Example sentences of "be for [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process directly undermined the rule of law : ‘ such transference of authority saps the foundation of that rule of law which has been for generations a leading feature of the English constitution . ’ |
| 2 | Architectural influence here is not notable since timber has been for centuries the traditional building material . |
| 3 | As well as operating on behalf of industrial concerns , part of EFS ' everyday operations are for Europ-Assistance the International holiday insurance company . |
| 4 | The inexorable way in which it became directed towards , or associated with a ‘ god ’ of some sort , can be regarded as having no other significance than to be a source of evidence that without a god and religion in some form , there would be for man an intolerable vacuum in his existence . |
| 5 | And if it 's for instance a second marriage husband 's side of the family could be missing out all together . |
| 6 | It is for instance a continuous and powerfully effective factor in the change of lexical meaning ; and as it happens , we have touched on a syntactic case in this very chapter , in the development of fixed relative order for classes of adjectives in prenominal position ( cf. , too , the emergence of " characteristic " and " occasion " values for prenominals and postnominals , respectively ) . |
| 7 | The main thrust of all the writings was to show that Bonapartism was for France the natural system of government and that it had been so since the Revolution . |
| 8 | Making constructions from mundane materials : wood , string , glass , wire , plastic and such-like to define and encompass his concepts of space , energy , weight and transparency was for Lanyon a lifelong exercise which both grew out of and was channelled back into his paintings , thus extending the parameters of his vision and adding a further element to his work . |
| 9 | This was for centuries a strong point and later a prison ; among its prisoners , during the time of the Revolutionary Wars , was Lord Elgin , he of the marbles , who was held hostage in Lourdes on his way back to England from Turkey . |
| 10 | Persian is also one of the two principal languages of Afghanistan , is spoken in what was Soviet Central Asia , and was for centuries the official language of much of the Indian subcontinent , where many fine poets wrote in Persian . |
| 11 | On a rocky eminence commanding what was for centuries the lowest point at which the Forth could be bridged , the castle — on the site of a Roman fort — and its steeply pitched town stand between what was once a marshy plain and the shadowy beginnings of the Highlands beyond , with the Ochils and Trossachs already edging in . |
| 12 | The small resort village of Fluelen at the end of the lake was for centuries an important lake port and customs station where goods were trans-shipped from the lake to mule transport for carriage over the Gotthard . |
| 13 | At least , he may have begun in a monastery , but in the event he took orders and was for years a junior pastor somewhere in Worcestershire . |
| 14 | The earliest authenticated cuckoo was for years a literal early bird seen as well as heard on March 27 , 1936 , in Kent , but one was reportedly heard and seen on March 2 , 1972 , in Berkshire . |
| 15 | What followed was for Charlotte a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience . |