Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] be [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At recent book fairs in London and Florence , publishers were not even able to make use of stands which were provided for free , since they simply had nothing to show . |
| 2 | NISBI offers a range of management development programmes which provide knowledge , skills and contacts which are designed for specific market segments under five main headings : - |
| 3 | In towns and cities which are occupied for long periods of time , there is a continuous process of old buildings being demolished and levelled for the construction of new ones , which in turn become old and are demolished . |
| 4 | A provisional timetable has , however , been given for the Government 's review of travel-to-work areas ( used as the basis for the Assisted Areas which are targeted for regional assistance ) . |
| 5 | Individuals who were expelled for political activity or failure to meet the fees — or simply for poor examination results — were given additional grounds for grievance , while the punishment of an entire college tended to strengthen student esprit de corps . |
| 6 | This was firmly stated in the report of the closure feasibility studies which was produced for public consultation . |
| 7 | The cooperation of consumers enabled the disruption of production to be minimised ; and the industry 's expertise in avoiding the more serious problems developed with experience and with the higher priorities they were granted for scarce coal supplies after the disastrous crisis of February 1947 . |
| 8 | The birds , in particular albatrosses , are attracted to the baited hooks which are used for long-line fishing , and become caught in the nets and killed ; , Further restrictions are to be imposed on the establishment up of new fisheries in the area . |
| 9 | Functionally the antennae are organs of special -sense ( Schneider , 1964 ; see also p. 139 ) but in a few cases they are modified for other uses . |
| 10 | Yet the idea is frequently interpreted to mean simply the ability to produce spoken utterances which are marked for illocutionary function : promising , warning , recommending , agreeing , predicting , and so on . |
| 11 | The symptoms of 174 children who were evaluated for chronic constipation , are reported in this study together with the longterm outcome in 90 of them . |
| 12 | In fact , he would have made an ideal barrister — and he defended quite a lot of men who were indicted for various things — got them away because he was too cute for the superintendent who was dealing with the job . |
| 13 | Brabin J. commented on the site chosen for the defendant 's premises which were used for fat rendering , an offensive trade . |
| 14 | We er emphasised to him the impact this would have on Oxfordshire 's er spending requirements and er the hope that the er spending that we get , and we get it in two ways ; one is through , called the standard spending grant , that is a general grant that was given to authorities to spend as they wish , and the other is a specific grants which are given for particular purposes , and some of them cover the legislation that I have mentioned , which we are required to spend specifically on the items for which they 're given . |
| 15 | In addition to the records which are required for statutory purposes , organisations may also be required to retain records for statistical purposes , for national and international governmental bodies . |
| 16 | But what are men 's attitudes towards women who are prepared for safe sex ? |
| 17 | Apart from Architecture , Housing Studies and Nursing Studies students who are trained for particular professions , over half of the faculty 's graduates go immediately into full-time employment . |
| 18 | [ 4 ] Premature babies are routinely subjected to heel lancing in order to obtain blood samples which are needed for crucial reasons . |
| 19 | Hassan issued a public statement on Sept. 13 , 1989 , declaring that the hunger strikers were " not political detainees at all " but " common law detainees who were indicted for violent acts which harmed public security " . |
| 20 | After the 36–6 defeat , Argentine coach Luis Gradin said : ‘ I was not happy with the three penalties they were given for collapsed scrums . |