Example sentences of "[noun] be for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … The proceedings in the present case are for the direct purpose of handing the appellant over so that he may be dealt with on these charges . |
| 2 | Their proposals are for a traffic-calming ramp or similar device , or even just a sign reminding drivers of the speed limit . |
| 3 | The next steps are for the successful candidates to take . |
| 4 | Of course , the pictures are for the young readers — or are they ? |
| 5 | SE claimed that the cylinders were for an Iraqi petrochemical project and that their export had been approved by the UK 's Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) . |
| 6 | The first lots to come into the ring were for the annual lease of ewes . |
| 7 | The most frequent plea we hear from readers is for a no-fuss dinner-party menu . |
| 8 | ‘ Meaning ’ has a much more general significance and the search is for a universal meaning , one that crosses the boundaries of distinguishable human cultures or kinship groups . |
| 9 | stay at granddad 's for a little while , while daddy watches that film and then go and see other nanny for a little while , cos you 've got no playschool tomorrow so you have n't got to get up early have you ? |
| 10 | According to the report , the only way for Britain to benefit from its military strengths in rebuilding an electronics industry is for a massive , government-sponsored effort in technology transfer . |
| 11 | It is true that most foreign investment is for the domestic markets of host countries , and that the ‘ export processing ’ industries that are at the centre of the NIDL thesis account for only a small part of TNC foreign investment in the Third World but , as I have argued for the cases of Mexico and China ( Sklair , 1989 , forthcoming ) , the symbolic significance of export oriented development strategies is extremely important in the contemporary global system . |
| 12 | An alternative is for the distributing company to form a Newco within its group and capitalise it sufficiently to reflect the value of the Target business . |
| 13 | The alternative is for the wealthy individual to give up residence in Ireland and move his investments out of the country . |
| 14 | ‘ The saucepan 's for the peeled spuds , ’ he said . |
| 15 | This data is for a trained writer ( ie. the Freeman vector database contains details of the writer 's handwriting ) , and as can be seen , the number of candidate words can be high , and in such cases the spread of lengths of the candidates is quite wide . |
| 16 | The most satisfactory fit to the data is for the hybrid model with CDM and three neutrino species , two massless and one massive ( HDM ) . |
| 17 | Similarly , for juvenile offenders , the ‘ care order ’ under which they may be detained in an institution is for an unspecified period ; again , release is determined by rehabilitative , treatment criteria . |
| 18 | A Summit conference : The final recommendation was for a global summit to discuss international economic and financial issues raised by the Report . |
| 19 | One of their demands was for a phased release of internees . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | His secret ambition was for the Argentine ban to be lifted so he could get to England and avenge Pedro 's death by taking out the English and especially one poker-faced Guards Officer . |
| 22 | ‘ This recognition from the British radio industry was for a phenomenal range of programming — sport , specialist speech , comedy , local radio personality , local radio station , current affairs and documentary . ’ |
| 23 | Without going into matters which might be the subject of the inquiry , can the Secretary of State confirm , first , that there have been recurrent problems with the signalling at either end of the line , as a result of the damp ; and , secondly , the system in case of an emergency and a red light was for the relevant engine drivers physically to get out of the cab and use a telephone near the tunnel ? |
| 24 | In conference with Gerald Gardiner , subsequently Lord Chancellor , who had somewhat late in the day raised his flag as a member of the Labour Party , it was decided that the best course of action was for the Labour Party to be asked to be represented by Gardiner at the Vassall Tribunal and to inform Radcliffe that it had no additional witness to come to him . |
| 25 | The implicit assumption as to why this should be so is that questions of law are for the ordinary courts . |
| 26 | There are two columns of measurements to enter , the first column being for the actual body measurements and the second for the amount of ease that you wish to add to each of the actual measurements . |
| 27 | Demands for licences grew steadily during the fourteenth century , but endowment of the religious orders never regained its earlier level , and alienations were increasingly directed to the establishment of chantries and secular institutions ; by mid-century almost as many licences were for the secular as for the religious churches , but this has more to do with declining enthusiasm for the vastly endowed monastic orders and the growing popular appeal of the mendicants who lived from alms , and not from farming extensive estates . |
| 28 | Helmets and unbelted tunics were for the despised ‘ county men ’ , ‘ those sheep-dippers up the road in the sticks ’ whom we continually used to reassert our own status by looking on them as ‘ hicksville country cousins ’ and definitely not ‘ real polises ’ . |
| 29 | An interpreter said later : ‘ The prayers were for the Royal Family and the prince and princess themselves . |
| 30 | Plain hospital beds with flock mattresses laid on interlaced wire springs were for the junior members of the staff . |