Example sentences of "be [verb] was for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way in which it could have been avoided was for de Gaulle to change his style of leadership . |
| 2 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 3 | One option that had been canvassed was for staffing ratios and care standards merely to be maintained rather than improved as the hospitals declined . |
| 4 | All that was needed was for someone to take Rowland 's ascetic vision/version of soul fanaticism and commandeer it for political ends . |
| 5 | What was needed was for the Government to spend much more money , in a more caring fashion . |
| 6 | What was needed was for us to get together with an arbitrator . |
| 7 | All that was needed was for one kind of film to do well at the box-office and a new Hollywood format would be established . |
| 8 | Perhaps , as Ho said later , all that was needed was for the French to pronounce one word : independence ; but on both sides this was the most fraught and emotional issue . |
| 9 | All that was left was for her to undress him . |