Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [been] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these diplomatic operations can only have been performed for the gratification of the Jews themselves . |
| 2 | Mother General 's view was that enough had been done for the child already . |
| 3 | ‘ I had heard much about the Island , but could not have been prepared for the spectacle of some three hundred and eight square miles ’ says Val , ‘ I had five days in which to explore and photograph the unfamiliar panorama which stretched before me . ’ |
| 4 | Where supervision orders to the probation service would normally have been made for the offence , we find that because of homelessness and unemployment , black youths tend to be remanded in custody , or given custodial sentences . |
| 5 | If it was , then the theatre score could just as easily have been copied for the first run as for the revival . |
| 6 | He can count himself lucky not to have been blamed for the bounce by his political masters . |
| 7 | He was called out by an offended patriot of the town , but killed his opponent in the consequent duel , one of the few duels that can ever have been fought for the sake of a marginal note in a book . |
| 8 | As also has been found for the other two scales , however , the inner city problem has become much more evident over the past decade since the deteriorating situation prompted central government to introduce more comprehensive powers in the 1978 Inner Urban Areas Act , to the extent that it was identified by the Prime Minister as the single most important challenge for the new Parliament after the 1987 General Election . |
| 9 | A man who suffered severe brain damage during an operation twenty six years ago has been talking for the first time about losing his fight for compensation . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , the educational background of many radio staff may well have been to blame for the overly formal tone of many programmes , which frequently caused them to sound stilted and unnatural . |
| 11 | ‘ Mait wo n't have been heading for the dock , ’ Ace reasoned . |
| 12 | Their purpose in coming here had been to intercede for the soul of Colonel Fergusson . |
| 13 | Garter snakes could almost have been made for the purpose , being undemanding in their housing and dietary requirements , harmless and relatively simple to breed in captivity … certainly less problematic than any lizard . |
| 14 | The Canadian-born forward has been selected for the Great Britain squad which plays France later this month . |
| 15 | But , more than that , his predilection for Neath players deprived the club of their own best talent so that when they would otherwise have been training for the league , instead they were training for the Five Nations Championship . |