Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then it would need to be for a man of his size to stretch out in comfort . |
| 2 | Although some lectures appear to be for the committed DIY enthusiast such as ‘ Mortar mixing and brick laying ’ , the organiser Steven Parissien , insists that the course is more about ‘ making people aware of which things are structurally disastrous and visually awful . ’ |
| 3 | The only proviso is that your holiday has to be for a minimum of five nights . |
| 4 | ‘ Why is it that when I do fall , it has to be for a termagant who drives me out of my head ? |
| 5 | Neither case is an authority on how serious a discrepancy or inaccuracy has to be for a challenge on the ground of mistake to succeed . |
| 6 | So , gratitude it has to be for the glimpse of a hornbeam 's golden rain of catkin pollen in a sheltered copse where , among primroses and the first bluebells , sorrel shows its delicate pink flowers and ( useful in salads ) triple leaflets , which Saint Patrick used to demonstrate the nature of the Trinity . |
| 7 | The other has to be for the BBC 's Pro-Celebrity Golf at Turnberry about five years ago . |
| 8 | Because er it 's a that 's that 's just the way it has to be for the present , at the end of the |
| 9 | Eldorado — reported to be for the chop when John Birt takes over as BBC director general in March — is changing tactics in a last ditch bid to win a reprieve . |
| 10 | The basis of this protection is that publication is deemed to be for the benefit of the public . |
| 11 | He needs to be for the next four days in Hong Kong , because he will be hard at work cutting ribbons and laying foundation stones . |
| 12 | One is said to be for the Lord and the other for Azazel . |
| 13 | Efforts to control whaling between the wars was said to be for the purposes of resource conservation ; that they were really concerned with managing the flow of whale oil through international markets . |
| 14 | The coverage seemed to be for the exclusive benefit of the Tory Party . |
| 15 | During the period between the Fascist ascendancy of 1934 and the collapse of Mosley 's hopes in March 1937 , Joyce 's personal life had undergone a change which seemed to be for the better . |
| 16 | Traditional music and hymnody are seen to be for an older audience . |
| 17 | But then it was only going to be for a matter of weeks , so what did it matter anyway ? |
| 18 | ‘ If it should rain , it 's not going to be for a very long time . ’ |
| 19 | Then she thought how tiring it was going to be for the rest of her life trying to be the Wise Woman all the time . |
| 20 | You see , I suddenly felt that I could n't bear it , not knowing where they were going to be for the next three and a half weeks ( though in retrospect I doubt whether the location of the groom much perturbed me ) . |
| 21 | The externalist can point out how difficult it is going to be for the internalist to provide a satisfying account of knowledge . |
| 22 | What they 've actually done today is announced that they want to put er Calverton into review and at least it tells people at Calverton what the situation 's going to be for the future . |
| 23 | Well it 's got to be for the people there theirselves has n't it ? |
| 24 | After Tommy any change was bound to be for the worse , but really ! |
| 25 | Originally scheduled to be for a morning only , the response was so enthusiastic that the meeting grew to an all-day event with a full billing of committed speakers . |
| 26 | The common response to predator attack appears to be for the cetaceans to flee , often silently , having first formed a tight group if they can . |
| 27 | The mode of action of the toxin appears to be for the non-conserved sequences in Domain II to bind specifically to a glycoprotein on the target insect 's gut membrane . |
| 28 | The second possibility is that there may not be the clear difference between fiction and non-fiction for the young reader that then appears to be for the adult . |
| 29 | First , how large does a sample have to be for a given population ? |
| 30 | In these circumstances , if the trust had been validly set up , then judgment would have to be for the beneficiary . |