Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are as worried as we are about the implications for the people of this country . |
| 2 | He has been with the police for 19 years , and has served at Colchester , Chelmsford , police HQ and for two years worked for Scotland Yard in conjunction with Interpol . |
| 3 | He had been with the police for 14 years and only recently transferred to Whickham police station near Gateshead . |
| 4 | Nimslo will also give no firm figures for sales in the US where the system has been in the shops for a year . |
| 5 | The mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years and lending is shrinking steadily , partly because there is only a trickle of new customers and partly because existing customers are paying off at least part of their mortgages when they can . |
| 6 | Three families in Ayrshire , for instance , who had eight children taken away in a raid in June 1990 ; little was heard of their situation until after the Orkney case had been in the headlines for some time . |
| 7 | ‘ That means you 're going to be off the streets for quite a while . ’ |
| 8 | They 've caused several thousand pounds worth of damage , and the train will be off the tracks for two or three months . ’ |
| 9 | Afterwards Mr Pollock , a hod carrier , said : ‘ It will be with the children for the rest of their lives . |
| 10 | The computers will be in the schools for the start of the 1983–84 school year . |
| 11 | and he will be in the stands for five matches , including the London derbies with Chelsea and Crystal Palace.Kinnear , guilty of swearing at officials three times in nine months , said : ‘ I must learn to bite my lip . |
| 12 | Held , dismissing the appeal , ( 1 ) taking a suspect to the parade seemed to the court to be outside the provisions for the administration of the parade itself and so there was no breach of the Code . |
| 13 | But it is the solar eclipse on the 24th that holds the greatest potential for you : an addition to the family or change of location could be on the cards for next year . |
| 14 | It had been an indifferent season for the New York Yankees , the team he had followed faithfully for thirty years , and , at 4-I down to the Detroit Tigers with two innings left , defeat seemed to be on the cards for a third successive game . |
| 15 | ANOTHER fast food takeaway could be on the cards for Darlington . |
| 16 | And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 17 | The conciliation staff did a bit of homework , and found out how fond Swindown had been over the years for concealing motion and valve gear between the frames , which did not arouse enthusiasm amongst the more portly fitters , who had plenty of experience of these delights with the collective works of F.W. Webb and other C.M.E. 's designs . |
| 18 | For example , people working here in acoustics and radiation physics never know which SERC committee will finally examine their applications — some of our recent applications have been to the committees for Biology , Chemistry , Chemical Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , Polymer Engineering , the joint SERC/SSRC committee or even sent off to ARC . |
| 19 | ‘ He has n't been to the baths for months . ’ |
| 20 | He 'd been on the roads for days and they still retained their winter mire , despite the advent of finer spring weather . |
| 21 | She started ‘ working ’ at the age of 14 and has been on the streets for five years . |
| 22 | The Paddington Bear wallpaper that had been on the walls for years was mocking her . |
| 23 | Though its timing caught out the markets , the krona/ecu link has been on the cards for some months . |
| 24 | Been on the cards for ages , that wedding . |
| 25 | The merger has been on the cards for some time and of course makes perfect sense . |
| 26 | ‘ These new premises have been on the cards for some time . ’ |
| 27 | Speaking to Irish state radio from Baidoa , Concern spokesman Michael O'Reilly said : ‘ Unfortunately this had been on the cards for some time . |
| 28 | It 's been on the cards for so long I think everyone 's had enough . |
| 29 | Deforestation and agricultural encroachment are among the reasons for this but forest-management policies have also been inadequate . |
| 30 | Areas where the workforce extended their influence were in the procedures for promotion , where the power of managerial prerogative was weakened and increasing weight was given to seniority and skill tests ; in joint determination of rosters tor footplate and train staff ; in the ending of split shifts ; and in the reform of the authoritarian disciplinary system . |