Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With some pottery , chemical analysis can also be used to discover what the pottery vessel may have once contained or have been used for . |
| 2 | HORROR CRASH CULPRIT WHO DROVE WHILE BANNED IS JAILED FOR FIVE YEARS |
| 3 | The printers " picnic that had been arranged for a Saturday at the beginning of August 1914 had to be cancelled because of the outbreak of war . |
| 4 | I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved . |
| 5 | The point at issue is whether National Power and PowerGen meet the carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide targets that have been set for them . |
| 6 | He concluded : ‘ But in my judgment the powers to seize and retain are conferred for the better performances of public functions by public bodies and can not be used to make information available to private individuals for their private purposes . ’ |
| 7 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 8 | All stock that has been held for more than twenty months at the balance sheet date will be written down to scrap value with reference to independently verifiable third party documentation ; |
| 9 | For example in the case of deep bed undergravel filters that have been running for years , a gravel cleaner is attached to the intake of the power filter and as the gravel is hoovered the mulm is trapped in the filter and clean water returned to the tank . |
| 10 | The choice of the latter led Leavis , to whom I sent the paper later , to expostulate , but at that time I thought that Read was heading for an eminence which , at least as a creative writer , he never attained . |
| 11 | 4 million quid for a guy that almost went to jail and has been injured for most of the season |
| 12 | Everything he said or wrote was calculated for posterity , in her view , he sounded like a sheaf of notes looking for a history book . |
| 13 | Reserves and provisions in Table 7.7 refer to investment income and realised capital gains that have been retained for reimbursement . |
| 14 | Often the pilot is lost and has been worrying for the past half an hour about where he is . |
| 15 | The Right Hon John Patten MP , Minister of State for the Home Office ( right ) , comments that , ‘ Victim Support has deservedly grown fast because it meets a long-standing and deep need that had been neglected for far too long . |
| 16 | If children had already married and had been provided for a will was not necessary . |
| 17 | Any patient contemplating chiropractic treatment should always establish that their chiropractor is qualified and has been accepted for membership of the British Chiropractic Association . |