Example sentences of "be for some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the certification of the flight control system is the critical path item and has been for some considerable time . |
| 2 | NEDs may not be independent at all , as their appointment may be for some personal reason or because of existing business connections . |
| 3 | Most of the other examples cited in Bolinger 's article as adjectives capable only of sense-qualification do not seem to us to be properly so classified either ; if they are felt to be atypical it is for some other reason . |
| 4 | The rule does not require the proper officer to accept a document which is illegible , has not been duly authorised or is for some other reason unsatisfactory ( Ord 50 , r 4A(2) ( a ) ) . |
| 5 | Stripped , tied up and left to freeze It sounds like torture — and it is for some young workers forced to endure outdated initiation rites . |
| 6 | What is lacking at this stage is for some imaginative research laboratory or university department to contact serious UFO researchers and design an experimental study for these UAPs . |
| 7 | It is in both the firm 's and the consumer s interests that this is for some extended period : in the case of the latter because search costs ( presumably ) are finite and so will not be worth incurring if there is only some probability of finding low prices , unless the benefits are substantial . |