Example sentences of "[indef pn] [be] [verb] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many years university academic staff have enjoyed the unique position of having tenure for their working lives , the argument in support of this being that it protected academic staff from political pressure and avoided the possibility of someone being dismissed for expressing unpopular or unconventional views . |
| 2 | One is to take for granted that the novel is a mode of communication , and to analyse its formal features as techniques of communication ; the other is to question the assumption that the novel is communication — to ask what is implied by that assumption , and what excluded . |
| 3 | I thought everything was arranged for using the Mission Hall ? ’ |
| 4 | One was cautioned for possessing drugs . |
| 5 | This one was done for driving without due care and attention and he got the maximum fine . |
| 6 | I am not aware of anyone being punished for speaking the Doric . |
| 7 | Nothing is taken for granted , everything at every period is subjected to searching scrutiny . |
| 8 | It has its disadvantages in one 's daily life , and I remember now that I described this in At Mrs L 's — how Julia was like that and her family found it tiring and annoying , because she came to everything freshly and without preconceived opinions , and wasted time and came to odd conclusions because nothing was taken for granted . |