Example sentences of "be [verb] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been pursuing proposals for some time . |
| 2 | I had been seeing Jessica for twelve months before she admitted to herself that her lover would never come back . |
| 3 | The " game " is one in which the people on the outside are given responsibility for those on the inside , crossing the circle with their eyes closed . |
| 4 | Get titles right as well and if you are using initials for long names always spell out the name at least once . |
| 5 | The Brazilians are producing lapachol for oral administration as part of a drug therapy for cancer , and the authorities have approved it for clinical trials in humans . |
| 6 | Heseltine 's campaign team , having been canvassing backbenchers for several weeks , had already developed a considerable momentum . |
| 7 | I have been producing guidebooks for fifteen years and I have never thought of that . |
| 8 | SunSoft OEMs Solbourne Computer Inc , CompuAdd Corp , Toshiba Corp and Hyundai Electronic Inc are targeting deliveries for next year . |
| 9 | It was reported on June 17 that he had been given responsibility for local government , while other responsibilities were redistributed between deputy premiers . |
| 10 | It was a process which had been gathering momentum for some time and has continued since . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , a working party report urging positive action on equal opportunities by the Scottish Law Society has been gathering dust for more than a year . |
| 12 | These schools have been using microcomputers for three years and have had substantial teacher training , provision of materials and other support services from the ILEA . |
| 13 | Second , almost three-quarters of these interviewees had been using heroin for two years or less by the start of the prevalence study period . |
| 14 | However , the healthy eating pattern needs to be a way of life if you are to banish cellulite for good ! |
| 15 | Born in 1908 , Maitre Lelièpvre has been drawing horses for most of his life , and sold his first painting at the age of eight . |
| 16 | During that time BP has held a small interest in offshore block 8 and has been designated operator for onshore Cabinda Central block , where operations have been suspended for security reasons . |
| 17 | In the shadow of the chimneys which are bringing prosperity for some they eke out whatever living they can . |
| 18 | In closing the hospitals the health authority has been purchasing care for those people that let you care for them in a variety of settings and support . |
| 19 | More and more teenagers are becoming vegetarian for those reasons . |
| 20 | ‘ But on a point of handicapping , why has he been raised 4lb after finishing second in the Mackeson , while Desert Orchid has been dropped 2lb for finishing second to Long Engagement ? ’ |
| 21 | I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years . |
| 22 | We did if I can give some background we did actually target er twelve thousand , five hundred mailer shots for this meeting this evening I 'm not sure what the people here are representing percentage for that and we also targeted over about a hundred organisations with mailing shots telling people the meetings on this evening . |
| 23 | Although Kerrey 's campaign was lifted by this success , on the following day it suffered a setback when it was revealed that a restaurant chain of which he was part-owner had been fined $64,000 for 116 violations of child protection laws . |
| 24 | WAQAR YOUNIS 'S county Surrey have been fined £1,000 for repeated ball-tampering over a three-year period . |
| 25 | The Gloucester branch had already been fined £3,600 for similar offences , the city 's magistrates were told . |
| 26 | Since obtaining its identity as No 412 ( Transport ) Squadron at Rockcliffe on 1 Apr 49 , the principal role of the squadron has always been to provide transportation for high level military and government personnel . |
| 27 | It is a work that could have been written by a man who 'd been writing operas for twenty years and it introduced me to Ben 's remarkable sense of theatre . |
| 28 | In the meantime , all four major further education teacher training centres in England — Huddersfield and Wolverhampton Polytechnics , Bolton Institute of Higher Education , and Garnett College have been developing proposals for pre-service courses leading to a BEd . |
| 29 | Acting Navy Secretary Sean C. O'Keefe , Garrett 's successor , announced at a press conference on Sept. 24 that Williams and Gordon had been granted requests for early retirement , while Davis had been reassigned to another post . |
| 30 | The approach is particularly likely to be suitable for patients who are seeking help for social and personal problems , and should therefore be useful for many situations encountered by social workers , general practitioners , and those involved in marital counselling , bereavement counselling , and the care of adolescents . |