Example sentences of "[prep] what [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They " must set the standards of what is acceptable , of what is for the public good in the age in which we live " . |
| 2 | The Irish hierarchy immediately campaigned against what was for them a drastic solution . |
| 3 | Homo sapiens has chosen to venture into what is for him an unnatural environment and he does so at his peril . |
| 4 | Yet there were also great difficulties in fitting these large numbers of people into what was for them a new and strange society . |
| 5 | Finally , as if rewarding us for our efforts , Yuri provided us with what was for us the highlight of the day — an impromptu performance ( to a disco beat ) which left us in no doubt at all as to why this tall , handsome athlete is Russia 's leading ballet super-Tsar ! |
| 6 | This is not the way to maintain it in what is for many accountants a difficult transitional period . |
| 7 | Ultimately , his change of pace and flight of the ball broke up the rhythm of Lee , who perhaps rather over pressed in the first set and found himself 0–5 down before he adjusted his momentum to claw four games back before Galasso 's touch and confidence returned , in what was for him a perfect final game and a match point won with a brilliant lob . |
| 8 | Descended from Ferdinand Franz Wallraf , who with Johann Richardt had founded Cologne 's great museum , Paul lived in what was for post-war days a sizeable apartment with large rooms . |
| 9 | In the same month , in what was for her the last term of her formal education , Alix became engaged to Sebastian Manning . |
| 10 | ‘ I have brought you here , Miss Kyte , ’ resumed Miss Merchiston in what was for her a pleasant tone , ‘ that you may tell Mr Quatt of what passed between yourself and my dear mother . ’ |
| 11 | For a resident , little things become so big when your whole life can revolve round what 's for lunch and can you sit in your usual place or has someone pinched it ? |
| 12 | They should be disassociated from what is for sale — domestic drudgery . ’ |
| 13 | This brings the time of resuming sexual relations right up to what is for most women the most fertile time of the month . |
| 14 | The only building of note is All Saints ' church , standing on what is for Holderness an eminence . |
| 15 | At the same time Gascoyne took the opportunity of surveying the whole of Cornwall ; as a result of this new field-work a map , dedicated to Charles Bodville Robartes , second Earl of Radnor and lord lieutenant of Cornwall , was published on 27 March 1699 ; it is on what was for the period the large scale of almost one inch to the mile . |
| 16 | But er it was quite a simple job and er I liked it , then now and again I used to walk down to the station master 's or the station inspector 's office you know , have a chat with him and and get the gen on what was for the weekend working you see . |
| 17 | You know , for what 's for what 's going like . |
| 18 | The danger arises if you happen to arrive at what was for you a distressing time and there is no one there to help you deal with it in the way I shall describe in Chapter 2 . |
| 19 | One morning , early in May , I was wakened by what was for a town-bred boy a startling commotion . |