Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [is] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do some cabinet-making and joinery which produces a small income but most of my work is for the centre . |
| 2 | ‘ My dream is for the joint venture to become one of the major players in Europe , ’ he said . |
| 3 | My job is for the spiritual welfare of the people in my charge . |
| 4 | My purple stripy barrel-bag — it was small , it 'd look as if I was going off to my gran 's for the weekend . |
| 5 | My concern is for the future , not just for ourselves , but for the children in our schools and colleges , and in all centres of education . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to assure you that my concern is for the future happiness of your granddaughter and I will do all within my power to provide the necessary support . ’ |
| 7 | Smoked turkey ( see p11 ) is produced in many countries , but my preference is for the Belgian variety . |
| 8 | My preference is for the LR engine . |
| 9 | So in all other situations , my preference is for the leader to tie into the harness on a separate figure of eight on the bight , adjusted so that any downward load pulls down through the waist and onto the thighs , as in ( Fig. 1b ) . |
| 10 | My preference is for the bigger man yet Andy Robinson has given me more difficult games that any other opponent . |
| 11 | Section 83 stipulates that section 82 does not preclude the disclosure of information in any case in which disclosure is for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Bank to discharge its functions under the Act . |
| 12 | ‘ God 's green earth in all its fullness is for the people ’ he proclaimed , and set about making it possible with characteristic fervour . |
| 13 | To understand why this is so we need to return to the polytrauma theory outlined earlier and see what its significance is for the development of the modern individual . |
| 14 | Such content as it attaches to physical reality is to be interpreted in terms of the experience of an observers its quest is for the harmonisation of such experience . |
| 15 | The extrovert singer , famous for her work with Soul II Soul , is a confirmed hatter , and her taste is for the exotic , never the ordinary . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's at her mother 's for the moment . |
| 17 | If his appointor is for the time being absent from the United Kingdom or temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability his signature to any resolution in writing of the Directors shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor . |
| 18 | If his appointor is for the time being absent from the United Kingdom or temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability his signature to any resolution in writing of the Directors shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor . |
| 19 | His desire is for the crown , and the way he starts at the witches ' double prophecy shows that he already has it in mind . |
| 20 | I 'm supposed to be at your mum 's for the weekend |
| 21 | Well at the end of the day all our work is for the benefit of children , individual children , individual human beings like you or like me . |
| 22 | A great deal of our concern is for the rights and needs of the council residents . |
| 23 | Your brain is for the first time having to struggle and strive and keep really busy , which is great . |