Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [is] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a contract is for a fixed price , the engineer 's capacity for controlling costs may be limited to minimizing the number and size of variations . |
| 2 | The only way to develop a prototype is for the analyst to get inside the head of the user and , thinking like a user , decide what sort of system is required . |
| 3 | Almost invariably the first step in the enforcement of a charge is for the debentureholders or their trustee to obtain the appointment of a receiver . |
| 4 | You 're going to a friend 's for a barbecue on a hot summer 's evening , and you 're walking up the drive and you can smell the barbecue sizzling away . |
| 5 | Where an institution as a whole is for the non-sick but with some sick beds , the premises will not be transferred to the Minister . |
| 6 | What sort of woman , I asked myself , drops into a jeweller 's for a brooch costing thousands of francs , between buying a gigot and a gâteau St Honoré ? |
| 7 | This can not be logical , and there is some support for landlords who feel justified in requiring the proceeds to be paid to them on the basis that a lease is for a limited duration but the freehold ( where applicable ) is for life . |
| 8 | One useful refinement in arresting a slip is for the leader to have a hand loop tied in the rope with an overhand knot . |
| 9 | The method of creating a bill is for the customer to arrange an acceptance credit facility with his bankers . |
| 10 | Stare me straight in the teeth And I 'm sure you 'll agree I 've got a high class pedigree I do n't gie' a monkey 's for the world and its wife It 's a dog 's life ! |
| 11 | It is often the case that a letter is for the eyes of a particular person and nobody else . |
| 12 | Yes , a clarification is for the staff not for the parents ! |
| 13 | Similarly , for juvenile offenders , the ‘ care order ’ under which they may be detained in an institution is for an unspecified period ; again , release is determined by rehabilitative , treatment criteria . |
| 14 | An alternative is for the distributing company to form a Newco within its group and capitalise it sufficiently to reflect the value of the Target business . |
| 15 | The point of an ending is for the conclusion to look backwards , not to carry the argument backwards . |
| 16 | He suggests that such an analysis is for the ‘ intellectually bankrupt ’ , and that the predictive power of economics offers a more intellectually credible basis upon which to decide whether insider dealing is desirable or not . |