Example sentences of "[been] [verb] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO North-East heroes have been honoured for their outstanding courage . |
| 2 | Henley rower , Steve Redgrave has been honoured for his outstanding achievement in the sport . |
| 3 | The office appointment had been intended for his elder brother Jonas , who appeared to possess the mind of a future attorney . |
| 4 | The theory of the new international division of labour has been criticized for its uncompromising condemnation of TNC operations in the Third World , on the grounds that there is not very much that is new about it and that it relies on an empirical base that is far too limited ( see , for example , Cohen , 1987 , ch.7 ; Jenkins , 1984 ; Gordon , 1988 ) . |
| 5 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 6 | , British Gas has been attacked for its environmental record by a leading representative of Confeniae , the umbrella organisation of Ecuador 's Indian peoples . |
| 7 | But England coach Mal Reilly insisted the 26-year-old , who has scored 23 tries this season , has not been disciplined for his outspoken comments on Kiwi referee Dennis Hale before the Cup final . |
| 8 | I 've been looking for him all afternoon , but he must have been tied up with work . |
| 9 | Research has consistently demonstrated that the transfer of older clients from hospital to the community can be very problematic with older people being sent home without adequate arrangements having been made for their continuing care ( Victor 1983 ) . |
| 10 | Wayne was enchanted to see Hermia and Perdita , and gave the appearance of having been searching for them all day . |
| 11 | Lo Rosiere has been selected for its gentle runs where progression is without fear . |
| 12 | All the hotels in this brochure have been selected for their good value and have been inspected by senior executives of Enterprise Holidays . |
| 13 | The Suffolk Dun , according to Arthur Young in 1794 , had long been celebrated for its magnanimous milk yield , said to be the highest in the country in proportion to its body size and food intake . |
| 14 | The aristocracy of this period has been castigated for its naked self-interest and expediency . |
| 15 | ‘ Father , I have been waiting for you all afternoon . ’ |
| 16 | ( Widowed woman receiving ( then ) supplementary benefit who had been caring for her frail mother for ten years ) |
| 17 | The pensioner had been caring for his sick wife and had been able to make the US trip only because she had been taken into a nursing home to allow him to have the break . |
| 18 | Captain James Cook [ q.v. ] , on completing his second global circumnavigation , highly praised Jackson 's beer concentrate , which had been used for its antiscorbutic qualities . |
| 19 | Martha has always been admired for her brilliant elegance , the epitome of good taste . |
| 20 | ‘ The Old Halls , Farm Houses and Cottages of the North of England have long been admired for their elegant pecularity reg=peculiarity of design , and , aided by accidental additions and delapidations , and by combinations of the richest woods , and back-grounds of rocks and mountains , are , in their kind , finer objects for study than any others to be met with in the island . |
| 21 | Sir Graham Day , who runs Cadbury Schweppes and the automobile company Rover , has been admired for his hands-on style of management since his arrival in the UK from Canada more than 20 years ago . |
| 22 | Strong central control would have been needed for their successful operation on the scale archaeologists envisage . |
| 23 | Mrs Bottomley , 44 , formerly Health Minister , has been rewarded for her robust defence of the health reforms in the run-up to the campaign by being promoted to Secretary of State . |
| 24 | Mr Gummer has used the guest house for every Tory conference since his student days and he told friends that he has been rewarded for his continued custom with the best room in the house . |
| 25 | The gravel pits at the Crumbles have never been noted for their ornithological interest , except for passage migrants , and when excavation is complete will be used for sailing . |
| 26 | Collagen has long been known for its hydrating power and as a source of nutrients for the skin , but its penetration into the epidermis has always been limited by its high molecular weight . |
| 27 | Garlic has been known for its healing properties for more than 5,000 years . |
| 28 | It has been known for its medicinal properties for 2,000 years and has been used by Russian cosmonauts since the 1970s . |
| 29 | No certificate has been found for her presumed marriage to Dandré , with whom she spent the rest of her life . |
| 30 | Boyd ( 1979c ) provided lists of four National Nature Reserves and 39 Sites of Special Scientific Interest , many though not all of which have been declared for their botanical interest . |