Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for the procedure is that the consideration shares issued by the bidder to accepting shareholders are issued for a non-cash consideration ( ie the shares in the target ) and accordingly are not required to be offered to the bidder 's shareholders under the pre-emption provisions of CA 1985 , s89 , because that section only applies to new issues for cash . |
| 2 | Painting , gluing , varnishing , soldering and similar activities are banned for a while , If magazines or books smell strongly ( usually the ‘ glossy ’ magazines and books with shiny paper ) , read something else . |
| 3 | Both houses are elected for a four-year term , the Second Chamber directly , by proportional representation , the First Chamber the directly elected members of the provincial councils . |
| 4 | Associated with this internationalization of production , sales and purchases have become increasingly international as products are made for a world market rather than for ‘ local ’ national buyers . |
| 5 | Most products are made for a particular customer or to a particular order . |
| 6 | A COUPLE who suffered a catalogue of tragedies are set for a second honeymoon in the Austrian mountains . |
| 7 | Although ‘ mixed ’ marriages between people of different races or cultures are made for a variety of reasons , conscious and unconscious , some are necessitated by the need to have constant reassurance of difference : for example , a skin of another colour . |
| 8 | These groups are trained for a more aggressive role in crowd control , and represent a significant move away from the traditional approach to public order policing which was based on containment and the use of minimum force . |
| 9 | Door-to-door sales methods are used for a variety of products , from vacuum cleaners and household goods to cosmetics or double glazing . |
| 10 | In Drosophila the segmentation genes paired and gooseberry are required for a proper wingless and engrailed expression . |
| 11 | In the ‘ money ’ markets , funds are borrowed for a short period , i.e. less than one year ; in the ‘ capital ’ markets funds are borrowed for long-term use , in some cases indeed with no promise of ever being repaid . |
| 12 | Fixed and variable outputs are fitted for a remote control handset is included . |
| 13 | Nineteenth century ephemera , including table games , playing cards , a hieroglyphic card ( one where small pictures are substituted for a number of letters or syllables ) and ( centre ) a ‘ zoetrope ’ or ‘ wheel of life ’ , an early motion-picture toy . |
| 14 | All parts except the sponge are guaranteed for a year , and Interpet undertake to keep spare parts available for at least five years after the last filter is produced . |
| 15 | The recommendation before , therefore is that a second phase of the county experiment be implemented for a period of three months to six months , whichever is felt necessary , to allow the effects of |
| 16 | In a report to Darlington Council 's works and health committee Michael Bennett , director of community services , recommends £1 be charged for a copy of an individual entry and the full register be made available for £250 . |
| 17 | A baby would get born and an upstairs window be lit at night : an old man would die and the hearse arrive , and a gap be felt for a while , but the very pressure of ordinariness , or whatever it was , soon healed it up . |
| 18 | ELEVEN soccer fans were arrested for a variety of public order offences following Saturday 's Third Division soccer match between Hartlepool United and Stoke City . |
| 19 | Mass has been offered regularly in St Gerard 's School as funds were raised for a new church centre in Hemlington . |
| 20 | All three parties were braced for a possible photo-finish as the latest poll gave Labour a two-point lead — reduced from six in a similar survey a week ago . |
| 21 | Pest Control branches were scoured for a bubble big enough to get the van into , and the London East fumigators — Brian Bacon , Ian Buchan and Terry Hart carried out a successful fumigation . |
| 22 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |
| 23 | Certainly , these designs were employed for a period of at least forty years , and their designers might not always have seen them in the same light . |
| 24 | Data were acquired for a minimum of 5 hours . |
| 25 | The Tynedale Fenwicks and the Liddesdale Elliots were involved for a long time in a savage , unyielding feud ; and the Armstrongs , among their many clashes , quarrelled simultaneously with the Scottish Turnbulls and Johnstones and with the English Bells , while the Bells were also feuding with the English Grahams . |
| 26 | The baths were closed for a fortnight at least , for a complete disinfection , a change of water , much stronger chlorification and new instructions for the cleansing of the feet of would-be bathers and a thorough check-up of the much higher chlorine addition . |
| 27 | To verify this the remedy is stopped for a week or two . |
| 28 | On Feb. 14 the EC 's European Parliament again requested and the Commission on Feb. 20 agreed that the ECJ be asked for a new opinion on the agreement . |
| 29 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Moi was returned for a third five-year term in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by KANU . |
| 30 | The President is elected for a five-year term by popular vote . |