Example sentences of "[been] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trend of things had been for agricultural land to go out of production because it was easier to earn a living working in Israel . |
| 2 | Had the recommendation been for industrial action and the crews voted against , I have no doubt Mr Clarke would have applauded the triumph of democracy . |
| 3 | Had the Pages ' passion been for Lalique glass , the family might have felt constrained to creep about gingerly on tiptoe . |
| 4 | She ai n't been for long while has she ? |
| 5 | Some of the most effective recruitment campaigns I have worked with have been for limited commitment . |
| 6 | They were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour . |
| 7 | Had it not been for splintered wood and debris Alas on deck , and a ripped sail or two , the storm might have seemed no more than a bad dream . |
| 8 | Egg theft would have been far worse had it not been for round-the-clock protection from the army at the end of the season . |
| 9 | The cry should have been for real money , the only means by which genuine choice can be exercised and discrimination on the basis of age eliminated . |
| 10 | Kennedy might thus have decided that the question was not worth pursuing had it not been for British persistence and Foreign Office assessments which suggested that the Soviets themselves hoped that an agreement of some kind might result . |
| 11 | And equally clearly , concealed in the base of the box , it had not been for public view . |
| 12 | St Joseph 's old boy Jim D'Avila , Labour 's candidate in Swindon at the last election , says his parents would have sent him elsewhere had it not been for subsidised transport . |
| 13 | While the TMI accident would not have progressed to the stage it did had it not been for human error , it highlighted the fact that reactor designers and operators had to give more attention to the reliability of the system and its components , and their interaction under accident conditions . |
| 14 | Had it not been for human kindess he would have ended up in a pork pie . |
| 15 | Bill 's orders had been for Captive Audience to lead Shine On at racing speed over six furlongs , then for them both to stride out for home over the last two furlongs . |
| 16 | What little opportunity there might have been for careful integration , had been lost . |
| 17 | How this name originated I have no idea , but I do know that it has been around for many generations for a jingle about this name has come down from the 19th century and it went : " Old Cribb , Young Cribb and Young Cribbs Son , if it had n't a been for Old Cribb there would n't have been none " . |
| 18 | Important as the victory at Stirling Bridge had been for Scottish pride , there was , after a period of despondency and subjugation , to be an even more significant battlefield above the Bannock Burn two miles south of the town . |
| 19 | IT WAS a case of what might have been for Scottish trio Cathy Panton-Lewis , Julie Forbes and Gillian Stewart in the opening round of the Republic of China Open at Chang Gung in Taipei yesterday . |