Example sentences of "[prep] [be] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had n't of been for the war I 'd have been a model ! |
| 2 | Because er it 's a that 's that 's just the way it has to be for the present , at the end of the |
| 3 | The appointment was to be for the life of his father , Richard Earl of Cornwall , the king 's brother , with reversion to the Crown . |
| 4 | Neither father nor mother can deprive themselves of their rights , except in the case of a separation agreement between husband and wife ; and even such an agreement will not be enforced by the court if the court considers it not to be for the child 's benefit . |
| 5 | Royal taxation usually had to be for the defence of the realm , but this was no longer interpreted with the narrow precision attempted by Winchelsey , and clerical objections and conditions more often turned upon other considerations : redress of grievances , exemption from lay burdens such as the ninth and purveyances , or simple impoverishment . |
| 6 | Let us say the only settlors of the trust are Newco and Target , and both are excluded from benefiting under the trust , as they would have to be for the trust to qualify as an " employees share scheme " for the purposes of the Companies Act 1985 , and come within s75(6) Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 7 | The externalist can point out how difficult it is going to be for the internalist to provide a satisfying account of knowledge . |
| 8 | The question for Iavolenus therefore is whether the period of sixteen years was supposed to be for the benefit of the trustee ( so that he could enjoy the income from the estate in the meantime ) or of the estate itself ( so that it would fall into the hands of the testator 's son only once he had reached the age of responsibility ) . |
| 9 | The contemporary open door was to be for the benefit of the Chinese , not their disadvantage . |
| 10 | The basis of this protection is that publication is deemed to be for the benefit of the public . |
| 11 | ( It could also be theft , where there is no need for the disposal to be for the benefit of another . ) |
| 12 | The answer would seem to be for the purpose of ascertaining the possessor 's intention , and for deciding whether in all the circumstances , racial hatred is likely to be stirred up . |
| 13 | At some later date he abandoned all his offices and journeyed to the Hijaz ( which journey both Mecdi and el-Kefevi have taken to be for the purpose of going on the pilgrimage ) ; alter his return he did not again hold any office . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Some odd-looking monsters had been produced by designers striving to come to terms with these innovations , but by 1880 warships were already essentially what they were to be for the rest of the century , armoured , steam-driven and screw-propelled , with their main armament in revolving turrets or carried broadside . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Today , America 's Thanksgiving Day , it is certainly the place to be for the world 's best technical and all-round skiers . |
| 18 | One is said to be for the Lord and the other for Azazel . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , the only alternative seems to be for the baby to be looked after by her mother , and she will go and visit in the evenings when her father has gone off to his night work . |
| 20 | A royal banner now bestowed respectability on a cause ; kings ' wars were assumed to be for the sake of peace , even when cripplingly expensive and increasingly savage . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In these circumstances , if the trust had been validly set up , then judgment would have to be for the beneficiary . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | When the unions took industrial action against a no-strike clause in the latest contract proposals , Murdoch moved production of his papers overnight to the plant at Wapping — previously said to be for the News of the World alone . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | What one hopes for is for the student to remain open to the possibility of aesthetic experience , to accept and enjoy it when it occurs , but not to fake responses if it does not . |