Example sentences of "be for [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About 90 per cent of development in the zones has been for industrial or warehouse use . |
| 2 | Greg Downs says the club is in a better position than it 's been for eight or nine years and if they can play as well as last year they 've got a good chance |
| 3 | We know how tough it has been for many but we are poised to move forward again , lacking only the spark of confidence with which a Conservative victory would ignite recovery . |
| 4 | That 's the way it had been for longer than she could remember . |
| 5 | ‘ Your kind are known to us , Doctor , and have been for longer than you can imagine . ’ |
| 6 | Because the tentacled exter was a living legend — of crime — as he had been for longer than I 'd been alive . |
| 7 | This time tomorrow it would be all over , and part of history ; the victors would be celebrating , the losers complaining that had it not been for this and that , they would have won , and the course of history would have been different . |
| 8 | This is the most upbeat I have been for more than a year . ’ |
| 9 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
| 10 | Ever since I took over the tips section in the hallowed pages of ZZAP ! 64 , folks have whinged that most of the pokes are for Reset and Action Replay carts . |
| 11 | However , this approach towards electronics is not without its critics ( Moore and Booth , 1986 ) : few jobs have been created for the long-term unemployed ; a relatively small proportion of posts are for managerial and technical positions ; and the indigenous sector remains small , as do total exports and research and development capacities . |
| 12 | er everybody stays as they are for three or six months . |
| 13 | Stitchworld pattern numbers 386 to 394 are for three and four colour in a row knitting , and for punchcard machines there are examples in the ‘ Skip stitch patterns by KHC ’ sections of Punchcard Vol. 3 , 4 and 5 . |
| 14 | fewer than half the drivers questioned gave the correct answers of 70mph and 60mph when asked what the UK speed limits are for dual and single carriageway roads . |
| 15 | Through its Export Division , Courtaulds Coatings ( New Zealand ) covers most of the Pacific islands of Polynesia , Melanesia and Micronesia , where a large proportion of its sales are for marine and yacht paints |
| 16 | For instance , Lister ( 1988 ) asks : ‘ what comfort would it be for elderly and severely ill patients to hear of ‘ competitive ’ NHS hospitals with vacant beds in Liverpool or Devon ? ’ |
| 17 | He recognised that the metrication of these properties had to be constructed , that measuring devices , or units of measurement , had to be devised , and so it should be for social and psychological phenomena . |
| 18 | ‘ In the end it was not to be for Donal but hopefully one day they will find a cure . ’ |
| 19 | For example , the first rise in expectations of the lower orders would be for more and better food before manufactured goods . |
| 20 | In the early years of the century , laboratories were for one or two people , with assistants and perhaps a friend or two to watch , to perform research ; or else to carry out routine analyses for a fee ; or a mixture of these things . |
| 21 | ‘ It was only a joke but the school secretary , who had a heart condition , thought they were for real and nearly died , ’ says Betty Weller . |
| 22 | It seems gang members cruising by thought some of the actors on set were for real and got heavy . |
| 23 | The only national figures quoted on this were for 1939–40 but these showed 48% and 24% respectively . |
| 24 | The scullers raced in single sculls and the racing here was also of a high standard , but there was not an outstanding single sculler and the places at stake were for quadruple and double sculls . |
| 25 | If the goods delivered and accompanying invoice were for more or less than the amount recorded on the order , a correcting entry would also have to be made . |
| 26 | Other old foundations which were for locational or other reasons less well suited to the changing situation , stagnated or declined . |
| 27 | Where surrogate parents are unavailable , residential homes should be both small in size and fully integrated into the community as a whole , whether they be for short or long stay care , for children or adults . |
| 28 | I 'm not staying either , that 's for good and certain . ’ |
| 29 | It 's for sure that he 'd have had respect for the course . |
| 30 | No records will be broken that 's for sure as the sun begins to boil … |