Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [was/were] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way in which it could have been avoided was for de Gaulle to change his style of leadership . |
| 2 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 3 | The four posts that were advertised were for planning activities for disadvantaged groups , for communications , for any idea that would ‘ assist in the development of McGregor Community College ’ and for home/school work . |
| 4 | One option that had been canvassed was for staffing ratios and care standards merely to be maintained rather than improved as the hospitals declined . |
| 5 | The two items in the struggle for the liberty of the Church to which Anselm was committed were for him not negotiable either by himself or the successor of the pope who had declared lay investiture and clerical homage to be irreconcilable with the law of the Church . |
| 6 | While everyone agreed the changes in living standards since the film was made were for the better , there was some nostalgia for farming as it was when they were young . |
| 7 | All that was needed was for someone to take Rowland 's ascetic vision/version of soul fanaticism and commandeer it for political ends . |
| 8 | What was needed was for the Government to spend much more money , in a more caring fashion . |
| 9 | What was needed was for us to get together with an arbitrator . |
| 10 | All that was needed was for one kind of film to do well at the box-office and a new Hollywood format would be established . |
| 11 | Perhaps , as Ho said later , all that was needed was for the French to pronounce one word : independence ; but on both sides this was the most fraught and emotional issue . |
| 12 | All that was left was for her to undress him . |
| 13 | Hari sighed and returned to her task , the shoes she was making were for Emily Grenfell . |