Example sentences of "[verb] been for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's been more praise for Brian Clough , at the bottom of the League with Forest , than there has been for Norwich manager Mike Walker at the top . |
| 2 | ‘ The trend over time has been for Britain to become less important ( in US eyes ) than Europe as a collective , ’ Robert Hunter , vice-president of the Centre of Strategic and International Studies , told the Washington Times . |
| 3 | No wonder that the answer to the puzzle was AN EXCLUSIVE SCOOP and that is just what her entry has been for Ann Scudder of Dartford , Kent as she is the one to scoop up this fabulous prize . |
| 4 | However gratifying this may have been for Stirling , one distinct step was taken to clip his wings and stop his independent lobby of senior officers . |
| 5 | It is only necessary to reverse the meaning of the sentence to realize how difficult it would have been for Baldwin to have given a negative answer . |
| 6 | Must have been for Gail then . |
| 7 | The friend said : ‘ The ideal solution would have been for Camilla to break off with Andrew , but it never happened . |
| 8 | He drew her close again and they fell silent , Rachel reflecting on how hard it must have been for David not to have told her what had really happened between himself and her sister , then another thought struck her . |
| 9 | The ceremony will be a bitter-sweet reminder of what might have been for Princess Margaret , forbidden from marrying her divorced sweetheart Peter Townsend . |
| 10 | So , I think that in the opinion of Miller the family was the most important thing for B. and should have been for Eddie and all parents , but the priority for Catherine was her own life and I think that as far as Miller is concerned she is right , because she has a whole future ahead of her while B. and Eddie have settled down . |
| 11 | The call had been for Hank , and had been from one of his classmates , who said that he just wanted to inquire how Hank was . |
| 12 | The intention at that time had been for Ian and myself to return to Uist by the ferry in the afternoon but the weather was so bad that the ferryman decided not to chance his luck in the storm . |
| 13 | He noted that the agreement had been for DEC to increase its stake in Olivetti to 10% in July 1994 , but found a means whereby it could make good on its commitment earlier than expected . |
| 14 | The original proposal had been for PR in the cities but this was opposed by Unionists who were concerned to protect the efficacy of the business vote ; Central Office also opposed the alternative vote when it was put forward in the debates , and the majority of Unionist MPs and the National Union never backed either system . |
| 15 | All her feelings had been for Gerry , with the coal-pitted hands , who had never harmed a soul . |
| 16 | In his pronouncements , science was no longer subordinate to theology in the way it had been for Roger Bacon , Thomas Aquinas , or Nicole Oresme . |
| 17 | That first contract had been for America , and then came Russia , France , Italy , Germany , South America , the list is endless . |
| 18 | But the issue was still a tactical one , as it had been for Marx ; national liberation was a means to support or obstruct the unity of the working class and the achievement of socialist revolution in Russia , not a matter of general principle . |
| 19 | But for Nietzsche " art as a whole " and " the Hellenic sphere " were simply not separable , any more than they had been for Winckelmann . |
| 20 | In cases where marriage has been discussed , pregnancy is not unwelcome , and may even have been anticipated , as it had been for Claire , who married her husband when she was five months pregnant . |
| 21 | On the contrary , such dispositions of honores and patronage were , as they had been for Charles 's predecessors , crucial instruments of royal power in the regions . |
| 22 | There are old records for every month except August and September , but the records since 1946 have been for April ( one ) , May ( one ) , June ( two ) , October ( four ) , November ( 13 ) , and December ( one ) . |
| 23 | Probably if it had n't have been for Sister Helen and I would have never have been able to b catch the at all because I never came to see a doctor . |