Example sentences of "have been [art] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same passage , despite the narrow constriction of the valley at Djerdap , as the Danube forces its way between the Transylvanian Alps to the north and the Stara Planina to the south , may also have been a route for invaders into the Roman province of Pannonia , although the Iron Gate Pass , some 130 km ( 80 miles ) further north , afforded a better route for the Goths who descended on Pannonia from Transylvania in the middle of the fourth century AD . |
| 2 | In the photograph on the facing page I have designed an S-shape for Sheen , but it could just as easily have been a J for Joanna , or any of the other letters of the alphabet . |
| 3 | It may have been a stopping-place for drovers — but he could still do Dr Johnson the honour of making lemonade from fresh lemons . |
| 4 | The reaction to that speech - and my reaction to that , the attempt to explain and apologise — put a firm stop to any hope I might have had that I might have been a candidate for leadership of the party . ’ |
| 5 | It might have been a cry for help — we just do not know . ’ |
| 6 | It would have to be taken out to the van , and that would certainly have been a job for mother and son , a major job at that . |
| 7 | It should have been a procession for Linfield after the Coleman dismissal . |
| 8 | And what should have been a doddle for Lord Waddington turned into a disaster . |
| 9 | The undergrowth must have been a haven for vipers and the three men kept strictly to the path . |
| 10 | The appeasement myth was right in this respect : Halifax would have been a disaster for Britain . |
| 11 | He was a quiet baby , watchful , with a stillness about him which , if he had not been able to crawl and stand and almost walk , would have been a cause for concern . |
| 12 | ‘ It would have been a tragedy for Hampshire if the Watercress Line had to close , ’ Mr. Dean continued . |
| 13 | Had it been only the interests of traders that were being considered , there would have been no need for Britain to have responded to the competitive challenge of other European states by formalizing and expanding her own empire , with all that this entailed in provoking international tensions , arms expenditures , and general insecurity . |
| 14 | There 'd have been no need for Ephraim Cook then to manage the business when he was gone ; an upright , Nonconformist — Mr Cook — the kind who never allowed a drop of alcohol , or a smile , to pass his lips and whose well-trained conscience would never allow him to cheat Gemma nor to waste a penny of her money , no matter how hard Tristan tried . |
| 15 | Had there been , there could have been no room for doubt . |
| 16 | I guess Waldo must have been the codename for CorelDRAW 2 during development and it got stuck in the code . |
| 17 | The dark , brooding look about him , so daunting at their first meeting , was missing these days , replaced by a zest and animation she knew must have been the norm for Penry Vaughan before his marriage — or before his divorce , she corrected herself . |
| 18 | He wears boilersuits and lives on the beach at Dungeness ; and sitting in his shack surrounded by pebbles , plants and other exotica he could almost have been the model for Peter Greenaway 's Prospero . |
| 19 | This , rather than Inch Keith or Scalpay , would have been the island for Johnson . |
| 20 | This might have been the moment for Britain to transfer her loyalties to the European Community , but her ties with the Commonwealth and the special relationship were too strong . |
| 21 | The annihilation of the Baltic fleet a few days later in the Straits of Tsushima was almost unbelievable and was the first defeat of a great power in modern history by an Asian state and for that reason alone Japan 's success might have been an example for Vietnam . |