Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [be] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of his earlier stage designs had been for opera , and the latest of them , Simon Boccanegra , had been the big hit of the preceding season . |
| 2 | A period of two and a half years of which fifteen months have been for construction . |
| 3 | However , all the speed thresholds mentioned are for guidance only . |
| 4 | The general trend over the years has been for LDC governments and state enterprises to rely increasingly on international banks rather than official transfers , i.e. foreign aid , to meet their foreign currency financial needs . |
| 5 | He stressed that his advice to go ahead with detailed planning for the £5 million junction had been for guidance only and that the full approval of the CIOR would still have to be sought before the junction was commissioned . |
| 6 | Selection has been for growth potential ; the average 400-day weight of bulls is 447kg and their mature weight 966kg , with an average withers height of 140cm ( the breed minimum is 132cm ) . |
| 7 | This time axis shown is for radiation . |
| 8 | The other bearers took the traditional view that the right thing to do was for Yussuf to get rid of her and find another one ; but for reasons known only to himself Yussuf was reluctant to do this . |
| 9 | Lewis , whose youthful enthusiasm had been for Norse sagas and the verse tales of William Morris , seems to have been converted to Christianity by considering whether the Christian myth might not , after all ‘ be something more than a fiction . |
| 10 | The heaviest betting this year has been for Shellac , a six-length winner from Sudden Victory at Ayr last time out , but the deciding factor is that Dettori originally chose to ride SPLENDID CAREER ( nap 3.35 ) , who may have been unlucky when beaten at Newbury by yesterday 's Goodwood winner Monastery . |
| 11 | The most dramatic rise in cautioning in England and Wales has been for adult offenders . |