Example sentences of "[adv] [be] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the amount of pausing drops below what it would naturally be for a given speaker in a particular situation , the number of errors which the speaker makes increases . |
| 2 | It would only be for a few days , of course . |
| 3 | To the people from the people who 've gone home ob we hope this 'll only be for a few days and some have gone er to other homes just for the time being . |
| 4 | Because it would only be for a short time , Lucien 's parents had decided it would not be a religious transgression for his aunt Pershti , his mother 's lover , to look after him . |
| 5 | Maria objected strongly but Noreen had said it would only be for a little while until she went back to school in New York , now that Noreen had money enough to get them their own place . |
| 6 | This need not necessarily be for the pure career-orientated reasons suggested by Niskanen — whether teachers or social workers have suggested policy changes that increase expenditure for pure self-interest or through the genuine altruistic belief that a greater supply of their services will benefit their society , such groups have occupied central roles in the expansion of their services |
| 7 | Far more pupils are taken on than can hope to succeed in practice , and if you have not been able to impress any barrister sufficiently with your qualities to be taken on , it may perhaps be for the best that you are forced to look to a different career at this juncture . |
| 8 | She climbed into the carriage knowing it would perhaps be for the last time ; maintaining the horses and the grooms was a luxury she would have to forgo . |
| 9 | A real rate of interest , which would be calculated as an annual rate per cent , takes into account the following facts : — the period of the loan may not be for a full year : interest is only charged on the actual amount borrowed ( eg not including any deposit paid ) ; — if regular repayments are being made , the full amount of the loan is not outstanding over the full year . |
| 10 | It is worth noting that an offer need not be for a listed company for the Panel to be interested in it . |
| 11 | By s.21(1) , above , the gain or loss need not be for the accused or to the victim . |
| 12 | Yes , housing benefit will be an element of the total package , but will not be for the whole cost of care and will not be wholly additional to current rates of care . |
| 13 | The reading should always be for the -intrinsic interest or value of what is read … it should never be thought of as an exercise . " |
| 14 | An order need not always be for the maximum period . |
| 15 | You 'll really be for the high jump if you do n't put Farley 's Tea Timers on their menu . |
| 16 | This leaves unit holders with vague promises of release from investments they have already been locked into for over a month — and may well be for a further two months or more . |
| 17 | This leaves unit holders with vague promises of release from investments they have already been locked into for over a month — and may well be for a further two months or more . |
| 18 | If we do get together , it 's certainly wo n't be for a 50–50 purse . ’ |
| 19 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 20 | It should then be for the official aircraft accident investigating authority to establish the cause of the accident and to make recommendations for avoiding similar accidents in the future , and it should be for the civil courts to decide who is liable to pay damages and to whom . |
| 21 | The idea may then be for the surviving spouse to give the property ( which she took under the deed of variation ) to the children and make a potentially exempt transfer under IHTA 1984 , s3A : provided she survives seven years no inheritance tax will have been payable on the death or on the gift or indeed on her death by reference to the property which she gave to the children . |
| 22 | This arrangement is not popular with staff and should therefore be for a predetermined limited period . |