Example sentences of "[been] [adv] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But , inasmuch as before the search began the defendant told the plaintiff 's clerk that the charge would be the same whether he made extracts or had certified copies , and under that pressure the extracts were obtained , and it would have been most dishonourable for the party , after having got the extracts , to refuse to pay , the money so obtained may be recovered back . |
| 2 | The first appearance at away matches of massive groups of skinheads , all uniformly dressed and intent on smashing their opponents into the ground , must have been rather unnerving for the managers of those clubs who were hoping to turn football watching into a family outing . |
| 3 | Having been reminded that the bookies ' smoke signals usually signify a lot more than just grandiose waves of their Havana cigars , Ramsden then revealed that he himself might have been inadvertantly responsible for the Travelling Light rumour . |
| 4 | The restructuring that has taken place during the Government 's tenure of office has been remarkably good for the region . |
| 5 | Few could have been less suited for the military life than the historian Edward Gibbon who , as he admitted in his Autobiography , ‘ never handled a gun … seldom mounted a horse ’ but , living with his father , a country gentleman , at Buriton , near Petersfield , he felt obliged to apply for a commission as a captain in the South battalion of the Hampshire militia , 476 strong , of which his father became major and a local nobleman , ‘ after a prolix and passionate contest ’ with the Lord Lieutenant , lieut. -colonel . |
| 6 | Imagine what the result would have been in Salomon 's case if the company created was one of unlimited liability : all the members would have been personally liable for the debts owned by the company to the creditors . |
| 7 | In practice , it has been extremely rare for the Lords to use even such powers as remain to it to reject Commons Bills . |
| 8 | " I think I learnt a few things , " laughs Eva though at the time it must have been extremely painful for the girl who had " excelled at everything " . |
| 9 | er , I , I ca n't say that they became inaccurate , they may well have been entirely accurate for the whole of the period from when they were first produced through to September nineteen eighty six |
| 10 | He has been entirely responsible for the administration of the school … he will be very difficult to replace . ’ |
| 11 | Making him into a saint must have been highly embarrassing for the opposition , and some of the satisfaction derived thereby is hinted at in a probably contemporary poem in the Chronicle . |
| 12 | Care has not been so tender for the eiderdown duck , which has perished in large numbers due to oil slicks in its Iceland habitat , as European demand for its fluffy down , mainly used in bedding , increases . |
| 13 | For all that England are the only European nation not to concede a goal in the qualifying tournament , it is no exaggeration to suggest they have never been so ill-equipped for the persistent rigours of a World Cup . |
| 14 | I 've been so thirsty for the last hour , I could n't be bothered to go and find a drink . |
| 15 | Beatrice saw him reading Les Liaisons Dangéreuses and slated that too , claiming that it was a steamy romance seized upon by the mothers of France ‘ and said to have been largely responsible for the modern severity towards young daughters ’ . |
| 16 | Although Laclotte has been largely responsible for the choice of works , he emphasises that this is a collaborative exhibition , with different parts of the catalogue by different specialists , not always in perfect agreement with one another : ‘ There is no absolute truth in matters of attribution , just opinion ’ , he says . |
| 17 | As Central Committee Secretary for Agriculture between 1978–85 , Gorbachev was bound to have been largely responsible for the limited measures undertaken in support of private plots . |
| 18 | The last section of the book is devoted to a description of what has been achieved with the telescope and is dedicated to John Bolton , who has been largely responsible for the dish 's successful operation . |
| 19 | Completely unaccustomed to the hot , humid air — so wet and steamy that it was almost impossible to breathe properly — she 'd been deeply grateful for the air-conditioning in the apartment which — when it was working properly ! — had kept them all relatively cool . |
| 20 | For both adult and infant mortality rates , two trends are clearly discernible : there has been a substantial reduction in mortality rates for all socio-economic groups ; the reduction , however , has been more substantial for the upper socio-economic groups with the result that socio-economic inequalities have widened over the years . |
| 21 | This kind of accommodation would have been more suitable for the servants than for the owner and his family . |
| 22 | Paige had never been more thankful for the darkness . |
| 23 | Allan should , I feel , have been more ambassadorial for the sport . |
| 24 | One or two of Miss Loren 's films have been more notable for the depth of cleavage displayed than any profoundness of plot . |
| 25 | He has been off sick for the last six weeks and may never return to the job . |
| 26 | So scenario , clients been off sick for the last six months with a back problem . |
| 27 | I have a part-time job , but I have been off sick for the last two weeks , because I ca n't keep my mind on it . |
| 28 | I have a part-time job , but I have been off sick for the last two weeks , because I ca n't keep my mind on it . |
| 29 | The fact that central government was now beginning to regard Siberia as an integral part of Russia as a whole , rather than merely as a colonial appendage , was marked by the abolition in 1763 of the Siberian Department ( Sibirskii prikaz ) , the central state bureau which had , with a brief interruption under Peter the Great , been directly responsible for the governance and administration of the territory since 1637 . |
| 30 | On Oct. 30 , on the other hand , a report by observers from the Paris-based International League of Human Rights claimed that " an extremely sophisticated method of fraud " had been partly responsible for the IDA getting twice as many National Assembly seats as the PPP with virtually the same share of the popular vote . |