Example sentences of "[verb] be [adj] [noun pl] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years , by far the most important item has been individual demands for back payment of overtime earnings following court decisions on the method of calculating the hourly overtime rate . |
| 2 | An additional complication to Rugby 's future has been legal writs for damages by Mal Malik , a former Coventry and Rugby flank-forward . |
| 3 | Although some of the Wealden towns may have been regional centres for craft specialisation , such as Battle with its leather working and shoemaking , most of them provided a wide range of services which allowed a high degree of virtual self-sufficiency to their surrounding areas . |
| 4 | Besides , filling hot water bottles was not man 's work — fetching coal , sawing wood , even opening a bottle of wine would have been suitable occupations for Rupert to be discovered in , but not this . |
| 5 | Though had Simon produced such a ringing anti-apartheid statement as this there would surely have been little grounds for complaint about his Graceland trip . |
| 6 | As an agency working in the field of community development , the past two years should have been optimistic ones for Falls Community Council , as new money pumped through BAT has been made available to us and the groups we work for and with . |
| 7 | However the former economic attache for the US Embassy in Ireland , Kenneth McGuire , said that while market factors may have been important considerations for Raybestos , the relocation factor probably can not be entirely dismissed in the Raybestos case . |
| 8 | This alone would have been sufficient grounds for divorce as far as my Pop was concerned . |
| 9 | Among proposals which ministers made were more incentives for mothers to remain at home , education vouchers , curbs on the power of the professions , and greater encouragement for wealth creators . |
| 10 | Granada has a £63million stake in BSB and said there had been several approaches for Alan Bond 's major stake in the venture . |
| 11 | If there had been any grounds for suspicion , it 'd be a different case . ’ |
| 12 | But of course : it had been three years for Ace . |
| 13 | It had been three years for Ace . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've been close friends for donkey 's years and I know you better than to think you 'd try to queer my pitch . ’ |
| 15 | It means there 've been more cries for help . |
| 16 | Exmoor offers unrivalled opportunities to unwind — its dramatic scenery , quiet village centres and small towns have been welcoming visitors for centuries . |
| 17 | One further point : the actuarial profession is firmly egalitarian and for many years there have been equal opportunities for women . |
| 18 | GLASTONBURY is dominated by the dramatic and mysterious Glastonbury Tor , which towers above the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels , where peat digging and withy growing for basketmaking have been traditional occupations for generations . |
| 19 | there have been other reasons for delays er up until about a year ago . |
| 20 | The crisis has been created by the Government and it provides the context in which there have been tremendous implications for training . |
| 21 | Development by government departments does not require planning permission , but there have been special arrangements for consultations since 1950 . |
| 22 | There have been several kidnappings for ransom recently and I 'm just taking precautions to ensure that nothing will happen to you . |
| 23 | There have been urgent calls for action to end all production of ozone-depleters such as CFCs well ahead of the 2000 deadline set by the Montreal Protocol [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 24 | Horses have been favourite subjects for artists from time immemorial-how lovingly is the horse depicted in Rembrandt 's The Polish Rider-but the artist who paid equal attention to dancers and horses was Degas ; he understood the special elegance of the way in which they both moved . |
| 25 | The last thing they wanted was unexpected demands for cash from ITN . |