Example sentences of "could be for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well she could be for all we know . |
| 2 | A further trend could be for increasing numbers of small transactions with individual investors becoming involved , providing both management expertise and money , as some of those who benefited from the earlier buyout boom recycle their profits . |
| 3 | Similarly a chorus of cavaliers , referring to ‘ corni e tamburi , e trombe ’ , has instrumental parts which could be for actual trumpets and drums but are more probably for strings imitating them , since in Act II when Chiron is supposed to play his lyre the music consists of a sinfonia di viole , and the passata dell'armata which ends the First Act of Didone ( 1641 ) and another chiamata alla caccia in the Third are equally ambiguous . |
| 4 | As TODAY suggests , one answer could be for newly-licensed young drivers to carry restriction plates for a specified period . |
| 5 | If you can not find the card , it could be for one of two reasons : that the library does not hold a copy of the book ; or that the book is of a special kind and is listed under one of the special catalogues . |
| 6 | As to why he has contacted you after all this time , it could be for one of three reasons . |
| 7 | This could be for many reasons : for example the database does not contain a good example of that particular form of letter , or the character may have been badly written . |
| 8 | That could be for both really |
| 9 | It could be for starving Romanian baby whales with AIDS for all I care . |
| 10 | They might have been like this for three centuries , and could be for three centuries more . |
| 11 | His debt did not have to be less than £20 ; it could be for any amount . |