Example sentences of "be a [noun sg] for all " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has n't even been a thank-you for all my hard work . ’ |
| 2 | He 'd have been a mark for all the wise guys without me to look out for him . ’ |
| 3 | Rugby has always been a game for all shapes and sizes — the short and the tall , the squat and the big . |
| 4 | The way in which our hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) has conducted himself has been a model for all of us to follow , though we hope and pray that most of us will not have to undergo that sort of ordeal . |
| 5 | " The end of the Cold War has been a victory for all humanity … |
| 6 | Comfrey is one of the herbs that seem to have been a remedy for all ills , and one that the mediaeval and Elizabethan physicians and herbalists would never be without . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course , we have to put these advertisements in , ’ said the tired , courteous , slightly frayed man who interviewed him , ‘ because we are a service for all schools in the private sector . |
| 8 | This suspicion is reinforced by another concession whereby Finnis allows that an unjust law may be a law for all that . |
| 9 | I might just as well be a boy for all the interest you take in me as — as a woman ! ’ |
| 10 | I was beginning to realize that this diet could in fact be a breakthrough for all those who were still left with the typical British ‘ pear ’ shape , even after losing weight successfully . |
| 11 | There will be a welcome for all who turn up at the Wallingford terminus for bumper picnic on Sunday . |
| 12 | Living alone , although a very real care problem for many dementia sufferers because of the need some of them have for continual safeguarding , might not in itself be a problem for all if they had sons or ( more realistically ) daughters living nearby who could help with their care . |
| 13 | There would be a test for all young people at the age of twenty-one . |
| 14 | Yet it is condemned by some as inflexible to the point where it can not be a curriculum for all children . |
| 15 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 16 | Her likely high profile and that of Tipper Gore , wife of vice-president Al Gore will be a tonic for all women fighting for more recognition and a better deal . |
| 17 | But it welcomed FRED4 , saying because it contains more detailed proposals its provisions should be used to override FRED3 and , indeed , there should be a requirement for all transactions to be interpreted in the light of the draft off balance sheet standard . |
| 18 | If one of them found lice it must be a tragedy for all of them … they must comb each other 's hair , help each other when they were sick , live as a community , in short . |
| 19 | But most important of all , such centres could help spread the message that the western way of life need not be a model for all development . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't you realize I 'd be a target for all the men living in World 's End who are just looking for a loose woman to amuse themselves with ? ’ |
| 21 | Therefore , there had to be a reason for all that had happened . |
| 22 | A victory for the twenty one members at Crawley will be a victory for all workers in the public services . |
| 23 | While it certainly can not be claimed to be a panacea for all ills , and no system of therapeutics has yet turned out to be that , it is an approach which I would not like to be without . |
| 24 | Hence there would be a need for all the basic technology , design and business topics to be covered followed by appropriate modules in EP , again covering the technological , design and business aspects . |
| 25 | If she had felt as deeply for me as I felt for her there would n't be a need for all that . |
| 26 | He 's everything I wanted after being a gypsy for all those years in Europe . |
| 27 | After the broadcast finished Mary and I thanked Joelle for coming on the programme and being a target for all the anti-French feeling flying around at the time . |
| 28 | There 's a sport for all , whether it 's a round of mini-golf for the family or the challenge of sea and sail . |
| 29 | Paul says it 's a sport for all the youngest who 's been in a raft is 5 … the oldest is 95 … anyone can come and see what it 's like playing in whitewater |
| 30 | As for the children , there 's a reward for all that digging . |