Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] been for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One method of reducing surpluses has been for companies to take contributions holidays ( although generally these are not extended to employee contribution holidays ) whereby they do not pay any contributions for a period of time . |
| 2 | Most of his earlier stage designs had been for opera , and the latest of them , Simon Boccanegra , had been the big hit of the preceding season . |
| 3 | A period of two and a half years of which fifteen months have been for construction . |
| 4 | The general trend over the years has been for LDC governments and state enterprises to rely increasingly on international banks rather than official transfers , i.e. foreign aid , to meet their foreign currency financial needs . |
| 5 | In this process of adaptation , what was really wanted was European power : the demands of the Hundred Days had been for arms , railways and schools . |
| 6 | All her feelings had been for Gerry , with the coal-pitted hands , who had never harmed a soul . |
| 7 | The struggle for most of the centres has been for funds . |
| 8 | It made little difference that these needles had been for injections and not for some sinister Chinese purpose . |