Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peace Alliance supporters , and the Communists in particular were annoyed that the opportunity for a joint candidature had been lost . |
| 2 | It had jeopardized the government coalition , because the Independent Smallholders ' Party ( FKgP ) for a long time had been unwilling to make concessions which compromised the commitment in its electoral programme to full restitution [ see p. 37790 ; 37975 ] . |
| 3 | Churchill 's proposal made at The Hague for a European Assembly had been taken up with vigour by the newly formed European Movement . |
| 4 | Tamar thought no more about this conversation and did not ask Stephen whether his quest for a new groom had been successful . |
| 5 | The need for a wider focus had been signalled five years earlier when the merger of the Howard Association and the prison Reform League resulted in the establishment of the Howard League for Penal Reform . |
| 6 | Although some reports suggested that the need for a smaller force had been dictated by plans to reduce NATO forces by up to 30 per cent by the mid-1990s , a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting said that defence spending in real terms " should not be expected to reduce substantially in the near term " . |
| 7 | The opportunity for a negotiated peace had been lost — and with it the hope that anything good might come out of the Great War . |
| 8 | Saudi Arabian support for a negotiated settlement had been confirmed by the UN Secretary-General , Javier Péréz de Cuéllar , in Jeddah on Sept. 14 . |
| 9 | The national radio , Voix du Zaïre , reported that in Kinshasa on April 10 a peaceful student demonstration calling for a national conference had been dispersed by troops using tear gas . |