Example sentences of "[adv] be for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm , well it will only be for this session anyway , movement ? |
| 2 | ‘ Had it not been for that publication Sally might have avoided that almost overwhelming sea of troubles which resulted from harmlessly intended praise . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Had it not been for another round of cost cutting , the group would have crept back into the black last year . |
| 5 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
| 6 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I know it will not be for some months yet , but time passes quickly . |
| 9 | Finns and Poles were the flavour of the month as I recall — they still are for that matter . |
| 10 | The pattern has usually been for such people to establish themselves as privileged representatives of a ‘ god ’ who has the power to punish or destroy those who do not conform to the rules which they , the privileged , have themselves formulated , but have attributed to the ‘ god ’ . |
| 11 | And there had also been for many years the musical evenings at your parents ' home . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 16 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 17 | There is never a month that I am not overseas , and has n't been for many years — long before I achieved my present position . |
| 18 | Deep inside , I thought that George loved Lennie and vice versa because if it had n't been for this love , they would n't have been able to survive happily together . |
| 19 | " I have n't been for some time . |
| 20 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |
| 21 | It wo n't be for another month . |
| 22 | You 're growing up , yes , but you 're not grown-up and you wo n't be for some time , and in the meantime you 're still my girl . |
| 23 | So my the , in my mind the best way forward is for this council to promote the right to buy and I fully support this motion and I would urge members of this council to ignore the report that comes back from the housing committee . |
| 24 | The concordance between Is for some attribute ( e.g. IQ ) may be higher than that between Ns so that we can infer a genetic effect . |
| 25 | The concepts therefore were for that age quite sophisticated , indeed quite sophisticated by many adults ' standards as we have seen . |