Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The usual practice in most offices is for a post-clerk or secretary to open all the incoming mail and to place it in the in-tray of the appropriate recipient .
2 If loss of amenities is for the rest of the plaintiff 's life the court will need to take into account in assessing damages his age and his expectation of life .
3 One of her designs is for a lady 's version of the Norfolk jacket , which has been worn by Prince Charles on Sandringham shoots .
4 One of their biggest fears is for the loss making Cotswold Line which has eleven rural stations between Oxford and Worcester .
5 Our only real protection from these problems is for the horse trainer or handler to cure the anxiety before the problems develop — to banish fears in the horse , not to make them .
6 A central requirement in the Regulations is for a risk assessment in order to help the employer decide what health and safety measures are needed .
7 Erm I 've got a Mercury account at home and I 've got it set up so that after the Mercury number you type in a user code , and one of my user codes is for the business .
8 An alternative method for dealing with vector elements of different lengths is for an increment value of one always to be used , but for the modifier field to be suitably manipulated when an element is accessed .
9 Perhaps the most appropriate mechanism for safeguarding both the patient 's and the doctor 's interests is for the hospital to document the circumstances fully in the notes , and to have the patient 's competence assessed in cases of doubt by a qualified person not otherwise concerned in the case .
10 The other primary typification used by Easton 's section police is for the purpose of categorizing the abnormal .
11 What the programmer wants in many cases is for the result of the operation to replace one of the operands .
12 One of Boutros-Ghali 's most important proposals is for a strengthening of preventive diplomacy , particularly through the Chapter VI peaceful dispute revolution mechanisms of the Charter .
13 One of their proposals is for the appointment of up to three bishops as ‘ provincial visitors ’ , outside the traditional structure of diocesan bishops .
14 ‘ If a judgment requires , before it can be made , the existence of some facts then , although the evaluation of those facts is for the Secretary of State alone , the court must inquire whether those facts exist , and have been taken into account , whether the judgment has been made upon a proper self-direction as to those facts , whether the judgment has not been made upon other facts which ought not to have been taken into account .
15 The usual sequence of events is for the otter to dive and then surface clutching both a mollusc and a rock .
16 The usual order of events is for the employer to open the proceedings by making a short opening address .
17 A practical consideration when testing vehicle parts is for the defendant to be asked to apply the part such as brakes himself .
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