Example sentences of "[noun] have [be] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | About four-fifths of housing constructed in the LDDC has been for the owner-occupied sector . |
| 2 | The practice has been for the judge to deduct a period for remission which might be earned , and to advise the Home Secretary that what remains is the requirement of retribution and deterrence . |
| 3 | It was only when everyone rose to their feet , shook hands and made a beeline for the cooking tent — where , it emerged , Balvinder Singh had been for the last half-hour — that I realized that the ceremony was over . |
| 4 | The original intention had been for the Quins players , seven of whom were in England 's Grand Slam squad , to have Easter off . |
| 5 | The original intention had been for the expedition to sail on 10 February but the usual bad weather made this impossible and Ormonde became progressively more reluctant to leave , suspecting that all hope of surprise had now been lost . |
| 6 | IF THE PLAN has been for the Europeans not to show their strongest hands in the Freeport-McMoran Classic at English Turn , which takes its name from one of the sweeping bends in the Mississipi River , much has gone according to plan . |
| 7 | Most of the assistance has been for the purchase of new or secondhand fishing boats , including the virtual rebuilding of the Western Isles fleet . |
| 8 | Whether you think that dimension has been for the good of the game will probably depend on your nationality . |
| 9 | The plan had been for the Americans to discover an unknown for the lead female role but no-one had Miss Leigh 's screen magic . |
| 10 | The Court of Session heard that the original plan had been for the Deanses to use their 57 per cent shareholding to remove four directors — Wilson Young , James Johnston , Alastair McKenzie and Clive Scott . |
| 11 | Lawrence , Sibylle Zuckermann has been for the last six years teaching a Senior Citizens ' class . |
| 12 | However in a few incidents the initial charge had been for the full offence of rape … . |
| 13 | The German study spells out how catastrophic the last 15 years have been for the now emasculated British industry . |
| 14 | The trend in the UK has been for the pyramid to become flattened as many organisations have striven to reduce their layers of middle management to take account of new technology and cut costs . |
| 15 | Some of the Government 's changes have been for the better . |
| 16 | And would it be impolite of me to enquire exactly where you and the other officers have been for the last eight hours ? ’ |
| 17 | The remand had been for the purpose of the issue being tried by the justices on the Monday . |
| 18 | The Bolton area health authority was forced to reveal his identity after he was named in local newspapers , and its chief executive , Richard Sutherland , said last night : ‘ Our first concern has been for the patients involved . |
| 19 | It is worth restating how radical a leader Mrs Thatcher has been for the Conservative party . |
| 20 | Another important use of statistical grammatical information has been for the grammatical tagging of natural language corpora . |
| 21 | Er fairly easy to determine what your background 's been for the last twenty six years er and I have to say that 's quite unusual these nowadays , particularly in financial services . |
| 22 | Hitherto the provision had been for the Speaker to become interim president , with the obligation to organize elections within a period of 45-60 days . |
| 23 | The most recent contribution by the Dulverton Trust has been for the instalment of Dr Peter Ridgway Watt 's windows in the new wing of Wills Hall . |
| 24 | However , on June 27 Medvedev announced that the consensus had been for the congress to proceed as scheduled . |
| 25 | As far as is known all the records have been for the period spring to autumn . |
| 26 | Wintering birds favour coastal farmland and marshes and a high proportion of recent records have been for the Selsey peninsular , the Beachy Head area , and from Rye to the Midrips . |