Example sentences of "be [indef pn] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ash is produced when the coal is burnt and has proved to be something for the salvation for many plants and animals the ash is so fine that it has to be turned into a slurry and put into the to settle out these can be up to eight years during which time it becomes none the less but an artificial mud flat quickly colonized by weeds , pioneers crucial to the complex way of life in our natural world But for bird-watchers it is the bird that attracted to these artificial mud flats that are the most exciting development within the boundaries of these power station nature reserves . |
| 2 | Erm obviously other forms of power er the , the , the water barrage in the Severn erm Estuary and the wind power is , is something but obviously er the thing with this atomic power situation , it 's got to be something for the future . |
| 3 | ‘ There may well be something for the police in the Jefferson connection . |
| 4 | So that we 're prepared within the Rural Housing Trust to look at all these ideas , and we 've been looking at the whole question , we feel that this has got to be one for the planners , the planners must be involved in identifying where these problems lie , they 're not uniform , all across the country , er and it 's something that er we therefore need to use the planning er scenario entirely and fully in order to identify where the problem lies . |
| 5 | It says , the quiz will contain some sixty questions covering general knowledge and not just railway so so that there is , not very good grammar , so that there is nothing for the family to be afraid of . |
| 6 | The term substantial steps is used because prior to that stage it is generally assumed that there is nothing for the offeror to disclose publicly . |
| 7 | There 's none for the tea urns or the washing up or … ’ her voice dropped dramatically . |
| 8 | But if the asserted proposition is about Ruritania , then surely it must be false , for in that case the subject term has a reference , i.e. there is something for the proposition to be true about If , on the other hand , the proposition is true , then by the same token it can not be about Ruritania , for Ruritania does not exist ; it is fiction . |
| 9 | Is it really self-evident that the manufacture of napalm to be used in war is something for the benefit of the public ? |
| 10 | Of course this is something for the future , the whole concept of hydrogen economy is well developed . |
| 11 | The question whether a customer knowing of the facts would have taken part in the fraud is one for the jury . |
| 12 | There is one for the work force and something called ’ Green Watch ’ on which I have had correspondence with the county director and which costs about £60,000 a year . |
| 13 | This is one for the tigers a traditional links with fairways wriggling between sand dunes and where bunkers and gorse are as thick as thieves in a police cell . |
| 14 | It really is one for the book . " |
| 15 | If at the time the contract is made , the goods are ascertained ( i.e. identified and agreed upon ) , then the contract is one for the sale of specific goods . |
| 16 | Oh yes , that 's one for the wall ! ’ ) |
| 17 | So it 's one for the door if ye prefer it . ’ |
| 18 | There 's one for the area . |
| 19 | Jean says she 's not quite ready for another move yet … so here 's one for the family album … the Hunts stationary for once . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's something for the family album . |
| 21 | Erm and so I , I believe that er the resolution in fact on the order paper will stand er and if we were to remove the first two lines er of Mr 's erm resolution that the County Council he represents if necessary that in a full , a full public enquiry into the fifth terminial at Heathrow , if we get that and graft on the rest of his words er to the resolution er on the Chairman er that will do two things er it reads er the quality of our Officers are suggesting and it picks up again a very important comments er that he makes er regarding post , er , er something that is public erm , er and that it , it meets media and the other improve that 's something for the district office report . |
| 22 | Because yes , we did say we were n't going to use tropical markets , erm perhaps in the view of some of the things Bob Plumtree 's been saying , perhaps that was a little bit premature , perhaps we would want for some countries tropical woods , might want to reconsider , but erm I think that 's something for the future , that 's not for this afternoon . |
| 23 | You might as well wait yourself to see if there 's anything for the house . ’ |
| 24 | It had to be admitted that there was plenty for the voters to be disgruntled about . |
| 25 | There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians . |
| 26 | It appeared that Princess Anne was not one of her admirers , and though Princess Anne 's views were at this time usually rather criticised this was something for the press to get its teeth into . |
| 27 | and there was a lot of waste , but these new tables did bring that , it was something for the company it was more than anything , you know cos we were on the bonus system . |
| 28 | Implicitly , the programme was one for the reform of the existing empire rather than its overthrow . |
| 29 | That was one for the book . |
| 30 | This was one for the book . |