Example sentences of "be [verb] for [det] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 2 | If it was a turning point in terms of ‘ proving ’ the relationship , it also marked the change in image Kylie had been wanting for such a long time . |
| 3 | It was the home of the Red Arrows but has never been used for such a major excercise as the one this week . |
| 4 | In my opinion , moreover , if the answers to both those questions are in the affirmative , leave ought to be given for such a substantive hearing unless , taking into account the other matters to which I have referred , the court is clearly of the opinion that such further proceedings would not be in the child 's best interests . |
| 5 | It is remarkable that such detailed information can be extracted for such a remote system . |
| 6 | To begin with , however , the moment of opportunity that was presented in Vietnam by France 's defeat in 1940 was taken by the Japanese ; and although Ho might conceivably and eventually have been right in his optimistic assertion that ‘ if the entire people were united and single minded they would certainly be able to smash the picked French and Japanese armies ’ , the vicissitudes of war and politics would ensure that , for a while at least , they would not be required for such a formidable task . |
| 7 | Annoyed that his cover might have been jeopardized for such a trivial reason , Coleman left Sasser 's office with the intention of coding an immediate complaint to Donleavy — only to run into Micheal T. Hurley on the stairway . |
| 8 | In the mid-Eighties , when Bacons were selling for half a million dollars , he did it again by selling a Bacon Pope belonging to Dufferin for over $1 million . |
| 9 | The Wolvercote Tongue was insured for half a million dollars , and one of the safest ways of transferring it over to England had got to be on the person of the traveller : few people would entrust such an item to letter-post or parcel-post or courier-service ; and even if they did , the insurance-risk premium would be prohibitive . |