Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] for some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Peter Grimes is so famous it runs the risk of being taken for some sort of operatic norm .
2 To be recognized for some achievement in life lifted Dad immensely ; before Eva he had begun to see himself as a failure and his life as a dismal thing .
3 This wonderfully rich and moist fruit cake may be a little strong for many young children 's tastes , but it is a lovely alternative for an older child , for a special occasion such as Christmas , or when the cake needs to be kept for some time .
4 It is particularly important for covering fruit cakes and cakes with an uneven surface , as it provides a smooth area for the icing and prevents discoloration of the icing by the cake if it is going to be kept for some time .
5 The framers of the American Constitution also had these objects in mind , but on top of that they had to provide for the desire of the thirteen colonies to be united for some purposes only and to remain independent for others .
6 Moreover she had the real comfort of knowing that her community appreciated what she was doing ; more , her life excited such admiration that after her death the interment had to be delayed for some days for fear of riots .
7 Community nurses have been waiting for news about how they are to be organised for some time , and uncertainty about the future is always bad for morale .
8 That has to be paid for some time , and it can not be justified .
9 Then there was Aengus , the youngest : his owlish glasses made him look studious and he was the only Foley boy not to be chosen for some kind of team in the school .
10 Once major strategies have been set , they are likely to be held for some time .
11 Spaces had to be left for some animals to be added as and when I found them .
12 In fact , the country visit had to be postponed for some time , because , although he had promised himself some months ' freedom from engagements , he found himself , as usual , saddled with responsibilities .
13 No decision needs to be taken for some time on the location of the European central bank .
14 Once at sea level , smooth soapstone slabs had to be traversed for some distance to reach the cliff .
15 His potential for convincing , intense , even poetic realism was not to be conveyed for some time .
16 He he 's arguing I think on a basis of , of the experience of the past few years that the situation now in China was a , was a rather variable one , that land reform had proceeded at different rates in different areas and because areas where different that had to be taken into account and Mao explicitly was going back to the idea that in the newly liberated areas the policy would be one of rent reduction , interest rate reduction and that rent and interest rate reduction had to be established for some time until the position had consolidated around rent reduction , around interest rate reduction and once that had happened you would then be able to go into land reform itself .
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