Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [pron] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were ripples of self-satisfied laughter , as if to have such a mad dream was something for which they could congratulate themselves . |
| 2 | He was a competent scientist with a modest and helpful nature ; the curatorial role was one for which he was well suited . |
| 3 | Their life was one for which she was very unfitted , and her gigantic effort to enjoy it struck him as a piece of self-deception . |
| 4 | In what way was he for us the focus ? |
| 5 | The ordination of women was something for which I was supposed to argue . |