Example sentences of "[adv] be for [det] " in BNC.

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1 Mm , well it will only be for this session anyway , movement ?
2 It may have sounded like good fun , and obviously was for many young people , but this pleasurable diversion had a very serious side which went beyond romance .
3 ‘ Had it not been for that publication Sally might have avoided that almost overwhelming sea of troubles which resulted from harmlessly intended praise . ’
4 And doubtless there would have been many more had it not been for that unfortunate accident which befell Mr Rabbit in Mr MacGregor 's garden whereby he ended up in one of Mrs MacGregor 's rabbit pies .
5 ‘ owing to the presence of which ’ This point is normally covered in any witness statement that might be available , viz. ‘ I saw four vehicles were involved etc. ’ or ‘ if it had not been for that vehicle the accident would not have happened ’ .
6 We might have had it all , had it not been for that One . ’
7 Buddy would have been 56 this year and no doubt raving on even now had it not been for that fateful February in 1959 … the day the music died .
8 Had it not been for another round of cost cutting , the group would have crept back into the black last year .
9 They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals .
10 This time tomorrow it would be all over , and part of history ; the victors would be celebrating , the losers complaining that had it not been for this and that , they would have won , and the course of history would have been different .
11 Too bad the horrendous loading system leaves a nasty taste in the mouth — had it not been for this I 'd have cheerfully awarded around 85% ( disk owners take note ) .
12 ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’
13 I know it will not be for some months yet , but time passes quickly .
14 Could you please make these adjustments for the next matrix list which I realise will not be for some time and , in fact , by that time Karen will be off on maternity leave but I leave it to you whether you want to slot in Joan and Jane for that period .
15 What environmentalists are concerned about is the fear that in spite of a clay lining — dangerous waste from the site will eventually leak through the porous chalk below and into the groundwater — though that may not be for another fifty years .
16 And the forecast for tonight is for much more snow . ’
17 Finns and Poles were the flavour of the month as I recall — they still are for that matter .
18 The pattern has usually been for such people to establish themselves as privileged representatives of a ‘ god ’ who has the power to punish or destroy those who do not conform to the rules which they , the privileged , have themselves formulated , but have attributed to the ‘ god ’ .
19 IT USED to be an easy decision , and still is for many racing fans — the first weekend in October is the time to visit Paris .
20 And there had also been for many years the musical evenings at your parents ' home .
21 What all ( bar for some reason ‘ Memorial ’ Vol. 1 ) have in common is the inclusion of takes from the now-famous November 26th 1945 quintet session which represents for jazz — and bebop in particular — something akin to what Woodstock would later be for another generation ( but without the audience participation ) .
22 All that is required now is for each tip to be lifted in turn from the worktop , and the strong tape folded over to form a complete pocket at each corner .
23 The only means of advance now is for those able to buy the council house in which they live .
24 The growing trend now is for more and more European golfers , and especially the heavyweights , to concentrate on playing the US circuit .
25 Fifty years before , gold had been discovered at Bathurst and wages had been spectacular , but those boom times were well over and the rush now was for any job at all and to fight to keep it .
26 I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’
27 And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’
28 ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’
29 If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’
30 There is never a month that I am not overseas , and has n't been for many years — long before I achieved my present position .
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