Example sentences of "be [prep] the [noun pl] for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ That means you 're going to be off the streets for quite a while . ’
2 They 've caused several thousand pounds worth of damage , and the train will be off the tracks for two or three months . ’
3 Afterwards Mr Pollock , a hod carrier , said : ‘ It will be with the children for the rest of their lives .
4 The computers will be in the schools for the start of the 1983–84 school year .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 ANOTHER fast food takeaway could be on the cards for Darlington .
10 And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 .
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