Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [verb] be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others still detained at the end of March had been held for almost 10 years . |
| 2 | The teacher was furious that the photograph taken in her new school on the outskirts of Middlesbrough had been used for political purposes . |
| 3 | A PLAN to build executive-style houses in an upmarket suburb of Middlesbrough has been refused for the second time . |
| 4 | A similar effect of GR has been observed for the orbit of the binary pair containing the pulsar 1913+16 : the advance of the periastron ( the line joining the stars at their point of nearest approach ) of the pulsar orbit is , at 4° per year , considerably larger than for Mercury 's orbit . |
| 5 | Mike noticed a group of heavy gamblers , most of them Greek , move towards the baccarat room , where the Sultan of Rupolei had been losing for the last hour . |
| 6 | A consignment of vital arms for the war with the accursed President Sadeq of Iraq had been paid for by Teheran , to be delivered by ship . |
| 7 | Since very early times the rivers of Britain have been used for water transport . |
| 8 | A former sheriff of Nottingham has been jailed for fraud . |
| 9 | A former Sheriff of Nottingham has been jailed for fraud . |
| 10 | A former Sheriff of Nottingham has been jailed for fraud . |
| 11 | A Swiss Certificate of Airworthiness had been issued for the aircraft and no evidence was found that any fault existed in the engines , airframe or controls prior to the accident . |