Example sentences of "for which [pron] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As DeJong says , ‘ One single purpose has attained predominance , has acquired the monopoly for which everything is sacrificed : the others have been driven out , either totally or into special roads ’ . |
| 2 | Dr ‘ Bothwell ’ Because we 're so over-burdened by relative trivia and social problems , we can not utilise the skills for which we 're trained … we 're trained to treat medical problems … |
| 3 | All over the world we are rising up and refusing the exploited identity for which we were conditioned . |
| 4 | Staff willing to work additional hours beyond those for which they are contracted should be identified . |
| 5 | This means the time they spend in the public sector is often much less than that for which they are contracted . |
| 6 | Since s. 2(2) OLA 1957 requires the occupier to take such care as is reasonable to see that visitors will be reasonably safe in using the premises for the purposes for which they are invited or permitted by the occupier to be there , lawful visitors will be owed a duty only in so far as they remain within the scope of their invitation or permission to be on the premises . |
| 7 | The other committees are convened only when necessary to conduct the special business for which they are appointed . |
| 8 | In the latest situation troops are being drafted in to do jobs they normally do and for which they are trained . |
| 9 | The two most important decision areas in educational planning are to decide how many children should be provided for in the school system at what ages and levels , and to decide the purpose for which they are sent there . |
| 10 | The trust has said savings can be made by ensuring nurses are not doing jobs for which they are overqualified . |
| 11 | If the new higher education funding bodies established by the Education Reform Act ( 1988 ) were to rely over-heavily on numerical ‘ performance indicators ’ in assessing the extent to which institutions have fulfilled the contracts for which they are funded , institutions are likely to develop course appraisal systems which record performance in just those terms . |
| 12 | Threads of spider silk are between 0.01 and 2 microns thick , depending on the spider making them and the purpose for which they are intended — the gossamer sheets of Textrix employ some of the finest and are probably the only webs that could hold water . |
| 13 | By varying the combinations and proportions or the ingredients , and by mixing in other additives , it has been possible to ‘ tune ’ the physical properties of the various alloys to suit the purpose for which they are intended . |
| 14 | All alphabetical indexing languages must be tailored to the application for which they are intended . |
| 15 | Buyers often attempt to include express warranties stating that goods will be suitable for the purpose for which they are intended to be used by the buyer , or suitable for the purpose for which they are ordinarily or generally used . |
| 16 | 5.22 Defective premises To give notice to the Landlord of any defect in the Premises which might give rise to an obligation on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order to comply with the provisions of this Lease or the duty of care imposed on the Landlord pursuant to the Defective Premises Act 1972 or otherwise and at all times to display and maintain all notices which the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] require to be displayed at the Premises The difficulty here is that this covenant could impose an unfair obligation on the tenant and it should therefore be amended as follows : To give notice to the Landlord upon becoming aware of any defect … 5.23 New guarantor Within [ 14 ] days of the death during the Term of any Guarantor or of such person becoming bankrupt or having a receiving order made against him or having a receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 or being a company passing a resolution to wind up or entering into liquidation or having a receiver appointed to give notice of this to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord at the expense of the Tenant within [ 28 ] days to procure some other person acceptable to the Landlord [ such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld ] to execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant 's obligations contained in this Lease in the form of the Guarantor 's covenants contained in this Lease Although this may be perfectly fair and reasonable in that a guarantor 's covenants are expected to last during the period for which they are given , many tenants try to resist this covenant on the basis that it may be extremely difficult for the tenant to produce an alternative guarantor . |
| 17 | We might expect to find difficulty in relating , for example , the average length of prison sentences to the incidence of the crimes for which they are imposed ; but to be at a loss to trace any clear connection between the prospects of being executed for murder and the prevalence of the crime of murder is startling and impressive . |
| 18 | Both are crimes for which they are punished in the natural course of things : |
| 19 | Both players were standing outside the players ' lounge when three men ran past them into the building , for which they are believed to have produced entrance tickets , pursued by around 20 Rangers fans . |
| 20 | Fig. 3 shows the general construction although optical fibres will differ in detail according to type and the precise use for which they are designed . |
| 21 | They are not concerned with investment potential or collectability , and the fact that items may appreciate in value over the years is a bonus , rather than the main reason for which they are bought . |
| 22 | But fortunately most people who are asked to help in surveys are prepared to accept that they are appropriate people to answer questions on the survey for which they are approached , and particularly where people feel that they are being asked to give ‘ expert ’ information this can be seen as rather a compliment : ‘ If you want to know about how a housewife organizes her day I can tell you everything you need to know . ’ |
| 23 | To help in this process , the research is based on the idea of ‘ form and function ’ , looking at how much the appearance of houses and household goods is influenced by the purposes for which they are used , and how much by other factors . |
| 24 | We er emphasised to him the impact this would have on Oxfordshire 's er spending requirements and er the hope that the er spending that we get , and we get it in two ways ; one is through , called the standard spending grant , that is a general grant that was given to authorities to spend as they wish , and the other is a specific grants which are given for particular purposes , and some of them cover the legislation that I have mentioned , which we are required to spend specifically on the items for which they 're given . |
| 25 | And , okay , unable to perform any part of her normal occupation and they 're not doing anything else , for which they 're paid , not following any other gainful occupation okay , so definition is , unable to perform any part of their normal occupation , and they 're not following any other gainful employment . |
| 26 | ‘ I have sometimes thought that more might be done than is commonly attempted in education to familiarise the idea of death to the minds of children by representing it as the grand event for which they were born ; and thus making a future state the object of their chief interest and ambition . |
| 27 | Drugs often produce effects far worse than the original problem for which they were prescribed . |
| 28 | People are not always working in the jobs for which they were trained . |
| 29 | This principle seems to imply that data should be destroyed when the specified purpose for which they were collected has been achieved . |
| 30 | French Aubusson and Savonnerie carpets of the 17th and 18th centuries , for example , followed the Baroque and Rococo elegance of the time with their bright colours and floral opulence , and it was not uncommon for 18th-century carpets to echo the ceiling designs of the rooms for which they were made . |