Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] [been] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chief way out of this difficulty has been for empirical studies to focus on surrogates for power , rather than directly on the exercise of power itself . |
| 2 | His over-riding concern has been for those who are lost ; he has been an evangelist , a travelling missionary , taking the gospel to places where no Christian had ever gone before . |
| 3 | But the broad trend has been for this gap between the experience of rich and poor worlds to narrow ( see the graph on Page 16 ) . |
| 4 | It does not protect the farmers since so many are now in difficulties and the long-term trend has been for many to leave agriculture altogether . |
| 5 | Although the triple junctions identified in Africa , including those along the continental margin as well as those in the interior , have variously evolved by spreading along one , two or all three rift arms , the most common sequence has been for one arm to remain inactive and form an aulacogen , with spreading occurring along the other two ( Fig. 4.13 ) . |
| 6 | Indeed , the trend in the recent past has been for such experiments to get simpler and simpler ( more and more transparent ) in terms of the decision-problems given to the subjects . |