Example sentences of "[is] [adj] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | the next meeting in March , with very good reason , it clashes with a conference that needs to attend so we 're proposing , with your agreement , that we put it forward a week to the seventeenth of March , is that a problem for anybody ? |
| 2 | Is that a record for you ? ’ |
| 3 | And , under the hedge , a dunnock : ‘ The tame hedge-sparrow in its russet dress/ is half a robin for its gentle ways . ’ |
| 4 | The drinking-up time is half an hour for people taking meals if the liquor was supplied ancillary to meals . |
| 5 | Nor is this a problem for the authorities alone : how far should adult educators , qua educators , engage in activism as opposed to education ? |
| 6 | Is this a mistake for some other village ? |
| 7 | Is this a message for the future ? |
| 8 | The Timex workers in Dundee left without any legal protection whatsoever , and is this a forerunner for what other unscrupulous employers will use ? |
| 9 | Is this a ground for divorce ? |
| 10 | This approach is supported for commercial reasons by large retailers , notably do-it-yourself stores , who have discovered that , if their stores are open on Sundays , not merely is this a convenience for their customers but a significant increase in their trade is generated . |
| 11 | John Franklin , director of corporate finance at the merchant bank Morgan Grenfell , whose clients include both societies and prospective bidders , is convinced a bid for a society is on the way : ‘ The first merger will see the light of day early next year . ’ |
| 12 | Full to the brim with photographs taken around the world of Dakotas , Constellations , DC-4s/-6s/-7s , Viscounts , Electras , Convairs and Commandos , in various colourful paint schemes , these pictures show why there is such a following for the propeller-driven airliner of yesteryear . |
| 13 | But there would be no power of entry without a warrant if it were suspected that such an offence was taking place , even though there is such a power for the less serious offence under section 4 . |
| 14 | He talks about news of the education cuts in England , and is aghast when there is such a thirst for education all around him . |
| 15 | She 's with a boy our age — a toy boy — and though he deserts her for young girls and even beats her up — she 's such a sucker for punishment , she goes back for more . |
| 16 | Sometimes you are fierce and angry but it is all a cover for the soft innocence inside you . |
| 17 | Do n't worry , this is all a super-bid for Gazza … |
| 18 | After all , as he 's quick to point out , ‘ It 's all a matter for the shareholders to decide . ’ |
| 19 | What you going to say about something that 's important a solution for you is that something you 'd like to do ? |
| 20 | 1.73 In a medical negligence case , where a summons for directions is necessary an application for a direction in relation to expert evidence should ordinarily be made at the hearing of the summons for directions ( see 1993 White Book , para 38/36/1 ) . |