Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been duly sent back for inclusion in the prize draw . |
| 2 | This immediately limited the number of towns that could be planned , for most English towns have developed from villages , and their sites had been partly built on for centuries before they developed into towns . |
| 3 | The fact that small consignments are practically ruled out for water carriage operates against the canals for private trade . |
| 4 | The Moroccan restaurants that I tried were obviously set up for tourists . |
| 5 | Being totally sold out for God . |
| 6 | It was cold and windy and yet we were often called out for help in the spasmodic raids on South Kensington and Chelsea . |
| 7 | Casual thefts , which were increasingly carried out for beef , accounted for a minority of stolen cattle except in districts where there was no organized stealing . |
| 8 | When half of the goods were subsequently put up for sale by auction , they realised £309 . |
| 9 | After the concert , guests went into the garden which had been completely tented over for supper . |
| 10 | The jury 's verdict appeared to have resulted from the acceptance by some of its members that Barry had been unfairly singled out for prosecution , a central tenet of the mayor 's defence strategy . |
| 11 | Until the final scenes Bolam 's Macbeth is a placid , middle-management man who may reckon he has been unfairly passed over for promotion . |
| 12 | The case that is usually made out for retention is that the House of Lords nevertheless discharges a valuable constitutional function especially in the processing of uncontroversial Bills and the revision of Bills passed , perhaps with undue haste and lack of consideration , by the House of Commons . |
| 13 | During this period , wild and woolly concepts of ‘ national grids ’ of leys were published and thick black pencil lines defaced countless maps — naive enthusiasm that is still held up for ridicule by ley sceptics . |
| 14 | The BBC is particularly singled out for criticism for its recent coverage and the exclusion of senior Presbyterian Church figures from televised discussions on the worsening political situation and from a BBC radio debate on Church representation on education boards . |
| 15 | Montserrat itself is a major religious centre , and in addition to the religious facilities it 's well set up for tourists and climbers with a cafe , bakery , bar and essential ice cream store . |
| 16 | But he quashed rumours that the Red Fort had been quietly put up for sale due to his financial difficulties . |
| 17 | The wheel was never repaired and was eventually broken up for scrap . |
| 18 | It would make things far worse for him when he was eventually brought up for trial . |
| 19 | The item was keenly competed for by two telephone bidders but it was finally knocked down for £790 to a bidder in the saleroom . |
| 20 | THE receiver handling the sale of Birmingham City has had 22 inquiries for the First Division club after it was formally put up for sale earlier this week . |
| 21 | Appointments as sub-dean ( 1809 ) and treasurer ( 1813 ) suggest that he was early marked out for appointment as dean ; this came in 1824 , when he succeeded the handsome but incapable C. H. Hall [ q.v. ] , other candidates being Edmund Goodenough , headmaster of Westminster , and Charles LLoyd , another canon of Christ Church . |
| 22 | However , the whole Pierremont extravaganza was too much for ordinary people , and when Henry 's second wife Mary , who outlived him by 28 years , died in 1909 the estate was gradually sold off for housing . |
| 23 | She was more cut out for television . ’ |
| 24 | Yesterday , an appeal was also set up for adults and children 's clothes and shoes , which should be taken to the council headquarters at Bodlondeb , Conwy . |
| 25 | The alternative to managerialism was ‘ corporatism ’ , a concept which had earlier found application in the study of fascism but which was now dusted off for use in what seemed like a new social era . |
| 26 | The paper was immediately put out for market research by RSGB — Research Surveys of Great Britain Ltd , one of Britain 's largest and most respected market-research companies . |
| 27 | Moreover , not very many of their sculptural portraits have survived ( only a few over a hundred for the three centuries after Alexander ) , partly because they were often made of bronze which was readily melted down for re-use . |
| 28 | ‘ I guess I was never cut out for exam situations . |
| 29 | Clinical grading was specifically drawn up for nurses , ‘ yet it will start to break up as soon as job evaluation is introduced ’ . |