Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [to-vb] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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1 | The previous occupant had been a Swiss merchant who had been evicted to make way for the English milord and his lady , and Jane had a suspicion that the Swiss , like all foreigners , harboured strange and filthy diseases . |
2 | It 's been done to make room for the Motorola Inc 88110 Mbus input/output interface and increased cache . |
3 | Brandon J. noted that Mareva injunctions had been made to provide security for the payment of any award which the plaintiff might obtain in the arbitration , and he saw ‘ no good reason ’ against this practice . |
4 | The hijackers , who told reporters that they had been attempting to gain publicity for the pro-democracy cause in Myanma , pleaded guilty in Bangkok Criminal Court on Jan. 30 , 1990 . |
5 | An early fourth-century building had been demolished to make way for the wall , thus providing an approximate date for its construction . |
6 | A whole street of houses had been demolished to make way for the edifice looming above her , Isabel vaguely recalled hearing . |
7 | Funding from OBAT ( Outer Belfast Action Team ) has been used to provide equipment for the centre as a community facility . |
8 | On July 7 the small Hural had been disbanded to make way for the Great Hural to act as the country 's new single-chamber legislative body . |
9 | A council has been asked to give permission for the development in return for money for recreational facilities . |