Example sentences of "been for [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had the recommendation been for industrial action and the crews voted against , I have no doubt Mr Clarke would have applauded the triumph of democracy . |
| 2 | The majority of systems that have been developed have been for restricted domains and small grammars . |
| 3 | Sucralose might never have been discovered had it not been for two Tate & Lyle scientists who deployed a basic research technique — they tasted it . |
| 4 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
| 5 | Of the temporary jobs concerned , nearly three quarters ( 70 per cent ) had been for six months or less ( Stern , 1982 ) . |
| 6 | Well I said to er one lady who 's been for first time and she thinks it 's marvellous ! |
| 7 | However , the truth of the matter is that the Scottish economy is in a better state now than it has been for many years and is continuing to thrive . |
| 8 | Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done . |
| 9 | They were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour . |
| 10 | Had it not been for splintered wood and debris Alas on deck , and a ripped sail or two , the storm might have seemed no more than a bad dream . |
| 11 | Kennedy might thus have decided that the question was not worth pursuing had it not been for British persistence and Foreign Office assessments which suggested that the Soviets themselves hoped that an agreement of some kind might result . |
| 12 | A predisposition to stress such as that apparently suffered by the accused in the present case might fall foul of this restriction and it may have been for this reason that the Court of Appeal preferred to regard the case as one which might have been disposed of under section 78 had not the trial judge wrongly taken the view that that section also requires some misconduct on the part of the police . |
| 13 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |