Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I conducted the First Symphony during the war but the first two symphonies have always been for me a little to close to Tchaikovsky . |
| 2 | Now , the much-repeated phrase is : ‘ The past 40 years have all been for nought ’ . |
| 3 | All figures quoted below are for weekly payments . |
| 4 | ( The prices shown below are for yarns only . ) |
| 5 | In what sounds like computer industry heresy , Gupta Corp , Menlo Park told Reuter that it is looking to higher prices for its more advanced software products to help it achieve sharply higher earnings in 1993 : ‘ Our prices are going up as the functionality and performance of our software increases along with the functionality and performance of personal computer networks , ’ chief executive Umang Gupta said ; the company will introduce two new versions of its SQLWindows 4.0 software later this month ; the standard version at $2,000 , a more advanced one at $3,500 ; he says its only prices going down were for communications routing software . |
| 6 | His deterioration through Alzheimer 's Disease with its abundant frustrations had long been for him a physical and mental martyrdom . |
| 7 | The examples given below are for the summer of 1979 , when interest rates were lower than while this report was being written ( with a bank base rate of 14 per cent in summer 1979 , compared with 17 per cent in spring 1980 ) . |
| 8 | Benefits shown above are for lives assured at normal rates . |
| 9 | These facilities have not been for the most part made available to children of other races . |