Example sentences of "for [pron] be [art] [noun] which " in BNC.

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1 For there is a formula which generates the ‘ deviant ’ continuation from the same early stages ; since both series start in the same way , we can not appeal to the way in which one starts in order to justify our preference for its way of going on .
2 The old man was sitting at table , the food lying before him untasted , when Rodrigo returned , and pointing to the head which hung from the horse 's collar , dropping blood , he bade him look up , for there was the herb which should restore to him his appetite .
3 In any case , it is doubtful if its present followers would give much support to such an extension , for it is a religion which claims to confer privileges , including territorial ones , and privileges , by definition , can not have universal application .
4 It is this belief that I am trying to express , for it is an art which is applicable to any enterprise of any size in any area of life 's activities .
5 Of the less well known Indian appointments , a place in the Indian Marine also attracted a number of Scots even though it was based at unpopular Bombay , for it was a service which promoted by seniority , and death from wounds or disease could allow the rapid elevation of a healthy midshipman to a position of command .
6 Its story is a classic one in the history of breeding and of famous breeders , for it was the Longhorn which was taken in hand by the great master breeder Robert Bakewell ( 1726–95 ) of Dishley , Leicestershire , to be fashioned most skilfully into his ideal commercial animal of the period .
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