Example sentences of "[vb -s] be for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm not one to do double somersaults — I 'm not that acrobatic — but he 's one of the best in the country and has been for a long time . |
2 | Which is , of course , roughly where conventional rubbish-collection policy has been for a long time . |
3 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
4 | The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time . |
5 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
6 | In July 1944 Attlee presented a paper on ‘ Foreign Policy and the Flying Bomb ’ , which pointed out that it would henceforth be impossible for Britain to rely upon the English Channel as a defence against her enemies : From our point of view , Norway , Denmark , Holland and France are necessary outposts of Britain and , in as much as Britain is now as she has been for a hundred years a shield for the U.S. , outposts of America as well . |
7 | Do n't because there is at present , and has been for a good many years past , almost nowhere to publish the stories you may write . |
8 | And glory in the 1,000 Guineas may well be a lot more than just a warming winter thought because Dead Certain beat as competitive a field as there has been for a juvenile filly 's race for many years . |