Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a strangely riveting spectacle , but just in case your eyes get poked out in the moshpit , they 've got a quite daring array of slightly goth-laced nagging pop tunes , pinned by means of twiddly guitar hooks and belting choruses to that corner of your brain which is exclusively reserved for tunes to whistle in the supermarket queue . |
| 2 | However , the difficulties are highlighted by the high percentage of other land shown in the table , 17.4 per cent , which is largely accounted for by swamp , desert and bare rock . |
| 3 | Ancient landmarks , that remind the inhabitants of its past are the church , which is part thirteenth century and which is primarily noted for its soaring spire . |
| 4 | That is a document which is effectively given for the protection of the Vendor . |
| 5 | As a result the vector is seen to rotate through an angle φ which is the separation in longitude between A and B. In general the rotation of a local vector when carried round a closed path on any two-dimensional surface is given by the expression which is easily checked for the route discussed . |
| 6 | The IRA blast knocked out the five operating theatres in the regional orthopaedic hospital which is also noted for its care of geriatrics . |
| 7 | Matsushita researchers have developed ‘ beam cursor ’ software for the interface of the stylus beam with the objects displayed , which is also used for re-orientation of the entire room itself . |
| 8 | These uses are on land which is also used for farming . |
| 9 | The system , which is also used for the borrowing and lending of stock and for the pledging of stock as collateral for short-term loans , has proved popular and , by late-1991 , some 70% of all outstanding gilt-edged stock was held in accounts with the CGO . |
| 10 | Best British Film went to The Crying Game , which is also nominated for a hatful of Oscars . |
| 11 | The diversity of the components of a textile effluent is very great , probably only matched or exceeded by that of the tanning industry , which is well known for its variability . |
| 12 | The prevalent merchant culture in the early Italian city-republics , notably in Florence — one of the largest cities in Europe at the time and one which is well known for its lauda tradition — provided the ideal climate for the development of the lay companies . |
| 13 | The Ethiopian famine of 1984 — 5 was a more severe relation of the Ethiopian famine of the 1970s yet the latter was consigned to a memory which is rarely mined for information and for the lessons of history . |
| 14 | However , ordinary nouns never strictly correspond to a structure like ( 10 ) ; the word bottles for example really demands an intensional representation which is already ( minimally ) complex ; schematically , it is : Taking into account the particular word-meaning used we might write either : ( The superscript e would tag the meaning as one which is conventionally used for identifying entities . ) |
| 15 | … that after paying at least a dozen visits to Cambridge and engaging in the most unpleasant negotiations I have ever had in my life , we have managed to retain recognition as a body which is normally recognised for Chapter III powers and obtained an agreement which the University people hate like poison . |
| 16 | This process of taking information which is normally destined for the screen and sending it somewhere else is called redirection and is usually done with the > symbol . |
| 17 | Thus , conversation , which is normally marked for secondary stress on and primary stress on is represented as in stressed , phonemic form.With this type of representation , in which each vowel phoneme ( except schwa ) can be marked for stress , an additional 19 units are introduced into the phoneme inventory . |
| 18 | STARTLED voters from the parish of Binsted found their polling station had been switched to an open sided shed , which is normally used for storing Christmas trees in the middle of Alice Holt Forest . |
| 19 | The tension used for weaving should usually be about one number looser than that which is normally used for stocking stitch . |
| 20 | In fact , their van , which is normally used for delivering letters in the Darlington district , was such a success that Ford technicians refused to believe it was a standard production line van . |
| 21 | This means that the aesthetic exploitation of language takes the form of surprising a reader into a fresh awareness of and sensitivity to , the linguistic medium which is normally taken for granted as an " automatized " background of communication . |
| 22 | The team is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a combination order which is normally awarded for serious offences like burglary . |
| 23 | WACC has long-standing connections with the Center , which is best known for its quarterly magazine Media&Values . |
| 24 | A limited company which is already registered for VAT has as directors Mr A , Mr D , who is married to a daughter of Mr A , Mr E , who is married to another daughter of Mr A and has as its secretary Mr D. The staff include the two daughters , the directors on a part-time basis , and a son , F , of Mr and Mrs A. |
| 25 | The the total provision for Harrogate District is ninety hectares of which thirty hectares is allocated to Greater York and we support that allocation because it properly reflects the provision of a site which is already committed for industrial development . |
| 26 | Thereafter about 10 per cent of qualified staff left annually , particularly in the younger age groups which is partially compensated for by the re-entry of qualified staff . |
| 27 | Also in Africa is the weird ant-bear or aardvark , which is partially specialized for digging . |
| 28 | it may be worth trying quinine which is widely used for night cramps . |
| 29 | For all this , however , business can not ignore minimum financial constraints without serious consequences , a fact which is certainly allowed for in most of the literature which nevertheless emphasises the non-profit maximising nature of merger activity . |
| 30 | However , this is a very expensive process which is usually reserved for repairs to failed joints in ancient timber-framed structures where the removal and replacement of individual members is impracticable . |