Example sentences of "[vb base] be for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’ |
| 2 | All you want is for things |
| 3 | Now that we do live much longer with better health care generally , what we want is for women to be able to live that last third of their lives in health and being able to enjoy themselves and contribute to the community , not feeling that they 're crippled by pain . |
| 4 | The charities which benefit are for men and women . |
| 5 | Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly . |
| 7 | And trade unions , though obviously weakened by Thatcherism , are indubitably more popular institutions than they have been for decades . |
| 8 | Persian rugs still possess an undoubted mystique , and are generally more expensive than those from other countries , but price differentials have been steadily eroding , and they are now generally cheaper in comparison to rugs from other countries than they have been for decades . |
| 9 | If they 're offered , as they have been for years and years ever since the industrial revolution , things that have been cynically designed for the working classes , is it surprising that we have a nation of people who are supposed to have no visual standards ? |
| 10 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Couples is a naturally high flighter of the ball and that , together with his length , is an advantage at Augusta , particularly since everyone seems to agree that the greens are firmer than they have been for years . |
| 12 | FARM policy reforms agreed by EC members leave farming industry prospects brighter than they have been for years , Agriculture Minister John Gummer told the Commons last night . |
| 13 | ‘ I am writing a treatise , have been for years , on the maintenance of the king 's peace in London . |
| 14 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 15 | And have been for years |
| 16 | And have been for years , because that does n't take into account the money that is made when , when you know , when , when , sort of development that we have , we have run from home . |
| 17 | Some 90% of sales have been for databases , electronic mail systems and Computer Aided Design . |