Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [vb infin] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buildings on either side would have been for the slaves and workshops , the bath-house and latrines . |
| 2 | Had she been so , then last night 's work would have been for naught . |
| 3 | This is not entirely correct , as the only compensation would have been for the damage caused by the armed robbery . |
| 4 | The cry should have been for real money , the only means by which genuine choice can be exercised and discrimination on the basis of age eliminated . |
| 5 | Alternatively , if the company fell on hard times , the instrument took on not only a debt , but a highly onerous debt feature when the company 's need would have been for equity . |
| 6 | Cecilia reflected on how massive the explosion must have been for her and that beautiful girl to have heard it up here in West Hampstead . |
| 7 | The procedure would have been for the pilot to pull a handle , situated between his legs , which jettisoned the canopy while activating a rocket that fired his seat and that of his navigator clear of the plane . |
| 8 | The simplest method would have been for a French submarine to wait for the Rainbow Warrior somewhere on the high seas and sink it with a torpedo but that posed the problem of what to do with any survivors . |
| 9 | In such cases virtually the whole award would have been for pain and suffering . |
| 10 | The better approach would have been for the company to insist that an express term was inserted into the contract to the effect that the computer to be acquired must be compatible with the existing equipment . |
| 11 | Crucial as this innovation may have been for co-ordination , it has contributed to an increased sense of ‘ distance ’ between policy makers and implementers in a policy system that operates primarily in a unified , top-down , manner . |
| 12 | He might not even be there and the whole thing would have been for nothing and all he would have got out of it would have been kicks . |
| 13 | ‘ The ideal thing would have been for them to keep to their offer of a two-year deal and I would have signed it before the final . |
| 14 | But if no convincing reason for the station can be found , and if the project will no longer create so many jobs , then all the effort will have been for naught . |
| 15 | Indeed , the greatest praise an innovation can receive is for people to say : ‘ This is obvious ! |
| 16 | The only cost would have been for the satellite transmission , which would have been shared . ’ |
| 17 | We did not appreciate at the time what a wrench leaving the Weir House must have been for him , nor the difficulty he had in adjusting himself to four assertive stepsons he hardly knew . |
| 18 | The last thing the family would want is for there to be any public disturbance . ’ |
| 19 | The friend said : ‘ The ideal solution would have been for Camilla to break off with Andrew , but it never happened . |