Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Labour Party adopted a policy of ‘ comprehensive education for all ’ in 1951 no political action to implement it was taken for another 14 years . |
| 2 | After scooping the majority of prizes at the event the 24-man-troupe found themselves being booked for other carnivals which led to a whole summer 's bookings in 1990 . |
| 3 | If you look at the history of the band , songs like I Was Made For Loving You , which had a kind of dance feel , we could have done much more of that and been successful with it . |
| 4 | Singled out from the dogs ' home Sorrel knew she was destined for a special life . |
| 5 | The management says they were closed for commercial reasons . |
| 6 | The Nobel committee said it was given for their work towards a peaceful ending of apartheid and for laying the foundation for a democratic South Africa . |
| 7 | Stuart , Gavin Have you been mistaken for Oxford fans yet ? |
| 8 | ‘ Nature decided I was meant for hats very early on . ’ |
| 9 | The Scottish star had only agreed to run if selected for the 1,500m but a communication breakdown meant she was chosen for 3,000m instead . |
| 10 | Tom leaned down and Willie found himself being fitted for braces . |
| 11 | Political hot potatoes include the pylons scheme which is planned for Cleveland and North Yorkshire and the Department of Environment 's decision on whether to allow a toxic waste incinerator at Portrack . |
| 12 | It also enables older people to challenge what is done for them , and to make provision more in line with their real needs . |
| 13 | Their owner believes they were stolen for a private collector abroad . |
| 14 | The Soviet Union says it was used for nuclear fuel . |
| 15 | Nacro says it was built for 107 prisoners , but contains 195. making it eighty two per cent overcrowded . |
| 16 | Nacro says it was built for 107 prisoners , but now houses almost double that . |
| 17 | No 3221 Set by Naomi Marks You were asked for Which -style guides to everyday objects — like cookers , fridges , etc — written in kulcher-babble . |
| 18 | Where an employer seeks to impose new terms , he necessarily faces the problem of the previously bargained contract of employment and must initially show a sound good business reason to justify the changes when dismissals resulting from refusals to accept them are assessed for their fairness . |
| 19 | Microsoft claims it is certified for over 1,000 systems , including 25 symmetric multiprocessors , supports 650 printers , 50 SCSI peripheral devices , 25 network adaptors and 12 different types of display adaptors for VGA , SuperVGA and XGA video modes . |
| 20 | Although M&S may still come in second , the City believes it is set for strong future growth and the shares were marked up 6p to 355p . |
| 21 | The possibility raised there is intended for the Cartesians to deal with . |
| 22 | The costumes for the Sadler 's Wells production were designed , at de Valois 's insistence , by Hedley Briggs , an old associate of hers , but they seem not to have differed materially from the ones by Hanns Ebensten which were used for the original Cape Town production . |
| 23 | On enquiring their purpose , the boatman explained they were used for drilling by the Orangemen on the estate , but they were passed on each week to the Sinn Feiners for their drill night ! |
| 24 | He says he was made redundant from his storeman job but Mrs Smith says he was sacked for being drunk . |
| 25 | He says he was made redundant from his storeman job but Mrs Smith says he was sacked for being drunk . |
| 26 | Campbell , California-based Apogee Software is porting its super-fast C and Fortran compilers to Solaris 2.0 for distribution by Highland Digital : Apogee says they are optimized for Sparcstation 2s and 10s . |