Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main substance to their complaints was that at £26 a ticket they were not receiving value for money . |
| 2 | The Herbarium photocopier was still giving cause for concern in respect of a lack of information and instruction on its use . |
| 3 | The plight of some 600 detainees acknowledged by the authorities was also giving cause for concern . |
| 4 | The state of the earth 's physical resources was also giving cause for concern . |
| 5 | Dieter Kaufmann , 37 , a drug addict with a prison record who was reportedly undergoing treatment for schizophrenia , was arrested at the scene although two others ran away . |
| 6 | By 1987 the condition of the church was again giving cause for concern . |