Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [det] be for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 These loans , at rates varying between 10 per cent and 18 per cent , were useful for helping the Crown over its successive liquidity crises , but , since none was for more than twelve months and some were for less , they failed to lighten the Crown 's burden in the long run .
2 He is a great player , a mood player , and more use to his country for 20 minutes than most are for 90 .
3 Forty five pounds and that 's for five two two .
4 Ninety pounds and that 's for one eight two .
5 They are normally short and fixed term though some are overnight ( ‘ at call ’ ) deposits and some are for 364 days .
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