Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [conj] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room had been vandalized — viciously so ; but it was equally apparent that it had been furnished and cared for at a level totally different from the other rooms . |
| 2 | Put another way , she had been plucked and prepared for meetings like this as carefully as a goose is dressed for the oven . |
| 3 | The same situation arises time and time again , as new medical techniques are developed and demand for them rises . |
| 4 | It is usual to follow patients who have been diagnosed and treated for syphilis for a period of two years to make sure that the treatment is effective and that relapse does not occur . |
| 5 | Behind him in the bathroom stood a chipped old tub slowly filling with water that was the colour of weak tea ; the bathroom walls had been replastered and roughened for tiling , but they did n't have any tiles . |
| 6 | Vehicle emissions have been calculated as accounting for nearly 80 per cent of Mexico City 's pollution . |
| 7 | Systems of treatment based on simple clinical signs have been developed and validated for the management of respiratory infections . |
| 8 | As an example , the section 530 could have been developed as follows for a sequence : 530 , 531 , 532 … 537 , 538 , 5391 , 5392 , 5393 … etc . |
| 9 | Aitken did not tell Fraser of any suggestion of confidentiality since , as he later affirmed , he did not believe that any undertaking had been given or asked for . |
| 10 | In a broad programme of work , a variety of methods or types of activity can be reasonably expected ; planning will begin to lay out the sequence in increasing detail , even when allowing for a number of variant paths or for the switching of the course according to observed student response : improvisation or student decision-making works best when possibilities have been foreseen and prepared for . |
| 11 | All the facts about the Clubs and resorts in this brochure are checked and re-checked for accuracy by our special department in Birmingham , by our resort staff and , wherever possible , by hoteliers . |
| 12 | Most are plucked and pickled for sale as the " ambelpoulia " delicacy . |
| 13 | A defendant 's costs order may also be made in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) by a magistrates ' court where an information has been laid before magistrates but not proceeded with ; or where the magistrates ' court inquiring into an indictable offence as examining justices determines not to commit the accused for trial ; ( 2 ) by the Crown Court where the defendant is not tried for an offence for which he or she had been indicted or committed for trial ; or the defendant who has been convicted of an offence before a magistrates ' court appeals against conviction or sentence and , in consequence of that appeal , the conviction is set aside or a less severe punishment is awarded ; ( 3 ) by the Divisional Court where it deals with any criminal appeal ; ( 4 ) by the Court of Appeal where it allows an appeal against conviction or sentence or on such an appeal finds the defendant guilty of a different offence or imposes a different sentence ; ( 5 ) by the House of Lords where it determines a criminal appeal , or application for leave to appeal . |
| 14 | The civic services work , the new trees and flowers are well tended , the Greek and Roman remains are catalogued and cared for . |
| 15 | Most of the money is owed by people whose homes have been repossessed and sold for less than their outstanding mortgage . |
| 16 | 3.2 Module descriptors which have been revised or developed for session 1989–90 are identified in the National Certificate Catalogue by a first digit 9 . |
| 17 | Environmentalists are demanding that plans for Europe 's largest housing development are put on ice because of fears that nearby power lines could be a health hazard . |
| 18 | Although strictly speaking the company is responsible for the cost of materials immediately the order is placed , the normal procedure is for costing to be delayed until the invoice has been checked and approved for payment . |
| 19 | A man had shot a woman , buried her body in the sands , had been caught and hung for his crime . |
| 20 | For instance , floating production and storage techniques employed in Indonesia have been modified and adapted for use offshore Halifax , Nova Scotia where LASMO has achieved Canada 's first offshore production . |
| 21 | Every time that it comes to capping regulations , those same authorities are blamed and pilloried for the spending for which Ministers have happily claimed the credit . |
| 22 | And they are trapped and killed for food , or sold by poachers . |
| 23 | Specific offline requests from LIFESPAN users are included while checking for the limit having been reached . ) |
| 24 | Yet the UKCC is impotent when nurses or midwives are disciplined or victimised for doing what it itself instructs . |
| 25 | Under a contract for the sale of goods the seller 's basic obligation is to deliver the goods , and the buyer 's basic obligations are to accept and pay for them ( SGA 1979 , s27 ) . |
| 26 | A bus has been booked and paid for . |
| 27 | The provision of goods and services costs less , and their quality is improved : staff are highly motivated , leading to greater loyalty and job satisfaction and lower staff turnover ; the staff are respected and rewarded for using their initiative and suggesting improvements , and customer complaints are reduced . |
| 28 | ‘ Now do stop fussing around , ’ his wife said to him after he had been tossing and turning for about an hour . |
| 29 | Even though she had n't got to bed till the small hours , and had been feeling totally exhausted , she 'd been tossing and turning for what seemed like hours , utterly unable to sleep . |
| 30 | It strikes me that Glamorgan have left themselves with another internal problem they could have done without now they are rebuilding and looking for stability after those years of committee trauma and musical chairs among the skippers . |