Example sentences of "[adv] [be] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it would only be for one night . |
| 2 | To have a week away , and with Fräulein Silber … even the thought of Omi faded as she thought of it ; after all , it would only be for one week , pushing away the traitorous thought that one week for herself was quite different from a week in Omi 's life , and , treachery giving way to treason , she did have her own life to lead ; and so she said , firmly , ‘ It will be all right , Fräulein . |
| 3 | Mm , well it will only be for this session anyway , movement ? |
| 4 | ‘ Had it not been for that publication Sally might have avoided that almost overwhelming sea of troubles which resulted from harmlessly intended praise . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ owing to the presence of which ’ This point is normally covered in any witness statement that might be available , viz. ‘ I saw four vehicles were involved etc. ’ or ‘ if it had not been for that vehicle the accident would not have happened ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Had it not been for another round of cost cutting , the group would have crept back into the black last year . |
| 9 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
| 10 | And equally clearly , concealed in the base of the box , it had not been for public view . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Had it not been for human kindess he would have ended up in a pork pie . |
| 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 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The payments specified in Paragraph 3 above are for non-broadcast use of the Video . |
| 17 | The payments specified in Paragraph 3 above are for non-broadcast use of the Video . |
| 18 | The payments specified in Paragraph 3 above are for non-broadcast use of the Video . |
| 19 | Hofmann believed that the proper objectives of such research should not be for personal gain , but for the pursuit of fundamental knowledge and the fulfilment of social needs . |
| 20 | In the case of Scottish and Northern Irish solicitors , application would not be for overseas lawyer status but for full membership of the Society . |
| 21 | Could you please make these adjustments for the next matrix list which I realise will not be for some time and , in fact , by that time Karen will be off on maternity leave but I leave it to you whether you want to slot in Joan and Jane for that period . |
| 22 | Finns and Poles were the flavour of the month as I recall — they still are for that matter . |
| 23 | They were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour . |
| 24 | What all ( bar for some reason ‘ Memorial ’ Vol. 1 ) have in common is the inclusion of takes from the now-famous November 26th 1945 quintet session which represents for jazz — and bebop in particular — something akin to what Woodstock would later be for another generation ( but without the audience participation ) . |
| 25 | The next LAN to be developed will probably be for Horticultural Education , where external funding is currently being sought for hardware and software to run specialist grounds maintenance , works scheduling , and computerised landscape design and costing . |
| 26 | They 're not the whole scheme though is for Third World countries is n't it ? |
| 27 | All that is required now is for each tip to be lifted in turn from the worktop , and the strong tape folded over to form a complete pocket at each corner . |
| 28 | Fifty years before , gold had been discovered at Bathurst and wages had been spectacular , but those boom times were well over and the rush now was for any job at all and to fight to keep it . |
| 29 | Dealings here are for seven day rolling settlement except in the case of new issues . |
| 30 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |