Example sentences of "[verb] [be] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Whereas the original demand had been for actual ships , the Crown began in the 1590s to ask for money instead . |
| 32 | The trend of things had been for agricultural land to go out of production because it was easier to earn a living working in Israel . |
| 33 | Maybe they had been for old times the old times that had never really existed . |
| 34 | Important as the victory at Stirling Bridge had been for Scottish pride , there was , after a period of despondency and subjugation , to be an even more significant battlefield above the Bannock Burn two miles south of the town . |
| 35 | Bill 's orders had been for Captive Audience to lead Shine On at racing speed over six furlongs , then for them both to stride out for home over the last two furlongs . |
| 36 | Everything Madonna does is for specific business reasons . |
| 37 | Some of the most effective recruitment campaigns I have worked with have been for limited commitment . |
| 38 | The majority of systems that have been developed have been for restricted domains and small grammars . |
| 39 | Most records since 1947 have been for coastal districts , which perhaps just reflects the distribution of observers at the migration seasons . |