Example sentences of "of [noun pl] be [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A COUPLE who suffered a catalogue of tragedies are set for a second honeymoon in the Austrian mountains . |
| 2 | The unicameral 300-member Chamber of Deputies is elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage under a system of reinforced proportional representation . |
| 3 | What was crucial , though , was that this development did not mean that a special category of movies was made for a sectional audience but rather that what was thought of as the ‘ quality ’ taste was allowed to shape the general output of movies . |
| 4 | One aim of experiments is to search for a compact spelling which can show sound and meaning as directly as possible , meet the needs of all who learn and use it , and is still close to existing spelling which has , so to speak , been ‘ cleaned up ’ . |
| 5 | A number of councillors are asking for a judicial review of an RUC decision not to give them the go-ahead to get personal protection weapons . |
| 6 | ( 11 ) If a licensing board is not elected at the time at which it ought to be elected , or an insufficient number of members is elected for a board , the Secretary of State may by order provide for the holding of an election or elections for supplying such fault or deficiency in election at such times and in such manner as he may think expedient . |
| 7 | ALMOST four years after the 1985 crash of an airliner in Gander , Newfoundland , in which 248 US servicemen were killed , a group of congressmen are pressing for a new inquiry into the disaster . |
| 8 | A 65-member House of Representatives is elected for a five-year term ( subject to dissolution ) by direct universal adult suffrage under a system of proportional representation . |