Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right yes and erm it was all er , now it is more , more mechanized , but still , they 're still , I do n't know whether they still do it cos I have n't been around Squires I do n't know whether they 'd do casting now , I have n't been down around for years and years , when I erm when I left and then I went into the leather trade and er started to learn leather cutting |
| 2 | Given that , at least in the first year of the new council tax , there will still be two-tier authorities in the shires , I hope that the Bill will be as tight as a drum to ensure that the tiered authorities that are not up for election do not use that freedom from the ballot box — as happened in Nottinghamshire with the poll tax — to wreck the council tax in the way that they wrecked the poll tax in its first year . |
| 3 | ‘ Incidentally , according to this we 're both down for beds tonight . |
| 4 | CUT-PRICE OFFERS ARE STILL UP FOR GRABS |
| 5 | A RARE chance to launch into the glamorous word of modelling — and the opportunity to become a beauty queen — are both up for grabs . |
| 6 | As well as cups for cut flowers and floral art , prizes are also up for grabs for best vegetables and farm produce , cakes , preserves , and handicrafts . |
| 7 | McLeod-Wright went on to win another four times — he was the most prolific winner in the history of the race — and his replica trophies and medals from 1930 , 1931 and 1932 are also up for auction , together with the Commowealth marathon gold medal he won in Hamilton in 1930 . |
| 8 | Such problems are far off for Rugby 's Spiritualized , though their first LP is the toast of the rock press at the moment : a spacey , dreamy , bubbling mantra of introspection and buried tunes that is quite captivating . |
| 9 | The offices of R and B. Lettings are now up for sale . |
| 10 | Following intensive work over the past 2/3 years , standards for ‘ Coaching , teaching and instructing ’ within the Industry Lead Body for Sport and Recreation have been produced , and are now out for consultation . |
| 11 | Trials are presently on for selections . |
| 12 | Mr Robin said the hotels were now up for sale . |
| 13 | The Employment Secretary has told jobless people in Gloucestershire the county is better off for work than most places … even though dole queues have doubled in the last two years . |
| 14 | The shop 's already up for sale . |
| 15 | FA chief executive Graham Kelly last night ended a day of speculation about Taylor 's future when he insisted that his position is not up for discussion . |
| 16 | The former England man , who has been linked with Sheffield Wednesday and who has undergone summer knee surgery , is not up for sale , and is expected to start his third season in Reds ' colours . |
| 17 | THE American lifestyle is not up for negotiation . |
| 18 | He does n't realize that it 's not up for sale . |
| 19 | ‘ The Welsh outside-half position is still up for grabs , ’ Davies said . |
| 20 | Choice of location for the joint venture company is still up for grabs , the source said , although Hitrail , which is based outside Amsterdam , is lobbying for the Netherlands , while Nynex would like to have it in its own continental back yard in Brussels . |
| 21 | So , the play of party politics at the ballot box may give us interludes of constitutional peace , but we can not escape the fact that the British constitution is still up for grabs , in politics , and on the agenda for change . |
| 22 | that er , that the house is still up for sale |
| 23 | Rangers are already assured of a near half million pound pay-out from UEFA for reaching the last eight and , with around £200,000 at stake for each point earned from now on , a maximum of £2.4m is also up for grabs . |
| 24 | Hitler 's easel is also up for auction . |
| 25 | With Saturday and Sunday not classed as working days , it means Groves is also out for Monday . |
| 26 | THE long wait is nearly over for Leslie Lee . |
| 27 | This old established British maker was also part of the Benson group , but is now up for sale . |
| 28 | The benefits of consolidating the businesses also had to be brought through — the Horsham site is now up for sale . |
| 29 | Now , after two years of living in the bus outside his parents ' house , lack of work in this country has prompted him to emigrate to Auckland , New Zealand , with Louise and son Sam , so his marvellous mobile home is now up for sale . |
| 30 | Its consumer health division , which markets the Sanatogen range , is now up for sale and could well go to a foreign buyer . |