Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [be] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning .
2 In anticipation of receiving your contract within the next few days , I am requesting a copy of the tape according to your specifications , which I understand are for UNIX on Sun/4 at 6250 bpi .
3 Besides being ‘ colourful ’ they advertise records which I presume are for sale in Liverpool shops and various events such as the wonderful ‘ Festival of Comedy ’ .
4 ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly .
5 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 … ’
6 The charities which benefit are for men and women .
7 All you want is for things
8 All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’
9 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 .
10 Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years .
11 And trade unions , though obviously weakened by Thatcherism , are indubitably more popular institutions than they have been for decades .
12 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 .
13 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 ?
14 ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said .
15 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 .
16 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 .
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