Example sentences of "they [vb base] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The funds they receive are for specific services — hence the term ‘ fund accounting ’ . |
| 2 | And if MPs on the take are not parroting the opinions of these companies what can we suppose the money they receive is for ? |
| 3 | The territories that they inhabit are for the most part inhospitable , with some of the world 's highest mountains and large expanses of desert ; and levels of literacy have traditionally been low ( some of the nationalities concerned had no written language at all at the time of their incorporation into the USSR ) . |
| 4 | They know the truth : that life with an aged parent can be a strange mixture of joy and sorrow , and all they ask is for that fact to be accepted , not glossed over by their family and society , and then to be offered some practical ideas on how to make the best of a good job , which they consider to be well worth doing . |
| 5 | Everything they do is for their children . |
| 6 | Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years . |
| 7 | He and his wife , Nellie , live in a Home in an outer city suburb where they 've been for fifteen months . |
| 8 | Perhaps they 've been for their walk , this one looks as if he 's so old he can hardly ! |
| 9 | Surely they 've been for the last four years and they must or do they just keep it at eighty one then they go to ninety ? |
| 10 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 11 | And that 's moved them no less than three places up the second division table , they 're higher than I think they 've been for many a long day . |
| 12 | Er the the room , the smallest room they have is for twenty five to thirty people |
| 13 | If they 're offered , as they have been for years and years ever since the industrial revolution , things that have been cynically designed for the working classes , is it surprising that we have a nation of people who are supposed to have no visual standards ? |
| 14 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 15 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Couples is a naturally high flighter of the ball and that , together with his length , is an advantage at Augusta , particularly since everyone seems to agree that the greens are firmer than they have been for years . |
| 17 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |
| 18 | And trade unions , though obviously weakened by Thatcherism , are indubitably more popular institutions than they have been for decades . |
| 19 | FARM policy reforms agreed by EC members leave farming industry prospects brighter than they have been for years , Agriculture Minister John Gummer told the Commons last night . |
| 20 | Persian rugs still possess an undoubted mystique , and are generally more expensive than those from other countries , but price differentials have been steadily eroding , and they are now generally cheaper in comparison to rugs from other countries than they have been for decades . |
| 21 | " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted . |
| 22 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 23 | Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 25 | Obviously the standards are not satisfactory but they are the same as they have been for the last 30 years and they are of Mr Pritchard 's choosing . |
| 26 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |
| 27 | ‘ Lower interest rates and current house price levels mean that house are more affordable now than they have been for over 20 years . ’ |
| 28 | And I do n't think they have been for this last |