Example sentences of "[noun pl] be for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their proposals are for a traffic-calming ramp or similar device , or even just a sign reminding drivers of the speed limit . |
| 2 | Both graphs are for the same individual ; eight birds all gave similar results . |
| 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 principal demands were for a 50 per cent increase in wages and pensions , a six-hour working day ( and no night-shifts ) for women , and the bringing to justice of those responsible for the deaths in Shkodër in April [ see p. 38160 ] . |
| 7 | The most frequent plea we hear from readers is for a no-fuss dinner-party menu . |
| 8 | One of their main demands is for a greater say in policy-making and legislation governing Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | One of their demands was for a phased release of internees . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | An interpreter said later : ‘ The prayers were for the Royal Family and the prince and princess themselves . |
| 13 | Now the depot office the they in those days controlled what a man 's duties were for the next day and a man did n't know what he was on until about twelve o'clock one day what he was on the next day . |
| 14 | Plain hospital beds with flock mattresses laid on interlaced wire springs were for the junior members of the staff . |
| 15 | Rather , this chapter asks what the implications are for the administrative system , should a state develop corporatist tendencies . |
| 16 | The appointments are for a fixed term of 12–18 months on the first instance . |
| 17 | His responsibilities were for a single grey pony bound for a Kuwaiti Sheikh . |
| 18 | These ‘ composite ’ boats were for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company . |
| 19 | Quite why food and diet have become of such interest in recent years is for the social historian to discuss , but there is no doubt about the present popularity of culinary herbs . |
| 20 | Thus , the Manpower Services Commission ( MSC ) stated in 1985 that ‘ the best assumption for planning purposes is for a continuing high level of unemployment throughout the period ( 1985–89 ) and for a level of long-term unemployment remaining at around the one million mark . ’ |
| 21 | Tobacco accounts for ‘ little more than 1% of the $50bn ( £28.9bn. ) spent on advertising in the EC in 1990 ’ ( Financial Times , 20.5.91 ) and advertising industry forecasts are for a strong rise in total advertising expenditure throughout the EC , so that the removal of tobacco advertising can be absorbed easily . |
| 22 | The funny thing is that , although all these changes are for the better , many of them will seem like gimmicks when compared to the personal service a handful of cosmetic companies have always offered . |
| 23 | Some changes are for the worst , however . |
| 24 | Young people with learning difficulties are for the first time fully included in all the provisions of youth support services rather than being treated under separate legislation . |
| 25 | ( Note that these figures are for a hypothetical population with the life history given by a , not for the life history as it was while the lines were selected . ) |
| 26 | The figures are for a single person for the session 1993–94 . |
| 27 | Secretly , under layers and wads of protest , was her admission that he was right , that these things were for the best . |
| 28 | These figures were for the cold season ; the second half will be much better . |
| 29 | The forecasts were for a 28 per cent increase between 1983 and 1993 ( although the demographic shifts noted above may reduce this ) , and indeed by 1989 the increase was already 19 per cent . |
| 30 | Although the suggestions are for a specific piece of video , they have been selected because the ideas are transferable to other materials . |