Example sentences of "have been [noun pl] for " in BNC.

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1 There may have been reasons for this lack of positive discrimination towards the older conurbations .
2 The point was long in doubt , and there may have been reasons for thinking that it might not be appropriate to extend the obligation to measures adopted before a directive existed .
3 Beguiled by state-of-the-art techniques ( of the kind deployed for ‘ Cités-Cinés ’ , which captured the public imagination five years ago ) , architects and stage designers , experts from the worlds of cinema and advertising , as well as art historians , will create a series of typical settings , which were or could have been subjects for Impressionist paintings .
4 Such wide spaces may have been places for furniture — certainly , a number of different positions from which to view a pavement is desirable .
5 The main reason , main thing is presuming that there must have been refreshments for all these people , probably might have been just a buffet or cup of coffee , or I expect there was probably a lunch laid on , I want to know who footed the bill for the lunch ?
6 Had Mountbatten been lambasting the Arabs , there might well have been grounds for constraint .
7 Nolan regularly rides the horse , Chickweed , that Angela Brickell had care of , and there would have been opportunities for sex at race meetings , like in a horse-box , if he wanted to take the risk .
8 There may also have been opportunities for paid work experience .
9 ‘ There would have been stalls for coffee , gingerbread and souvenirs , ’ he said .
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