Example sentences of "[coord] [be] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The SDLP 's deputy leader , Seamus Mallon , said : ‘ The question is — is this for the optics or is it for real ? ’
2 Travelling through England it is at once apparent that a great deal of the settlement in the landscape is today not in the form of villages , nor was it for much of the past .
3 And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ?
4 Dr Losberne went up to examine Oliver , and was there for some time .
5 But was it for this that the trumpets blew so confidently when the TECs appeared , less than two years ago ?
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