Example sentences of "[noun] was [prep] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appointment was to be for the life of his father , Richard Earl of Cornwall , the king 's brother , with reversion to the Crown . |
| 2 | The contemporary open door was to be for the benefit of the Chinese , not their disadvantage . |
| 3 | The Pill was to be for the sexual revolution what steam was to the industrial revolution . |
| 4 | However , for funding reasons this centre was to be for the whole region . |
| 5 | The Daily Mirror and Sunday Pictorial were in interlocking ownership ; but the first Lord Rothermere , one of the founders ( in 1903 , when the Mirror was to be for women , edited by women — the women failed , and sacking them , the Harmsworths ' henchman said , was like drowning kittens ) had dispersed his shares on the Stock Exchange in 1931 . |
| 6 | From the very first entry at the top of the list it is clear that this discussion was to be for Darwin revelatory . |
| 7 | Quickly she outlined the plan , explaining that the party was to be for local children who were handicapped or disadvantaged in some way . |