Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are calculated for our sample of 1608 men who were unemployed longer than 28 days and did not give retirement as their reason for their pre-cohort entry job . |
| 2 | A NUMBER of North West names have been honoured for their services to the community or their profession . |
| 3 | THE parents of murdered British safari girl Julie Ward , left , have been honoured for their campaign to bring her killers to justice . |
| 4 | He says because my father died early in 1937 he 's never been honoured for his work . |
| 5 | As long as a strong argument or sound reasons are given for your opinions they will stand on their own . |
| 6 | De Franco was appointed president of the Central Bank of Nicaragua replacing Raúl A. Lacayo Solórzano who had been criticized for his credit policies . |
| 7 | Meri had been criticized for his management of the Foreign Ministry , especially for having dismissed two deputies in February without consulting the Prime Minister . |
| 8 | The SPD polled an average of 26.64 per cent ( 21.88 per cent in March 1990 ) , but apparently only made real inroads on CDU support in Brandenburg , with the respected East Berlin lay Protestant leader and lawyer Manfred Stolpe heading its campaign against the CDU 's Peter-Michael Diestel ( who had been criticized for his handling of the dissolution of the Stasi secret police — see p. 37828 ) . |
| 9 | The only minister who actually lost a vote of no confidence ( by 74 to 23 ) was Arnis Kalnins , who resigned as Minister of Economic Reform , having been criticized for his inability to conduct the restructuring of the economy along free market lines . |
| 10 | The FNM attacked the size and cost of the new Cabinet and called for the resignation of Maynard and of Philip Bethel , who had been criticized for his stewardship of the Transport Ministry and the troubles of the state airline Bahamasair . |
| 11 | An attractive programme of visits to both transport and cultural centres has been arranged for your interest . |
| 12 | The company seems to have been forgiven for its oil spill in the Mersey estuary in 1989 ; it came third in ‘ community and environmental responsibility ’ , only one place down from last time . |
| 13 | While SynOptics says that adaptor boards for other physical layer and computer system interfaces will be added , no time-scale has yet been given for their development . |
| 14 | Many reasons have been given for its demise : the potential high cost of registry operations ' insurance , especially since the participants ' liability had not been established ; the unwillingness of commodity traders to record their transactions in a central registry subject to inspection by competitors and tax authorities ; the reticence by the ultimate buyers of spot crude oil to acquire bills of lading from an entity designed to service intermediaries and speculators ; and the banks ' discomfort with the exclusive control of the registry business by one of their competitors . |
| 15 | He reminded them of how their predecessors had been punished for their wickedness and repeatedly urged obedience to the commands of the Church . |
| 16 | Ferrasse , rightly , explained that the former coach has already been punished for his misdemeanour , and he then threatened to resign from the Board unless the Dubroca issue was allowed to rest . |
| 17 | His wife now feared that they had been punished for his presumption . |
| 18 | I had the feeling that she was married and had children , but the front room had been designated for her activities , which took place on Thursday , Friday and Saturday evenings . |
| 19 | Soap stars such as Michael Cashman , formerly of EastEnders , and the comedy actor Gorden Kaye of ‘ Allo , ‘ Allo ! , have not been pilloried for their homosexuality . |
| 20 | and some are treasured for their markings — |
| 21 | Thus , by the use of gossip , ostracism , satire , and , probably most important of all , ridicule , offenders against society 's standards are punished for their transgressions . |
| 22 | The Midianites are punished for their sin in inducing Israel to worship false goods ( see chapter 25 and notes ) . |
| 23 | It is he who draws the moral , declaring that the low-life characters are no worse than the corrupt ruling class , the only difference being that the poor are punished for their vices . |
| 24 | For Mill it 's very important that citizens are educated for their role and although participation on a na national level has to be something that can be restricted only to the few , Mill nevertheless wants active participation of the citizens in other aspects . |
| 25 | Too often minority students themselves are blamed for their failure . |
| 26 | Some sculptures are designed for their sites , and the relationship between site and sculpture is difficult to capture in a book . |
| 27 | During the assessment interview there should be a two-way exchange of information so that the nurse gives information to the patient about procedures which are designed for his safety , and answers questions . |
| 28 | She has been nominated for her bounty packs campaign — the samples of baby food , drinks , nappies and creams given free to new mothers . |
| 29 | Dr Jones has been nominated for his ability to communicate serious medical issues in a simple and entertaining way . |
| 30 | Functionalist theorists have also been attacked for their emphasis on the functional nature of stratification . |