Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [be] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , it is logical that models which can yield an investment strategy capable of beating a process of random selection and ‘ buy-and-hold ’ would not be published until they ceased to be profitable for their creators . |
| 2 | Some years ago The Sunday Times invited parents ( representing a wide range of social backgrounds ) to list the things which they felt to be significant for their children in their years of primary schooling . |
| 3 | Stuck in Dovercourt with little prospect of continuing their education or of fulfilling their parents ' ambitions , they did not see what they had to be grateful for . |
| 4 | If they had to be responsible for choosing the leaders of the Church , they needed information and their secretaries should be able to talk to people who had the information . |
| 5 | His Lordship maintained that s14(6) did not alter the law and that " purpose or purposes " referred to the range of uses of the contract goods but not that they had to be fit for all these purposes . |