Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | , British Gas has been attacked for its environmental record by a leading representative of Confeniae , the umbrella organisation of Ecuador 's Indian peoples . |
| 3 | Lo Rosiere has been selected for its gentle runs where progression is without fear . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The aristocracy of this period has been castigated for its naked self-interest and expediency . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Garlic has been known for its healing properties for more than 5,000 years . |
| 9 | It has been known for its medicinal properties for 2,000 years and has been used by Russian cosmonauts since the 1970s . |
| 10 | Should comparison be undertaken for its own sake simply out of intrinsic interest or intellectual challenge , or should it be directed towards some more closely-defined objective ? |
| 11 | and that the learning situation itself needs to be examined for its possible contribution to children 's learning difficulties , instead of merely looking in the child for causes . |
| 12 | For a start , making love does not have to consist of vaginal penetration ; and time spent reassuring , cuddling , caressing , fantasising and laughing together can be enjoyed for its own sake , or to reduce the tension so that you can relax sufficiently to enjoy intercourse . |
| 13 | HEXHAM ( Northumberland ) Although in England , this must be recommended for its imaginative displays in the Middle March Centre of Border reiving history , with chillingly convincing soundtrack backgrounds to colourful life-size tableaux . |
| 14 | Your leading article ‘ Deadly potential of the terraces ’ ( Echo February 29 ) , on the campaign to end all standing in our football grounds , is to be applauded for its common sense . |
| 15 | The subject can be pursued for its own satisfaction . |
| 16 | It captures the idea that humanity should be respected for its own sake , so that people should not be treated in organizations solely as the means in an economizing process . |
| 17 | This is why the issue needs to be evaluated for its pedagogic validity to be established . |
| 18 | For some reason many professionals believe that they must do all they have time to do for people with problems , though without thinking through their view that this is ‘ good ’ professional practice : it tends to be done for its own sake . |
| 19 | Analysis can be done for its own sake ( or pure knowledge ) in order to see into what parts something can be coherently divided . |
| 20 | A stepping motor system has a pullout rate of 500 steps per second and a microprocessor is to be used for its open-loop control . |
| 21 | But no land , nor any building , should be preserved for its own sake and remain unused . |
| 22 | The first drug to be recognised for its antimalarial effects was quinine , which found its way into the British Pharmacopaea as early as 1677 . |
| 23 | His Zoonomia must ever be cherished for its poetic delights as well as its remarkable meditations on the origins of things . |
| 24 | Capitalism is thus to be opposed for its exploitative practices , rather than its non-utopian form . |
| 25 | Here , ‘ symptomatic ’ reading is central : the literary text does not offer aesthetic or moral value , but is to be interrogated for its ideological implications . |
| 26 | And the early reading of P P G seven it seems to me it 's apparent that the principle messages are that the development in open countryside should be strictly controlled , and I would underline that point strictly controlled , and that the countryside should be safeguarded for its own sake and non-renewable and natural resources should be afforded protection . |
| 27 | We 've erm we 've had quotes from from from Government policies from P P G seven 's been mentioned twice quoting paragraph two point one protection er that the countryside should be safeguarded for its own sake and I know that there is a tendency to quote Government policy to back your own case . |
| 28 | As university funding has come to hinge on publication , this has been encouraged for its own sake . |
| 29 | The Government has been criticised for its complacent attitude to the protection of children and young people at work in a joint report by the Children 's Rights Development Unit in Scotland and the Scottish Low Pay Unit . |
| 30 | The Cereopsis , or Cape Barren goose , had become an early victim , being prized for its downy feathers . |