Example sentences of "[pron] [be] a [noun] for [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because I like the fashion , and because I 'm an activist for what I believe in . |
| 2 | What are you doing with it there 's a competition for what , for a monologue ? |
| 3 | I 'm not sure if there 's a name for what I suffer from . |
| 4 | I think that there is a majority for what the hon. Gentleman refers to as reform within the United Kingdom when that case commands a majority in the House . |
| 5 | The plaintiffs ' underlying complaint seems to be that C.M.C. borrowed more than it needed and spent more of the borrowed money than it could afford to spend , with the result that there was a loss for which the plaintiffs have been held personally liable as guarantors . |
| 6 | Perhaps there was an explanation for what she 'd heard , perhaps she was imagining the worst . |
| 7 | It is a sin for which neither absolution nor salvation may readily be forthcoming . |
| 8 | It is an innovation for which Edward Heath was responsible . |
| 9 | It was a tribute for which the events of the next three years provided ample justification . |
| 10 | It was a preparation for what was to come . |
| 11 | It was a reaction for which Police Chief Darryl Gates was widely criticized and which he , in retrospect , admitted had been a serious mistake . |
| 12 | It was a post for which he was singularly unsuited and from which he removed himself or was gently pushed in September 1939 , but , though he failed to hit it off with the central committee , he did bring to the organisation the stamp of institutional legitimacy . |