Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] for " in BNC.

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1 The growing body of literature on the subject should be referred to for more detailed treatment .
2 The CA 1985 should be referred to for the detail .
3 The case law upon this point has already been examined and should be referred to for the purposes of the discussion which follows .
4 The subject matter of this chapter is covered fairly fully in the author 's earlier book ( Arridge 1975 ) while Ferry ( 1980 ) may be referred to for the most comprehensive account .
5 She does n't look like the kind of girl men want to be parted from for too long ! ’
6 McKim said : ‘ I can take a punch or a kick but to be spat at for no reason is disgusting .
7 Our only hope for a TV of our own was our uncle John Hep who did the bins and could always be relied on for an old radio or a gramophone .
8 Even less than Local Authorities are they to be relied on for continuity of policy , or an ability to look beyond the day after tomorrow .
9 The IRR method can not therefore be relied on for ranking different lease proposals .
10 The Tide tables can not be relied on for precise highs and lows of the tides .
11 The effect of the recent decisions is that points of law can not now be relied on for challenges .
12 But he can not be relied upon for ever .
13 This means that the original cause of action can no longer be relied upon for any purpose .
14 Few can be relied upon for any technical back-up or support services although they can draw upon the services of their manufacturing suppliers for this purpose .
15 Even Helen , who looked around at everything with great sympathetic curiosity and could usually be relied upon for cheer and irritating opinion , said nothing but ‘ yum-yum ’ twice and looked out of the window .
16 However , agencies are subject to inspection and statutory control by the Health Authority , and so generally can be relied upon for a high standard of service .
17 For general purposes the ‘ visual ’ features can be relied upon for sexing the pelvis .
18 Er the only point I wish to make is that there is considerable variability we have found in the grading erm and the Ministry of Agriculture maps can not be relied upon for relatively small er or larger areas .
19 Only science and mathematics , declared the positivists , could be depended upon for reliable knowledge and to provide the true basis for progress ( see chapter seven ) .
20 It shows to be wholly naive claims that the problem of the patriarchal nature of the biblical literature could be solved by for example substituting certain female words for male words , or concentrating on those stories which concern women .
21 If the aggrieved person is not in a contractual relationship with the person responsible for the loss or damage , other areas of law must be looked to for a remedy .
22 The special case of a disseminated labour force , the railway and other communications workers , will be looked at for 1922 .
23 ‘ The Managers ' Association have written to the FA suggesting this is an area that needs to be looked at for the good of football .
24 This rule has now been relaxed so as to permit reports of commissioners , including law commissioners , and white papers to be looked at for the purpose solely of ascertaining the mischief which the statute is intended to cure but not for the purpose of discovering the meaning of the words used by Parliament to effect such cure : Eastman Photographic Materials Co . Ltd. v. Comptroller-General of Patents , Designs and Trademarks [ 1898 ] A.C. 571 and Assam Railways and Trading Co . Ltd. v. Commissioners of Inland Revenue [ 1935 ] A.C. 445 , 457–458 .
25 I agree , I find it quite difficult to drive a lot of vehicles because I 'm very small and especially if you 've got small feet and I think there 's a big problem in that area and that it should be looked at for small people driving cars .
26 It enables everyone involved to understand the Process that is going on , it makes it possible for grieving people to be looked after for a while , but not to sink into a chronic mourning state , because everyone knows when it is meant to be finished , and when the bereaved people are meant to pick up their responsibilities again .
27 I think the public wants to know that all those people , and their families , who suffered in the war will be looked after for the rest of their lives . ’
28 ‘ Carol Barratt is going to be looked after for the rest of her life , and looked after well , whereas life for us is never going to be the same again . ’
29 Certainly they make demands on social and medical services , and it is possible that severely mentally handicapped people will have to be looked after for all their lives .
30 Although amendments to the published general SVQ specifications will not be possible during the first year , we will be consulting on whether the specifications should be added to for the second year .
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