Example sentences of "be for [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean the Festival box-office staff and the unseen technical staff and — well , in short , the Festival would have collapsed long ago , had it not been for a wonderfully large number of people who join us year after year — just because they love the Festival and want to do their best for it , and work all hours for it . |
| 2 | The Allied attempt to force the passage of the Dardanelles with capital ships on 18 March could well have succeeded , had it not been for a seemingly insignificant event . |
| 3 | First , it was easier for a disembodied voice like de Gaulle to " assume " France than it would have been for a more recognizable figure , about whom people had already formed settled views . |
| 4 | Obviously these policies are not for three months , three thousand miles , they are for a much longer period than that , and obviously if people do have problems then that 's what we 're here for . |
| 5 | They are thus willing to pay several times more for the wealthy readers than they are for the less wealthy or poor . |
| 6 | Traditionally these courses are for the more able , particularly those with their sights set on higher education . |
| 7 | Because her sleep was still disturbed and her consequent lack of energy was making her job and domestic chores more difficult , the therapist said he would advise her general practitioner to prescribe a mild hypnotic , but that this would be for a strictly limited period . |
| 8 | Mostly , these were people in lower socio-economic groups ; but it is worth noting that even in these groups people with high credit commitments , or people who said that if they had to arrange a loan it would be for a relatively large sum of money , generally said they would prefer monthly repayments . |
| 9 | ‘ If it should rain , it 's not going to be for a very long time . ’ |
| 10 | When she saw the post of maid in general to Esther Ward advertised , she used all her powers of persuasion to convince Tilly that it would only be for a very short time : ‘ Just so I know how he is … how my daughter Beth is faring . ’ |
| 11 | The need to prepare schools and help to help schools prepare themselves for the erm review of the national curriculum the changes that they will have to deal with and in particular I think , erm to help secondary schools to come to terms with changes in key stage four and the likely erm opportunities there will be for a more diverse curriculum including eventually er the opportunities for more vocational programmes in schools and to assist schools |
| 12 | It may be for a perfectly simple reason , for example a partner may have found a job which entails moving out of the area . |
| 13 | The death of a sister might involve deep grief , part of which might be for the much earlier death of a small sister . |
| 14 | Wins for both teams are essential if they want their Jordanstown battle next Thursday to be for the Under 25 championship trophy . |
| 15 | This may be for the very simple reason that , just now , nobody envisages a better future ’ . |
| 16 | If this project falls , it is not for purely logical reasons ; it will rather be for the more interesting reason that the right sort of truths do not exist about human nature . |
| 17 | Until the first new pay and conditions order is made under the new Act , the 1987 Act needs to be kept in being for a very short time for a very specific and limited purpose to ensure that all teachers continue to be covered by the existing pay and conditions order made under that Act . |
| 18 | Thus in the period when Labour was still in opposition in the early part of the war — September 1939 to May 1940 — there were twenty-one by-elections , but only six Labour candidates were put up and they of course were for the previously Labour-held seats : two of these were unopposed and the other four faced candidates of fringe groups , who did not poll well . |
| 19 | The Grammar schools were for the most able , bright academic pupils and were run along private school lines . |
| 20 | There has been coverage with such as yourselves and er the local papers , and we are getting word of mouth enquiries now , but we , we have said it 's for the newly qualified driver and since we 've started this scheme , I would put newly qualified in inverted commas , because we 've had two or three ladies ring us up who 've had four and five years driving experience as such and they 're frightened to death to go on a motorway and have n't been on a motorway . |
| 21 | This idea is for a much smaller fusion reactor of the Tokamak design , but with a much higher magnetic field . |
| 22 | Their quality varies from place to place , but the demand is for a comparatively small body of men . |
| 23 | He says : ‘ In the sectors we are targeting , the need is for a highly specialist sales force which can identify and respond to ever-changing demands . |
| 24 | Tyne Tees managing director Ian Ritchie said : ‘ The idea is for a totally free-standing half-hour news magazine programme from Middlesbrough . ’ |
| 25 | The first requirement is for a nationally co-ordinated scheme devised by all the churches , together with theological colleges and those educational and professional bodies which are concerned with church music . |
| 26 | This is for a more radical type of authority to pursue . |
| 27 | It wo n't suit everyone entirely — how could it if people 's ( varying ) comments and suggestions are taken into account — but one general desire is for a more open approach . |
| 28 | From the women 's point of view , the need in the future is for a more reliable and responsive support network and a wider circle of friends and acquaintances to help them strengthen their hold on , and increase their share of , life in the community . |
| 29 | This is for the really keen seamstresses , as it calls for some tricky work assembling five risers or ribs within the top and bottom panels , and two combined riser/keels at either side . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh ! if those who rule the destinies of nations would but remember … how hard it is for the very poor to have engendered in their hearts that love of home from which all domestic virtues spring , when they live in dense and squalid masses where social decency is lost , or rather never found , ’ Dickens exclaims in The Old Curiosity Shop . |