Example sentences of "[vb past] to be for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the period between the Fascist ascendancy of 1934 and the collapse of Mosley 's hopes in March 1937 , Joyce 's personal life had undergone a change which seemed to be for the better . |
| 2 | The coverage seemed to be for the exclusive benefit of the Tory Party . |
| 3 | Thus the Commission saw these two vital controls on police power : the arrest had to be for an imprisonable offence and it had also , in addition to this , to be ‘ necessary ’ . |
| 4 | The basic elementary processes of chemistry were understood and the essential analytical tools were already available ; the existence of a limited number of chemical elements , composed of different numbers of basic units ( atoms ) , and compounds of elements composed of basic multi-atomic units of molecules , and some idea of the rules of these combinations was familiar , as indeed it had to be for the great advances in the essential activity of chemists , the analysis and synthesis of various substances . |
| 5 | Since the Queen was more spiderlike than humanoid in form , ‘ she ’ could safely be shown in more detail and had to be for the climactic battle , Queen versus Ripley plus power loader . |