Example sentences of "[pers pn] be for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Von Tunzelmann , remarking that prices had the greater influence on real wage trends over this period , finds that the indices available are much closer to each other than they are for the periods on either side . |
| 2 | They 're for the girls . |
| 3 | Reckon they 're for the kids really are n't they ? |
| 4 | you go up along drive in and Newminster is on your left and Chantry is on your right , at , but I should imagine erm I should imagine that quite a lot of Chantry School children would be sent home because they 're for the children outside of Morpeth , you know they go there from |
| 5 | In a rather odd way , 19th-century public schools were just as ideally suited for the fathers of gentlemen as they were for the sons of gentlemen . |
| 6 | He guessed they were for the morals group , since neither he nor Mrs Frizzell ever really read a book , and he put them down again , still mystified . |
| 7 | We do n't see it , we 're not affected , it 's the province of the great unwashed and unlamented , it 's for the morons , it 's a bore . |
| 8 | Well it certainly should be because it 's for the families , for the young children and they , they ca n't understand what it , all of it is about so it should be kept as simple and as short as possible . |
| 9 | it 's a , it 's for the students for God 's sake , I mean they should n't be making like more hassles . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's for the kids , ’ she says to Freda Leader , our next door neighbour . |
| 11 | how do you know it 's thingy ? , how do you know it 's for the kids in Norway ? |
| 12 | But it 's for the youngs — the youth . ’ |
| 13 | because we have , because it 's for the children , so I said we 'll do it , but that gives us an awful crush to get it in Friday the first week |
| 14 | ‘ I know it sounds old-hat , but it 's for the children . |
| 15 | And it 's for the children . |
| 16 | Yeah it 's for the fittings and everything , erm and I 've had prices like one thousand two hundred , eighteen hundred , and this bloke you know , says three hundred and eighty eight |
| 17 | So I 've got ta say , that in terms of credibility it 's , and the Regional Sec er , the General Secretary made the point about credibility within those sections , and within that , those elections , it 's for the branches to , to actually decide who represents them credibly or not and for this , for any attempt to change rule in this particular way . |
| 18 | It 's for the features department . ’ |
| 19 | It is common ground that it is for the governors of a voluntary aided school to decide who is to be admitted as a pupil and to lay down the admissions policy of the school . |
| 20 | It is for the humanities to speak up for the value of retrospective conversion , and for some national planning to be undertaken to achieve this , as they , and to some extent the social sciences have most to gain from such an investment . |
| 21 | Lord Justice Browne-Wilkinson said that it is now apparently accepted that it is for the courts to decide whether a privilege exists and for the House of Commons to decide whether such privilege has been infringed . |
| 22 | No clear principles determine the allocation of disputes to these bodies although the greater the element of discretion and the more important the policy considerations , the less likely it is for the courts to take on the new area of responsibility . |
| 23 | If the principle does exist that tax paid on a demand from the Crown when the tax was the subject of an ultra vires demand can be recovered as money had and received then , in my view , it is for the courts to declare it . |
| 24 | It is for the courts alone to construe such legislation . |
| 25 | It is for the courts to construe those words and it is the court 's duty in so doing to give effect to the intention of Parliament in using those words . |
| 26 | It is for the courts to interpret those words so as to give effect to that purpose . |
| 27 | Although in the past the courts and the House of Commons both claimed the exclusive right to determine whether or not a privilege existed , it is now apparently accepted that it is for the courts to decide whether a privilege exists and for the House to decide whether such privilege has been infringed : see Erskine May on Parliamentary Practice , 21st ed. ( 1989 ) , pp. 147–160 . |
| 28 | It is for the teachers , drawing on their professional knowledge and expertise , to use the materials appropriate for their pupils . |
| 29 | ‘ It is for the Justices to say what is to be done . |
| 30 | It is for the justices to decide in each case whether these criteria are met . |