Example sentences of "be [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it does provide a simple demonstration of a problem that dogs all our stratigraphical thinking , and as the palaeontologist in question was my student ( and I visited the area with him ) my inclinations are wholly for the second interpretation in this case . |
| 2 | IT HAS been downhill for the past 13 months at Bond Corporation ever since the Lonrho chief , Tiny Rowland , unleashed his first poisoned arrow . |
| 3 | Not all of these differences are necessarily for the worse , but the last four mentioned clearly are . |
| 4 | These proposals are basically for the completion of the earlier main line proposals of the Bishop 's Castle Railway . ) |
| 5 | Personally I am all for the guilty being run to ground . |
| 6 | The youngest and the prettiest are naturally for the exclusive use of the bourgeoisie . |
| 7 | Because of this , foreign currency mortgages , which are being sold very heavily at the moment by financial intermediaries ( linked to banks and other financial institutions which are providing the funds ) , are only for the financially sophisticated . |
| 8 | ARABELLA ASHLEY ( Portrait painters photographs , page 144 ) and her dog and best friend Clem , have been together for the last four years photographing features for Harpers & Queen . |
| 9 | They 've been together for the past six years — which she cites as one very good reason why she did n't fall for Craig McLachlan while playing his leading lady . |
| 10 | They are along for the duration . |
| 11 | This has been so for the Cape Verdians for close on 300 years , from the time when the original emigrants first found jobs on the North American whaling fleet . |
| 12 | The chances are , however , that whichever way the cookie is crumbled on April 9 we are in for the shake-up we were denied with the departure of Mrs Thatcher . |
| 13 | We are in for the long-term benefits which imply a long-term strategy and involvement ’ . |
| 14 | And with Robert Jones — another triumphant Lion of '89 — the ace in the Welsh scheme , Australia are in for the biggest examination of their status since they acquired it at Twickenham last year . |
| 15 | Now that exhibitions are over for the season , all they need is seed and water . |
| 16 | The days of lavish entertainment are over for the Harcourt Family . |
| 17 | Rose and myself are away for the day . ’ |
| 18 | The advantages of providing suitable extinguishers in lifts which are normally for the retrieval of goods has already been mentioned . |
| 19 | I had been away for the weekend and David Bowie is not the most domesticated person in the world . |
| 20 | I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away . |
| 21 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
| 22 | I done it to I done it to Russell one night messing around and he told the girls in work I 'd been away for the weekend and he 'd had somebody else there honest to God he did ! |
| 23 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
| 24 | She 's been away for the last week or so |
| 25 | Those trenches are not for the defence of London . ’ |
| 26 | Let's say , straight away , that these are not for the faint hearted , or the poorly-maintained helicopter . |
| 27 | Unless certain peaks are foreseen , the engagements offered are not for the day but for the full length of the " event " . |
| 28 | The Secretary of State 's proposals are not for the sake of better industrial relations but , for the sake of the worst prejudices of the Tory party . |
| 29 | I have no sexual tastes , those are just for the low classes . |
| 30 | my Lord that these of course are just for the |