Example sentences of "[be] a [noun] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interpretation of the requirement in practice has varied and there has been a tendency for some companies to understate rather than emphasise the significance of what they have done . |
| 2 | There has n't even been a thank-you for all my hard work . ’ |
| 3 | Such a multiple attack had been a possibility for some time . |
| 4 | He said the buy-out had been a possibility for some time , but the two sides had only got down to serious discussions in the past few months . |
| 5 | I do not mean to imply , he wrote , that nothing existed before that moment , no plans , no designs , no sketches and no notes , of course there were plans and designs , sketches and notes , how could there not be , he wrote , when my whole life has been nothing but a preparation for this beginning , not only in the sense that everyone 's life is always a preparation for every beginning in that life but in the quite specific sense that my own life has always been a preparation for this beginning , nothing but a preparation for this beginning , both consciously and unconsciously , with everything I have done as well as everything I have thought , everything I have felt as well as everything I have suffered . |
| 6 | It had worked with Billy , truck driver and reluctant witness — but Billy had only been a rehearsal for this , the main event . |
| 7 | From the evidence of the biographical sources , this would appear to be a nearly complete list of the mevleviyet kadiliks of the time ; the only surprising omission is the kadilik of Mecca , which seems to have been a mevleviyet for some years before 963 . |
| 8 | The Dungarvan Leader once commended a candidate " with a record of achievement " in these revealing terms : " He has consistently fought in the Waterford County Council ( of which body he has been a member for many years ) for amenities for the town , and it was thanks to his representations that the long-suffering residents of the old road had a footpath provided in front of their homes to prevent flooding . |
| 9 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 10 | " It seems you went to see your friend Joseph Hyde first , " she said softly , very softly , " and then , having changed your clothes , you accompanied him to a public house called the Queen Victoria where you attended a secret meeting of the Irish Republican Brotherhood , of which apparently , you have been a member for some two years . " |
| 11 | He 'd have been a mark for all the wise guys without me to look out for him . ’ |
| 12 | Burstall and Kay report that in the case of NAEP early opposition from teacher unions was partly based upon fear of a backwash effect and , indeed , it appears to have been a worry for those involved with setting up the APU testing programme . |
| 13 | Although funding has been a problem for some flexible trainees in the past , these new arrangements should improve this aspect of the arrangements considerably . |
| 14 | I mean it 's just like Aston is , it is , is , it 's , it 's a university but it has n't been a university for that long , it was a technological institute before |
| 15 | Images have always crowded Bevan Davies ' mind and in an effort to capture them he has been a photographer for many years . |
| 16 | She rejected his false offering and informed him coolly , ‘ I 've been a widow for many years . |
| 17 | There has n't been a prince for some years . |
| 18 | He had been a widower for many years , she knew . |
| 19 | Professor Weir , a founder member of the British Academy of Management and a Fellow of the British Institute of Management , has been a consultant for several large organisations including the World Bank , the Scottish Development Agency , the Portuguese Government and UNESCO . |
| 20 | They 've been a nuisance for several days now . |
| 21 | Inside the front cover of its annual report , the company prints an unusual request : ‘ Within the European Community a single market in commercial vehicles has been a reality for some time . |
| 22 | Rugby has always been a game for all shapes and sizes — the short and the tall , the squat and the big . |
| 23 | The way in which our hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) has conducted himself has been a model for all of us to follow , though we hope and pray that most of us will not have to undergo that sort of ordeal . |
| 24 | " The end of the Cold War has been a victory for all humanity … |
| 25 | Comfrey is one of the herbs that seem to have been a remedy for all ills , and one that the mediaeval and Elizabethan physicians and herbalists would never be without . |
| 26 | Maybe , in time , realism may prevail , but I see young players with stars in their eyes , and realism has never been a match for that in any walk of life . |
| 27 | The way we played when beating Leicester at Filbert , we would have been a match for any side , including Villa . ’ |
| 28 | This had been a practice for many years , as the label from Day 's circulating library illustrated overleaf shows . |
| 29 | There would have been a time for such a word . |
| 30 | There has been a suspicion for many years that high rates of stomach cancer in parts of Wales may be linked to soil chemistry , specifically such factors as zinc/copper ratios , and to lead content in water supplies . |