Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men do not share support with child care simply because so few of them are responsible for the care of children , and so on . |
| 2 | I am keen for the Bill to cover estuaries , in view of my experience with private Bills over the years . |
| 3 | As far as Kuwait is concerned we 'd like to see our country free again and this gives us the type of hope we have been wanting for the past six months , and I am sure for the people inside Kuwait — because I was there for about three weeks prior to the after the invasion I was there and I had to escape that country . |
| 4 | I am sad for the suffering of the Iraqi people . |
| 5 | Finally , the Churchill patience snapped and , peering over his glasses at the hapless Opposition MP , he retorted : ‘ I am grateful for the opportunity to remind the Honourable Member for Dewsbury what a dirty dog does to a paling . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I am grateful for the support given to me by the London Fire Brigade and I would also like to thank the Fire Brigades Union . ’ |
| 7 | I am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman 's question . |
| 8 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's kind personal comment and for his continuing support over many years for the policy of integrated education . |
| 9 | As for work experience , I am grateful for the reminder . |
| 10 | I am grateful for the Minister 's reply . |
| 11 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's opening comments , but not very grateful for his latter comments . |
| 12 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's first remark . |
| 13 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support . |
| 14 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support which I take to be absolutely unequivocal support for the Trident programme . |
| 15 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's words about Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 16 | I am grateful for the constructive way in which my hon. Friend is addressing the problem . |
| 17 | I am grateful for the progress indicated in that reply . |
| 18 | I am grateful for the hon. and learned Gentleman 's support in respect of the fourth Trident boat . |
| 19 | I am grateful for the Minister 's reply and I know that she will have been as horrified as the rest of us by the images and the conflict that was reported from Somalia last weekend . |
| 20 | I am grateful for the opportunity to put the record straight on this matter . |
| 21 | I am grateful for the opportunity to make a brief contribution to the early stages of what will probably be the longest general election campaign in modern times . |
| 22 | I am grateful for the opportunity to enlighten the hon. Gentleman , and I thank him for his question . |
| 23 | I am grateful for the opportunity to raise the case of the late Mr. Andrew Docherty . |
| 24 | I am grateful for the opportunity to make a few points about the environment . |
| 25 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support . |
| 26 | I am grateful for the opportunity to put the Government 's views on the matter , but underlying all that I have said is a fundamental conviction that the education system , not social security benefits , should provide for the maintenance of students . |
| 27 | I am grateful for the intervention by my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon ( Mr. McWilliam ) , but I realise that the Minister responsible now wishes to intervene . |
| 28 | I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion for the Adjournment of the House in order to raise a matter that is causing me great concern — the number of cases in my constituency of considerable financial hardship being experienced by full-time and part-time students . |
| 29 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support for Mr. Norman Warner , whose appointment will be widely welcomed by those who know him as an independent-minded and good man . |
| 30 | I am grateful for the opportunity that we have been afforded by my hon. Friend the Member for Eccles ( Miss Lestor ) to debate an extremely important subject . |