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Example sentences of "[be] for [det] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.

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1	There had been for many years various organizations to co-ordinate Nonconformist work in both political and religious fields and the oldest bodies dated back to the previous century .
2	The Child Poverty Action Group might also be seen as an expert and appropriate group to raise social security matters , having been for many years active in campaigning on such matters .
3	My wife Pam has been for some time aware that I have been having an on-going relationship with Suzannah , who I believe is known to some of you .
4	The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland .
5	This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation .
6	And developments which did not contribute to , nor necessarily seek that objective were for that reason defective .
7	It also coincided with the rise and consolidation of the labour movement in Britain ; and that is a story from which women were for many years absent or in which they featured very much as a minority .
8	Similarly the right to grant mulazemets was sometimes used as a means of showing particular honour to individual scholars or of placating those who were for some reason aggrieved .
9	I would like to see agenda 's for these meetings public available I 'd like to see some commercial experience by a vote of general manager and their trustee 's .
10	For a statute or a past decision poses problems of consistency in strategy only when it has assigned people legal rights that a judge forming a new rule is for some reason powerless to change , rights that would work badly with the new rights he wants to create .
11	The basic principle of law is that assignment of a contract is not possible where the identity of the assignor is an important factor for the other party to the contract either as a reason for his entering into the contract in the first place , or because it is for some reason significant for the proper discharge of the contract .
12	6.5 Within [ 15 ] working days after service of such notice ( excluding the day of service ) the Lease shall be completed and time shall be of the essence of this provision Advisable though this clause may be , the problem is that the agreement is liable to be brought to an end at the expiration of the notice , which could have dire consequences for a tenant who has expended a considerable sum of money on the tenant 's works but is for some reason unable to complete .
13	But this monitoring was for many students inconsistent with their future leading roles in Chinese industry , commerce and society in general .
14	Saudi Arabia , devoted to the twin concepts of Islamic and Arab solidarity , was for many years active in promoting both , aided by the twofold prestige of guardianship of the Holy Places in the Hedjaz and the country 's immense petroleum and financial reserves .
15	None of these appointments brought a regular salary and he supplemented his income by medical journalism ; he was for many years medical correspondent to The Times .
16	Dear , though , refuted any suggestions that his decision to leave Park , without a league win this year , was for any reason other than to win a place on the England ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand — something he felt was unlikely if he stayed with Park .