Example sentences of "have been [adj] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had wanted a short Report , with strong emphasis on grammar , spelling and punctuation , which would have been easy for parents to read . |
| 2 | Had this been successful it would have been possible for managers of education and training at every level within a locality to identify major employment issues , to assess likely large-scale change in employment patterns and to identify educational links which might have to be developed or changed . |
| 3 | HIV may have been present for centuries in a relatively harmless form and only recently evolved into a more damaging one . |
| 4 | In passing I have reflected its natural selection and our God had not created the fruit fly , it would have been necessary for biologists to have invented it . |
| 5 | In the past it must have been necessary for spectators to keep well clear or be vigilant . |
| 6 | I must have been unconscious for hours . |
| 7 | He must have been asleep for hours . |
| 8 | It could have been worse for Rangers . |
| 9 | It could have been worse for Rangers . |
| 10 | ‘ With all the stuff that had gone on prior to the match and then the conditions we had to play in , the result could have been worse for Rangers but for our goalkeeper , ’ Gough admitted . |
| 11 | It would have been better for employers and workpeople if they had been in the disciplinary grip of machinery … |
| 12 | He must have been dead for hours . ’ |
| 13 | It may have been harder for girls from the Canongate to find such jobs ( the survivors were all from slightly more prosperous backgrounds ) . |
| 14 | That it may have been difficult for members to attend area sessions , should not rule out the possibility of encouraging collaboration among groups of local boards . |
| 15 | It would not have been difficult for Manners to justify his appointment of Scott . |
| 16 | Of course it would have been difficult for intellectuals to admit that it was precisely their own condemnation and neglect of films which had removed the one buffer that the film industry could have used to protect itself from the onslaught of ‘ the Meddlers and Busybodies ’ . |
| 17 | They may have been purpose-built for pedestrians , or be ordinary streets where the traffic flow is restricted ( usually to emergency services and possibly delivery vans ) . |