularly pleasant to welcome them to Queen 's for their first visit . |
| 3 | ‘ Nobody wants to exterminate them but it 's for their own good . |
| 4 | it 's for her good |
| 5 | it 's for her own good mind Betty . |
| 6 | that 's for your personal development and er |
| 7 | ‘ It 's for your new room , ’ said his Mum . |
| 8 | It 's for your own good , Nicholson . ’ |
| 9 | It 's for your own sake , because the o if the oil gets underneath the skin it can irritate your skin . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's for your own good , Harold ! ’ |
| 11 | fix your diary , a lot of you were n't here last week , oh by the way P C is er coming along with a film , it broke down the other week , you all enjoyed the talk so I do hope you come along to see the film , it only takes about twenty minutes and it 's on er security , you know , it 's for your own benefit |
| 12 | It 's for your own benefit because |
| 13 | That 's for your whole head . |
| 14 | It 's for our new one again you see so I rolled the front seat down put my brief case on the front seat so he says , where 's your van then mate ? |
| 15 | ‘ It 's for his own good , ’ Dann put in . |
| 16 | It 's for my own peace of mind . ’ |
| 17 | I 'll put a I 'll put a circle round the no and there that 's for my own benefit . |
| 18 | All that remains is for their critical application to be supported by imaginative funding . |
| 19 | And also I think , which is very strong and I think it does come out in , in the Chinese Communist Party , is the lust of power which can be even more dangerous when you convince yourself I 'll do all you lot good but I can make you all members of the Communist Party , whether you want to be or not does n't really matter , you know , it 's gon na be for the good of the country so you fall in with this trap of assuming that you want is for their good so it 's sort of a , a dangerous thing . |
| 20 | Gushing statements to the young person about how this is for their own good , or ‘ this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you ’ ( attitudes which are still prevalent ) are quite unhelpful , virtually damaging in fact . |
| 21 | ‘ This is for her own safety , as much as anything else . |
| 22 | My passion is for its numerous Romanesque churches , in most cases humbly proportioned but elevated into unique works of art by the richness of their exquisitely-sculpted decoration ; to go to Poitou/Saintonge and not look at any of its churches would be like going to an African game reserve and ignoring the animals . |
| 23 | And , naturally a leather suite is as notable for its longlasting looks as it is for its enduring comfort . |
| 24 | But if motherhood is for them some sort of liberation , it is n't in the image of the " liberated lady " stereotype , Cosmo girl , sexy , single , childless and employed . |
| 25 | I once spent a whole rehearsal on the Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann , which is for me one of the most tragic things in opera . |
| 26 | The Sixth is for me one of the greatest symphonies — and so seldom played in the past ! |
| 27 | that 's hard job to find out what to do it is for me any rate |
| 28 | A landscape without a mountain background is for me incomplete . |
| 29 | People will nevertheless say that the desire is for nothing more than alcohol . |
| 30 | His respect for other faiths is as strong as it is for his own faith . |