Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [been] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The practice has been for the judge to deduct a period for remission which might be earned , and to advise the Home Secretary that what remains is the requirement of retribution and deterrence . |
| 2 | The original intention had been for the Quins players , seven of whom were in England 's Grand Slam squad , to have Easter off . |
| 3 | The original intention had been for the expedition to sail on 10 February but the usual bad weather made this impossible and Ormonde became progressively more reluctant to leave , suspecting that all hope of surprise had now been lost . |
| 4 | IF THE PLAN has been for the Europeans not to show their strongest hands in the Freeport-McMoran Classic at English Turn , which takes its name from one of the sweeping bends in the Mississipi River , much has gone according to plan . |
| 5 | Most of the assistance has been for the purchase of new or secondhand fishing boats , including the virtual rebuilding of the Western Isles fleet . |
| 6 | Whether you think that dimension has been for the good of the game will probably depend on your nationality . |
| 7 | The plan had been for the Americans to discover an unknown for the lead female role but no-one had Miss Leigh 's screen magic . |
| 8 | The Court of Session heard that the original plan had been for the Deanses to use their 57 per cent shareholding to remove four directors — Wilson Young , James Johnston , Alastair McKenzie and Clive Scott . |
| 9 | However in a few incidents the initial charge had been for the full offence of rape … . |
| 10 | The remand had been for the purpose of the issue being tried by the justices on the Monday . |
| 11 | The Bolton area health authority was forced to reveal his identity after he was named in local newspapers , and its chief executive , Richard Sutherland , said last night : ‘ Our first concern has been for the patients involved . |
| 12 | Another important use of statistical grammatical information has been for the grammatical tagging of natural language corpora . |
| 13 | Er fairly easy to determine what your background 's been for the last twenty six years er and I have to say that 's quite unusual these nowadays , particularly in financial services . |
| 14 | Hitherto the provision had been for the Speaker to become interim president , with the obligation to organize elections within a period of 45-60 days . |
| 15 | The most recent contribution by the Dulverton Trust has been for the instalment of Dr Peter Ridgway Watt 's windows in the new wing of Wills Hall . |
| 16 | However , on June 27 Medvedev announced that the consensus had been for the congress to proceed as scheduled . |