Example sentences of "to [be] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be for a democratic united Europe means to be unambiguously against its current economic reality — and most immediately against the policies dictated by the ERM . |
| 2 | Alas for them , Faber was not in Santa 's sack this year , and is unlikely to be for a long while . |
| 3 | As mortgages tend to be for a long term and in view of the fact that 75% of the amount originally borrowed is still outstanding it is reasonable to classify this as a long-term liability . |
| 4 | There is no special law allowing A , B , and C to meet together in the open air or elsewhere for a lawful purpose , but the right of A to go where he pleases so that he does not commit a trespass , and to say what he likes to B so that his talk is not libellous or seditious , the right of B to do the like , and the existence of the same rights of C , D , E , and F and so on ad infinitum , lead to the consequence that A , B , C , D and a thousand or ten thousand other persons , may ( as a general rule ) meet together in any place where otherwise they each have a right to be for a lawful purpose and in a lawful manner . |
| 5 | First , how large does a sample have to be for a given population ? |