Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can a case be made for the continued provision of such housing ? |
| 2 | Could a case be made for the sports jacket being an Islamic garment ? |
| 3 | Should a driver be prosecuted for being 10 cm or a metre away from the kerb ? |
| 4 | This has now become a listed building and should a buyer be found for the surplus Ministry of Defence land , a pre-requisite would be the dismantling of the hangar and its re-erection on RAF Museum land . |
| 5 | A baby would get born and an upstairs window be lit at night : an old man would die and the hearse arrive , and a gap be felt for a while , but the very pressure of ordinariness , or whatever it was , soon healed it up . |
| 6 | ( f ) IN GENERAL A TUTOR SHOULD RETURN A TEST CORRECTED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF ITS RECEIPT and only in very exceptional circumstances should a test be retained for longer than two weekends . |
| 7 | ‘ Can a man be punished for breaking a law if he does not know that it exists ? ’ |
| 8 | Certain basic costs must be recouped if the retailer is to stay in business ; only in the most exceptional circumstances will a rug be sold for less than these . |
| 9 | Only by a greater yield from the land could a growing population be supported , and savings and a market be created for a resumption of ‘ lost ’ industrial prosperity . |
| 10 | Both designs carried a 10mm hex extension , letting a spanner be used for extra twist . |