Example sentences of "they [vb base] be for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The territories that they inhabit are for the most part inhospitable , with some of the world 's highest mountains and large expanses of desert ; and levels of literacy have traditionally been low ( some of the nationalities concerned had no written language at all at the time of their incorporation into the USSR ) . |
| 2 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 3 | Surely they 've been for the last four years and they must or do they just keep it at eighty one then they go to ninety ? |
| 4 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 5 | Obviously the standards are not satisfactory but they are the same as they have been for the last 30 years and they are of Mr Pritchard 's choosing . |