Example sentences of "[vb -s] been for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is then argued , that , this being so , there is no consideration for the agreement at all , and that it is an agreement for a voluntary gift on certain conditions ; but , looking at the agreement , we find , not a mere proviso , but an express agreement by the plaintiff to pay £1 towards a certain ground-rent , which apparently has been for the first time apportioned , and to pay it to the defendant , who is , I presume , liable to the whole ground-rent . |
| 2 | About four-fifths of housing constructed in the LDDC has been for the owner-occupied sector . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , it has been for the last hour . ’ |
| 4 | If our climate continues to be as mild as it has been for the last couple of winters we may yet challenge our French and German competitors ! ’ |
| 5 | Another important use of statistical grammatical information has been for the grammatical tagging of natural language corpora . |
| 6 | It is worth restating how radical a leader Mrs Thatcher has been for the Conservative party . |