Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This catalogue raisonné has been keenly awaited for several years ; work began before the artist 's death in 1988 , aged eighty-six . |
| 2 | Linear dynamic models are widely used for economic forecasting and policy analysis . |
| 3 | The castle had not been properly maintained for many years and after the auction it was allowed to crumble . |
| 4 | Now you ca n't possibly test a medicine on ten thousand people before you start to sell it , so that sort of risk , as rare a risk as that , will only be picked up when the medicine has actually been in use and on the market and been properly prescribed for some years , and what we are doing now , and what is particularly interesting , is to start to use computers to pick up these adverse reactions so that we know much more quickly in future if a medicine is doing any harm and we can either stop prescribing it for the people who are going to suffer from it , and that 's the most likely thing , or else take it off the market altogether if it 's if we do n't if we ca n't pick out the people who might be at risk . |
| 5 | Strike action on the coalfields was the major catalyst for the 1926 General Strike , and the miners have been widely perceived for several decades as at the forefront of trade union militancy in the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | ‘ Authoring Systems'--computer systems which allow a non-programmer ‘ author ’ to create a program automatically--have been widely used for industrial training software and offer unrivalled productivity . |
| 7 | No single measure of public expenditure has met with universal agreement , and even when one has been widely used for some time , it can be subject to change for a variety of reasons . |
| 8 | The term ‘ Personnel Management ’ has been widely used for 50 to 60 years to describe a range of activities , a body o& knowledge and a set of skills associated with the recruitment , administration and development of staff . |
| 9 | On the basis of tests carried out in the North Sea by the Laboratory , Bayne believes that organic pollutants may be having a greater impact on marine life than heavy metals such as lead , mercury and cadmium , which had hitherto been widely blamed for most of the damage . |
| 10 | The breed was initially dual-purpose , whatever its colour , but for the most part ceded its milking role to the neighbouring Ayrshire ; it has continued as a beef breed but has never been intensively developed for that role . |
| 11 | Therefore the new posts are effectively earmarked for specific people . |
| 12 | Aden was at that time an RAF command , in which the operational policy of air control had been successfully applied for some years . |
| 13 | The ETC has been successfully established for several years and is very well equipped to provide all travel needs at the most competitive prices . |
| 14 | Instead , it appears to have been wholly ignored for 60 years until it was mentioned briefly by Gauze ( 1934 ) in his book The Struggle for Existence . |
| 15 | Groom and his colleagues point out that similar calculations are badly needed for other materials that are used in monopole detectors , such as argon and methane . |
| 16 | The Test has been delicately poised for four days , with fortunes swinging wildly . |
| 17 | In the second , if educational opportunities are suddenly opened for all , it invariably involves a spreading of financial , material , and human resources more thinly than previously . |
| 18 | By balancing your calcium intake at an early age , your bones are better prepared for these potentially damaging changes . |
| 19 | Devices like this poop scoop are better suited for domestic use . |
| 20 | Electoral democracy produces a ready-made machine for minority groups to fight effectively for a share of central resources , once they learn to act as a group and are sufficiently concentrated for electoral purposes . |
| 21 | From one of these , situated within half a mile of the proposed Chirbury Station , it is stated that 10,000 tons are annually raised for local requirements , and that easy and cheap means of transit , such has the railway would supply , are only required to bring it into extensive use . |
| 22 | True ivory is one of the few substances to have been highly esteemed for symbolic purposes wherever it could be obtained . |
| 23 | You 're only covered per consignment , so the whole twelve together are only insured for fifteen |
| 24 | These days they are only used for ceremonial occasions . |
| 25 | The slightly damp , hygroscopic pages of a book provide excellent storage for peels which are either awaiting permanent mounting or are only needed for temporary examination . |
| 26 | The law as so stated has , I think , been so understood for most of this century , at least at the level of the Court of Appeal ; but it has been the subject of increasing criticism by academic lawyers , and has been departed from in significant respects in some Commonwealth countries , both by legislation and by judicial development of the law . |
| 27 | You are utterly prepared for this and utterly ignorant . |
| 28 | This rediscovery has come through historical exhibitions held recently at New York 's DIA Center for the Arts ( 1988–89 ) , Claude Berri 's RENN Espace d'Art Contemporain in Paris ( 1991–92 ) and at the Hallen für Neue Kunst , Schaffhausen , where Ryman 's art has been prominently featured for several years and a fresh installation opens shortly ( 2 May-31 October ) . |
| 29 | INSET courses are normally conceived for practising teachers who require refresher courses from time to time : when unqualified teachers take part in them , they remain classed as untrained teachers by the end of their course . |
| 30 | This is due firstly to their short maturity ( treasury bills are normally issued for ninety-one days ) together with the fact that they can be quickly bought and sold before maturity in a highly organised market . |