Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more normal way of satisfying the prospective buyer 's concern that the vendor may not proceed is for the vendor to agree to pay or contribute towards the cost of the report if the matter does not proceed to completion for any reason not involving fault by the prospective buyer . |
| 2 | To insist upon the inquest in these circumstances could only have been for the purpose of procuring a rapping over the knuckles in public of that authority and/or a convenient means of obtaining evidence for a subsequent claim against it . |
| 3 | It could not have been for lack of qualifications , for Moira had served seven years on the BBC 's General Advisory Council and four years as a director of Border Television ; so one can only assume it was because of my Liberal Party connections . |
| 4 | It could not have been for offside . |
| 5 | But the whole point of Pam being there , my being fostered , was if I could n't cope was for her to take over . |
| 6 | Now it was empty as it could n't have been for centuries , left to the tide and the sea birds . |
| 7 | Could n't have been for the sex if Rose is to be believed , so must have wanted you for dinner . ’ |
| 8 | I mean , so they could n't have been for er er Germany . |
| 9 | And that would undoubtedly have been for the best . |
| 10 | All these hours in Madamoiselle McKirdy 's class will not have been for nothing . |