Example sentences of "[adj] and [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1 ) Aluminium — Your baby must be approximately one year old and been fed for at least six months on soya infant formula or have been breastfed and received no soya products . |
| 2 | He was 56 years old and was heading for his magnificent home in Warwickshire , Kenilworth Castle . |
| 3 | Water chestnuts are very crisp and are used for texture as much as flavour . |
| 4 | Example run : The above example is very simple and was chosen for clarity . |
| 5 | He is believed to be honest and is known for his involvement in the army-backed project for ‘ Green Esarn ’ . |
| 6 | I think he had just got bored and was looking for something to do , so he sought to amuse . ’ |
| 7 | Ingredient Y's price has been very stable and is used for other products currently manufactured and sold by the company . |
| 8 | Lace patterns : This is self descriptive and is used for lace patterns of all types , whether involving the transfer of garter/lace carriage , or lace created by releasing stitches from the back bed after every two rows . |
| 9 | Olivetti has configured the Active Badge to be MS-DOS- and Windows-compliant and is looking for software developers interested in developing applications for it . |
| 10 | Next morning Davis laid about himself for 77 , his highest first-class score , Botham again bowling poorly and being punished for it . |
| 11 | As with Building Regulations , changes in the Wiring Regulations are not retrospective and are intended for new installations , but substantial additions or alterations to a house 's wiring may mean making changes to an existing installation . |
| 12 | Sancho was ambitious , headstrong , and over-bearing and was noted for his indomitable courage … |
| 13 | And I think there is this dividing line that there is the pure craft where the object is functional and is made for a specific purpose , but is beautifully made , but there is also the craftsman who crosses the barrier between art and craft , who makes beautiful objects that are perhaps non functional , and then of course you 're in the controversial field . |
| 14 | Guy Bell of Beeson Gregory , a new name dealing in USM shares , says the company is under rated and is set for medium-term expansion . |
| 15 | Mechanical woodpulp is acidic and is used for the cheapest types of paper like newsprint or certain types of cartridge paper . |
| 16 | The basis of the traditional antipathy of churches to gambling is that it can encourage greed , become addictive and is looking for a reward that has not been earned either by virtue or by effort . |
| 17 | In the case of the first question the verb is thematicized ; in the second it is rhematic and is substituted for by a categorical verb , i.e. to do . |
| 18 | For many years after the war , these cottages were unoccupied and were offered for sale at a thousand pounds each , with no takers ; they have since been acquired as holiday homes . |
| 19 | Nigel was n't very well and was asking for me . |
| 20 | While there will be a real residual value , after five years of high utilisation this will not be great and is ignored for the purpose of this comparison as being common to both instances . |
| 21 | Traditionally reared animals grow more slowly than those reared under intensive farming conditions — they are therefore more mature and are hung for two or three weeks to bring out the flavour . |
| 22 | Supporters of both sides could enjoy such matches and the crowd two years later back up in Scotland was enormous and was hoping for a repeat of the excitement . |
| 23 | For long hauls the rivers still remained more important than roads in NEP , despite the fact that many of them flow to the Arctic and are frozen for long periods . |
| 24 | In fact he was commenting upon and sometimes parodying a form of love lyric which was already familiar and was composing for an audience which was sufficiently sophisticated to appreciate this approach . |
| 25 | Such a plan was vital because , up to now , the Community budget had been small and was paid for by national contributions . |
| 26 | If the material is not topical and is delayed for some time before being sent out the date should be changed . |
| 27 | Possibly in answer a man got drunk and was pinched for being in charge of a horse and cart the while . |
| 28 | The palazzo dates from the mid-nineteenth-century and was built for Count Melzi di Cusano . |
| 29 | Any new animals joining a treated group should receive an anthelmintic and be isolated for 48-72 hours before being introduced . |
| 30 | Silver and gold are rare and were prized for their monetary value , appearance and resistance to corrosion . |