Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] for [Wh det] " in BNC.

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1 It is a sin for which neither absolution nor salvation may readily be forthcoming .
2 It was a tribute for which the events of the next three years provided ample justification .
3 It was a preparation for what was to come .
4 It was a reaction for which Police Chief Darryl Gates was widely criticized and which he , in retrospect , admitted had been a serious mistake .
5 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 .
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