Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [be] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter depends in turn on the capital intensity of fixed costs relative to variable costs ( ) and relative to the rest of the economy as a whole ( ) If fixed costs are relatively capital-intensive in both senses , then the first-round effect is for the size of the firm to be increased ( see dashed lines in Fig. 7–3 ) and this reinforces the substitution effect . |
| 2 | Charles Hernu , bombarded the conference delegates with sweet talk on how useful defence research was for the civil sector and how good they were to researchers . |
| 3 | The first for Hydro Electric is for the renewal of a maintenance contract for fire alarms at their Peterhead power station , while the second is to service the fire alarm equipment at Scottish Power 's Longannet power station . |
| 4 | A word of advice : the silver key is for the briefcase , NOT to open doors . |
| 5 | In newsletter format , Travel Industry Monitor is for the decision maker who needs up-to-date objective information on important issues , professionally presented in an accessible format . |
| 6 | The existing case law is for the citizen impossible to understand and for the lawyer difficult . |
| 7 | The arrow icon is for the select tool for choosing the objects you want to work on and the other seven tools in this top group are drawing tools for adding text , polygons , rectangles , lines , ellipses and freehand drawings to a slide . |
| 8 | A key UDF demand was for the general election , currently scheduled for no later than June , to be postponed until November , in order to give opposition parties more time to organize . |
| 9 | Charles stayed at the meeting long enough to hear when the rehearsal call was for the Monday ; if he accepted Paul 's offer of an understudy job , then he 'd have to be there . |
| 10 | The International Nature Reserve is for the benefit of the Teesside community and beyond . |
| 11 | She added : ‘ The Town Hall is for the people . |
| 12 | Founded in 1925 , the Review is in many respects a source as appropriate to this phase as the English Association and the Newbolt Committee were for the earlier period . |
| 13 | Thus , in general , when all taxes , both direct and indirect , are combined the tax burden is for the most part far from progressive . |
| 14 | The reasonableness test is for the tribunal to consider , though both parties will normally make representations to the tribunal on this issue . |
| 15 | Nonetheless , there have latterly been some notable donations from individuals in Britain : like the Sainsbury brothers ' new wing for the National Gallery and the Clore Foundation 's for the Tate ; Terence Conran 's £7m for the establishment of the Design Museum in Docklands , and Paul Hamlyn 's cheap weeks for children at the Royal Opera House . |
| 16 | During the month of July , the third subscription ticket offer is for the repertory season of four thrillers , beginning with A Murder Has Been Arranged , from July 7–11 , Deadly Nightcap by Francis Durbridge from July 14–18 , Peril at End House by Agatha Christie which runs from July 21–25 , and her spinning tale of adventure the Spiders Web the last week of July . |
| 17 | The UK government is for the first time to publish environmental conditions attached to the granting of oil drilling licenses . |
| 18 | The colours used for fresco painting were for the most part easily obtained : red ochre , yellow ochre , black ( either from charred bone or from carbonaceous shale ) and blue ( from a copper-tinted glass ) . |
| 19 | Without exchange rate depreciation the only alternative method of remedying the US trade deficit is for the US federal government to adopt contractionary economic policies aimed at reducing the rate of growth of domestic demand . |
| 20 | This national post in FYT 's staff team is for the management and development of FYT 's central services and field work support . |
| 21 | It is clear that the planning meeting was for the purpose of deciding how the period in secure accommodation should be managed . |
| 22 | As we shall see in Chapter 7 , the obvious policy solution is for the government to increase aggregate demand by increasing government expenditure or by reducing taxation , or to increase the money supply ( which will also increase aggregate demand ) . |
| 23 | The ceremony at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum was for the presentation of an old Spitfire that had been hauled out of an English lake and identified as belonging to 71 Squadron the first of the Eagle squadrons formed from American volunteers back in 1940 . |
| 24 | A way round this hearsay evidence is for the officer to say ‘ The passenger Mr. Jones says he is not licensed to drive this car so I am reporting you ( the defendant ) for quitting a vehicle ’ etc . |
| 25 | ‘ The purpose of these stubs in a paying-in book is for the holder to have a record of the amount of money he had deposited in his bank . |
| 26 | The Easter Fete was for the birds , Timothy Gedge said . |
| 27 | The default printer emulation is for the LaserJet IIIP , which is supported by most software . |
| 28 | Going back to the railway station was for the moment out of the question , just in case I bumped into someone who recognized me . |
| 29 | All right , I knew the cockroach treatment was for the time when I made my centipede on a string crawl up Shirnette 's back . |
| 30 | In simple terms , school management is for the children . |