Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norfolk has been for many years one of our Medau strongholds and it is for this reason that the Society decided to select this prestigious location . |
| 2 | About four-fifths of housing constructed in the LDDC has been for the owner-occupied sector . |
| 3 | Lawrence , Sibylle Zuckermann has been for the last six years teaching a Senior Citizens ' class . |
| 4 | George Headley and Learie Constantine were the giants of the early Test years who did most to establish the team ; Garfield Sobers was for twenty years the supreme all-rounder of the game 's history ; Clive Lloyd devised the concept of a quartet of pace bowlers who would carry all relentlessly before them . |
| 5 | My wife Pam has been for some time aware that I have been having an on-going relationship with Suzannah , who I believe is known to some of you . |
| 6 | The trend in the UK has been for the pyramid to become flattened as many organisations have striven to reduce their layers of middle management to take account of new technology and cut costs . |
| 7 | Since the inter-war years , Britain has been for many people an upwardly mobile society , with children from working-class homes winning jobs in the expanding service class . |
| 8 | It is worth restating how radical a leader Mrs Thatcher has been for the Conservative party . |
| 9 | Everything Madonna does is for specific business reasons . |
| 10 | Jim 's been for a , this afternoon at the Hart and Straw Club |
| 11 | The most dramatic rise in cautioning in England and Wales has been for adult offenders . |