Example sentences of "have [been] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It expects a loss for the first quarter and the loss will be substantially larger than analyst estimates — the average forecast has been for a loss of two cents a share on turnover of $565m — a figure the company says is way too high . |
| 2 | One of the important trends in recent years initiated in this country by John Hodgson ( 1972 , 1973 , 1975 ) has been for a number of drama specialists to undertake an editorial role in an attempt to raise the standard of literature on our subject . |
| 3 | No , the fact remains that malaria is on the increase and has been for a number of years now . |
| 4 | Most of the assistance has been for the purchase of new or secondhand fishing boats , including the virtual rebuilding of the Western Isles fleet . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Whether you think that dimension has been for the good of the game will probably depend on your nationality . |
| 8 | The trend in the UK has been for the pyramid to become flattened as many organisations have striven to reduce their layers of middle management to take account of new technology and cut costs . |
| 9 | They 'd been for a meal and they came to the flat and they rung us to say they were there . |
| 10 | Cos they 'd been for a meal on the way as well ! |
| 11 | It was brought home to Charles for the first time how much of a strain the last weeks must have been for a girl of her age . |
| 12 | The only cost would have been for the satellite transmission , which would have been shared . ’ |
| 13 | Could n't have been for the sex if Rose is to be believed , so must have wanted you for dinner . ’ |
| 14 | To insist upon the inquest in these circumstances could only have been for the purpose of procuring a rapping over the knuckles in public of that authority and/or a convenient means of obtaining evidence for a subsequent claim against it . |
| 15 | It is interesting to speculate what the consequences would have been for the curriculum if his view had prevailed . |
| 16 | The various cups and horns in graves may have been for the consumption of alcoholic liquid , including beor , ealu , medu and win ( Fell 1975 ) . |
| 17 | The procedure would have been for the pilot to pull a handle , situated between his legs , which jettisoned the canopy while activating a rocket that fired his seat and that of his navigator clear of the plane . |
| 18 | This is not entirely correct , as the only compensation would have been for the damage caused by the armed robbery . |
| 19 | The better approach would have been for the company to insist that an express term was inserted into the contract to the effect that the computer to be acquired must be compatible with the existing equipment . |
| 20 | Yes , the difference of course is that in two day cricket you ca n't necessarily guarantee a result er and forcing wins was what we did n't quite manage to do , it was er it was a season of what might have been for the County Cricket Club er a very good season but not quite as successful as last year . |
| 21 | Worse still would have been for the republic to wriggle out of its predicament , most likely by appointing de Gaulle as an emergency premier so as to appease the army . |
| 22 | On occasion , strong political interest could push a young man forward much more rapidly than could have been for the good of the service . |
| 23 | He could even appreciate how tricky a situation this must have been for the DIA , although it did little to ease his sense of injury . |
| 24 | Nader Nadirpur came home late having been for a drive along the Bois de Boulogne to calm his nerves after a particularly bad day . |
| 25 | Lucker drops out of nowhere having been for a pee . |
| 26 | The 1480s show an average comparable with the 1430s , although this figure is probably depressed by the bad years of 1482 and 1483 in the latter year prices were higher than they had been for a century , and wages did not rise proportionately . |
| 27 | One afternoon after they had been for a swim together , Sycorax said , as Ariel took her on her back again , grunting for the old woman had grown so much heavier , it seemed , since her immersion , ‘ You are having the red man 's child . ’ |
| 28 | During my blue period my life also seemed to become a lot more structured than it had been for a while . |
| 29 | He was a huge man in his early thirties who had been for a time a heavyweight boxer . |
| 30 | The sky was clearer than it had been for a week , and massive , but hardly elegant , Storskarfjell stood out like a white tent . |