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 .
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