Example sentences of "is [adv] [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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1 Indeed nearly half our number are employed in the profession that is most flexiblc for married women , whether at school or university level .
2 It is a routine which would break most people , but Zarei is a top class ultra runner and this relentless pounding of the streets of London is merely preparation for some of the world 's most gruelling races .
3 It is merely action for some of these reasons which is excluded .
4 If there is enough demand for our services in areas further afield , then we will attempt to meet it .
5 Partly this is because management has placed limitations on who can operate the VDUs , and partly the layout of the plant is such that there is only space for four cars between each work station .
6 The point cams mark the edge of the pattern knitting and are positioned so that there is only space for the ‘ B ’ pattern to be knitted .
7 ‘ I love the North , ’ he says again , though I understand by now that the North is only code for another , deeper loss .
8 Officials at Robert Gordon 's University in Aberdeen have told Sheena Falconer , a senior lecturer , that there is only room for one textile lecturer 's post within the School of Food and Consumer Studies .
9 Given the claims that many alternative therapies make for the treatment of ‘ incurable ’ conditions , many of which are suffered mainly by older people , it is perhaps time for those responsible for the care of older people to investigate the potential of such treatments as homoeopathy , acupuncture , chiropractic , osteopathy , herbalism and many others .
10 In the latter case there is obviously scope for a harmonizing measure of greater magnitude .
11 There are other law officers who are politicians and members of the government , all of whom are expected to act impartially in their legal functions , but there is obviously scope for ambiguity and interpretation here .
12 But this is not evidence for an additional hereditary mechanism .
13 Again , particular accuracy is not evidence for general acquisition ( see Ellis 1985 ; Tarone 1983 , 1988 ) .
14 But equally obviously this is not evidence for conscious design .
15 Artistic director Michael Dray said : ‘ This is not theatre for the deaf but theatre of the deaf .
16 But there is not excuse for those who confuse ‘ England ’ ( nation ) with ‘ Britain ’ ( the multi-national state ) .
17 ‘ It is not sport for sport 's sake , ’ says Mr Hawkins , who is an ex-Harlem-Globetrotter , ‘ but a way of imposing a structure on undisciplined lives : in a sports team they turn up regularly , on time , in uniform , and train hard .
18 she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship .
19 That bit of paper is not necessaree For
20 It is not time for Labour .
21 ‘ It is not time for the kidneys , ’ shouted Auguste .
22 This is not value for money , we 're working with very , very needy people in our community .
23 There is not room for all of this .
24 Mr Wilson added : ‘ There is not room for two tea rooms in the same enterprise .
25 If there is not room for this you might utilize the space by making slots in the counter top to take your cooking knives , or you could suspend them from a magnetic bar just above out of reach of children .
26 The reservation fee is not security for not showing up , it is a payment for reserving the room .
27 Section 2(3) is not material for present purposes .
28 This is so , for example , if its inclusion is not material for the purposes of giving a true and fair view or if , in effect , the parent is not able to exercise dominance over the subsidiary or holds its interest in the subsidiary exclusively with a view to resale , or the information necessary for group accounts can not be obtained without disproportionate delay or expense .
29 However , Oxford v Moss , above , held that confidential information such as exam questions is not property for the purposes of the Theft Act .
30 There is already scope for significantly increased expenditure within the existing own resources ceiling .
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