Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [vb pp] for [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guidance is given for recognising the existence of such circumstances , including of course a member 's breach of the LCH regulations . |
| 2 | Among the men the discussion of politics , the destruction of game , or the dissipation of the ale house was substituted for the duties of their occupation during the former part of the week , and in the remaining three or four days a sufficiency was earned for defraying the current expenses . |
| 3 | It is often found near old mills where the extract was used for washing the woollen cloth produced there . |
| 4 | The Fund 's 1992 annual review was praised for maintaining an ‘ upbeat , cheerful ’ approach with a readable , well-illustrated , commonsense format . |
| 5 | But there had been a certain amount of argument with the police and one National Socialist was arrested for obstructing the footway . |
| 6 | The child is praised for having a dry bed and another drink is given before they go back to sleep . |
| 7 | Thus if a test is given for diagnosing a difficulty it seems less relevant to decide on a boundary score than to obtain details of the nature of the difficulty . |
| 8 | In a motion from the floor , the committee was thanked for doing a good job in the previous year , and re-elected en bloc . |
| 9 | Ralph Nader 's Study Group on Air Pollution estimated that the implementation phase would not be completed until well into the 1980s and the Air Quality Act was criticized for providing the Department of Health , Education and Welfare with only very limited powers to press the states into faster action . |
| 10 | Langbaurgh Council was honoured for revitalising the Spencerbeck Estate , near Eston , Middlesbrough . |
| 11 | No charge is made for including a potential purchaser on the database ; however , if we introduce an opportunity which leads to an acquisition we charge an introduction fee . |
| 12 | No charge is made for including a potential purchaser on the database ; however , if we introduce an opportunity which leads to an acquisition we charge an introduction fee . |
| 13 | A note for teetotallers : I have several times eaten another modern version of this dish in which black coffee rather than wine is used for flavouring the dried fruit . |
| 14 | A husband was jailed for attacking a man he found making love to his estranged wife . |
| 15 | If a procedure is prescribed for making the rule it must be followed , unless the procedure is directory rather than mandatory . |
| 16 | No formal procedure is used for monitoring the project , but the chief executive follows it with interest and talks informally with the project engineer from time to time . |
| 17 | During the 1630s , for example , there is a high correlation between the amounts of each mint mark represented in hoards and the quantities of silver coinage available at each ‘ trial of the pyx ’ , at which a fixed proportion of output was submitted for testing every year . |
| 18 | Such a ‘ one-dimensional ’ view of power with its concentration on observable or overt behaviour was criticised for ignoring a ‘ second face of power ’ . |
| 19 | He and a colleague were dismissed for using the drug during a visit to a holiday caravan park in Torquay . |
| 20 | Tailor 's chalk is needed for marking the fabric . |
| 21 | Taylor and Urquhart concede that such works may comprise as much as 10 % of the total and suggest that when the date of imprint method is used for weeding the 10% must be identified in some other way . |
| 22 | This area was used for receiving the hops and for spreading them out to cool after they were removed from the kilns . |
| 23 | Sadly , though , the series in Pakistan was marred by umpiring controversy , and a whole day in the Faisalabad Test was lost as Shakoor Rana and Mike Gatting allegedly threw insults at each other after the England captain was warned for incommoding the batsman . |
| 24 | Frosts and flooding are blamed for causing the damage on more than three thousand miles of the county 's roads . |
| 25 | ‘ Can a man be punished for breaking a law if he does not know that it exists ? ’ |
| 26 | control : a special approach is required for monitoring the project . |
| 27 | Consideration is requested for allowing a capital gains tax loss on a qualifying loan to a trader to be set against income , thereby encouraging investment in new businesses . |
| 28 | Sixteen years ago this man was prosecuted for revealing the spy centre 's true purpose . |
| 29 | The government was criticized for referring an agreed bid , while leaving a hostile bid free to proceed . |
| 30 | The Church was attacked for monopolising the positions of state and for its doctrines of purgatory , pilgrimages and worship of saints , all exploited in order to obtain offerings . |