Example sentences of "be [adv] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're here for the paintings , for Kemp ? |
| 2 | The Escalade and the Grande Rentree are respectively for the Calvinists of Geneva and the Waldenses of Torre Pellice what the reconsecration of the Temple is to the Jews ; and they offer the same problems not only of separating facts from legends , but of grasping the meaning of the facts . |
| 3 | Sedgefield constituency Labour Party , meanwhile , has replied gently to our suggestion ( Gadfly , June 3 ) that its meetings are strictly for the blokes . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm all for the busmen ’ , he remarked decisively . |
| 5 | Now , I 'm all for the members of the Great British Public knowing a great deal more about the nostrums they consume , and having the information needed to help them share in deciding which are worth having and when , and which are best left to the birds . |
| 6 | I am pleased we are to meet at 5p.m. or thereabouts at Waterloo on Wednesday , 8th February when I 'm down for the Co-ordinators , to take a close look at the programme for our Scottish National Conference on 10–12 March at the Scottish Churches House , Dunblane , in which you , Ingrid Keith and Mauricio Laborde , Chile , are to share . |
| 7 | I did n't answer the letter , but just counted the days and the hours until he would be home for the holidays ; they seemed interminable . |
| 8 | At the Royal Infirmary my desperate prayer was to be home for the boys ' Easter holidays from school — and I was home . |
| 9 | And he knew I did n't have to be home for the kids or whatever , he knew my circumstances so well and he knew th exactly how much he could use me you know . |
| 10 | They ca n't afford to lose time because they 've got to be out for the bairns . |
| 11 | ‘ We do n't know how far he has to go , but you can be sure others will be back for the horses . |
| 12 | The model village commenced by Cadbury Brothers in 1893 was not intended — as was the Lever Brothers development at Port Sunlight ( q.v. ) to be exclusively for the workers in the factory . |
| 13 | I 'm here for the reasons that they 've gone back there , I guess . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm here for the Druggists ’ Meeting , ’ I said . |
| 15 | Scotland 's Jamie Henderson and Elliot Bunney , who are both Auckland-bound , will be there for the sprints , but with neither Brown nor Brian Whittle competing , the 400 metres has lost much of its appeal . |
| 16 | Yeah but would they , what I mean is that there are even for the parents |
| 17 | But what lessons are there for the politicians to learn ? |
| 18 | And we nearly come under it er were only for the Yanks . |
| 19 | The theatre was not something of which her parents would have approved , such frivolous pleasures were not for the likes of hard-working shoemakers . |
| 20 | There was even talk , Frank 's idea , of going to Ireland ( European tours , filling me with excitement at the very thought , were not for the likes of us ) . |
| 21 | ‘ requiring a seat belt ’ Means per regulation 6 of the Motor Vehicles ( wearing of Seat Belts ) Regulation 1982 : ‘ The classes of vehicle mentioned in regulation 4 are ( a ) a vehicle to which Regulation 46 of the Construction and Use Regulations applies ( see later ) ; and ( b ) a vehicle which is equipped with anchorage points and seat belts and to which that Regulation would apply if it were not for the circumstances that the vehicle — |
| 22 | If it were not for the scenes written after his marriage , The Elder Statesman would have been by far the grimmest play he had ever written . |
| 23 | Yet if it were not for the eclipses of May , June and November , Pisceans might think they could get off comparatively lightly . |
| 24 | The picnics were originally for the printers " and their families " , but once large numbers of young women were employed , they seem to have taken on a more youthful atmosphere , and became good opportunities for courtship . |
| 25 | if it were n't for the games |
| 26 | Or I would be if it were n't for the circumstances . |
| 27 | ‘ If it were n't for the children , I would , ’ Ernest admitted . |
| 28 | I mean it 's mostly for the kids or if , w when we 're travelling in the car anywhere . |
| 29 | The haul is worth more a hundred thousand pounds and the hunt is on for the owners . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's only for the players and the managers . |