Example sentences of "[noun pl] has [be] for " in BNC.

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1 One method of reducing surpluses has been for companies to take contributions holidays ( although generally these are not extended to employee contribution holidays ) whereby they do not pay any contributions for a period of time .
2 About 90 per cent of development in the zones has been for industrial or warehouse use .
3 The general trend over the years has been for LDC governments and state enterprises to rely increasingly on international banks rather than official transfers , i.e. foreign aid , to meet their foreign currency financial needs .
4 For some time the weapons states have maintained that the peaceful trade in peaceful atoms has been for purely peaceful purposes .
5 The struggle for most of the centres has been for funds .
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