Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we had been in the land of constant daylight for several days , the sun had been hidden for much of the time by high cloud . |
| 2 | In recent years , the Shetland summer season has been tainted for many of us by the knowledge that thousands of our sea-birds have failed to raise any young . |
| 3 | YOUR ACCOMMODATION — prices are calculated for one of the following arrangements and this is indicated at the foot of each Club description . |
| 4 | Screen metaphors have been developed for each of these areas to make location in the system a graphical attribute . |
| 5 | A phased return of responsibility from the army to the civilian police was begun in 1976 and had been completed for most of the region by early 1977 . |
| 6 | Although world trends are blamed for much of the plight of the unemployed , some blame must lie in bad fiscal policy . |
| 7 | Emissions of nitrogen oxides from vehicles are blamed for much of the dramatic increase in asthma , particularly among children where one in seven suffers from the disease . |
| 8 | By contrast , alcohol has been enjoyed for thousands of years and in moderate quantities is harmless . |
| 9 | Vaccines against pneumococcal meningitis are recommended for those at particularly high risk , for example people with sickle cell disease or whose spleen has been removed . |
| 10 | The Left Coalition has so far ruled out linking up with the conservatives again — the improbable alliance of last June has been blamed for much of their drop in support — but has already hinted that it would be willing to support a national unity government as proposed by the New Democrat leader Mr Constantine Mitsotakis . |
| 11 | Moreover , in contrast to much of Buxtehude , the spaces are occupied for most of the day so that space is not freed for other uses , such as children 's play or adults ' talk . |
| 12 | The several price quotations which have been collected for each of the 350 items in the ‘ basket ’ must be averaged and then divided by the average price of that item in January 1985 . |
| 13 | The schedule of accommodation which forms the basic document around which the rest of the building note is developed , and which I shall illustrate , was prepared , for this particular group of patients , in precisely the same way as it had been done for some of the other sub-groups within mental illness and mental handicapped for which various supplements have been prepared to which I referred above . |
| 14 | 4 million quid for a guy that almost went to jail and has been injured for most of the season |
| 15 | I know that many killings are done for next to nothing but we are not dealing with street muggers or footloose louts , we are dealing with the middle-aged and the middle-class-people who know which side their bread is buttered and value their reputations almost more than their deeds and their share certificates . |
| 16 | The Welsh international has been sidelined for much of the past two seasons . |
| 17 | The rheidity of ice is a few weeks , that of salt about a year , but igneous rocks will only exhibit rheid flow after a stress has been applied for hundreds of years , in the case of deeply buried rocks subject to elevated temperatures , or tens of thousands of years for rocks at the surface . |
| 18 | This has proved so popular that arrangements have been made for this to be included in the admission price to the Centre . |
| 19 | The technique requires queue managers at either end and IBM says that it has these have been written for all of its operating systems , plus Digital Equipment Corp VAX/VMS , Stratus Computer Inc 's badged System/88 machines , and Tandem Computers Inc 's Guardian operating system . |
| 20 | Charlemagne , a little book which has been written for 12 to 16 year olds ( but suitable for all ages ) would make an ideal present . |
| 21 | Gateways were opening up here in Salt Lake , and things would be coming through the like of which had not been seen for thousands of years . |
| 22 | was pleasantly surprised even to have been selected for one of the 12 British pairs that went to Germany , and pleased to have come 80th from around 1000 pairs . |
| 23 | ‘ Primary ’ rainforest is an area that has n't been disturbed for hundreds of years and has reached a state of mature complexity ; it is also known as virgin forest . |
| 24 | Standards will not rise until changes are made for five to 14-year-olds , warns the National Association of Head Teachers and the Secondary Heads Association . |
| 25 | No charges are made for any of the above . |
| 26 | They 're destined for thousands of people whose lives have been torn apart by conflict … who 're now facing a cruel winter . |
| 27 | The programme should have been broadcast for most of last month as well . |
| 28 | The draft for this is almost complete but it ca n't be finalised until the costs of the revised programme have been agreed for each of the participating nations . |
| 29 | Its growth rate has been outstripped for much of the time by that of France and even , in some recent years , by that of the United Kingdom . |
| 30 | James chatting with the Earl of Farrow outside Farrow Hall , which had been used for many of the exterior shots in Pemberley . |