Example sentences of "and [be] [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As is often the case , some last-minute idea blossoms while what had seemed a brilliant solution and been pondered for ages falls quite flat . |
| 2 | Once they had attended the clinic and been invited for gastroscopy , a similar proportion of miners and general population attended for gastroscopy ( 229 of 338 ( 67.8% ) and 192 of 254 ( 77.6% ) respectively ( χ 2 =0.7 , NS ) ) . |
| 3 | In recent years she 's suffered two heart attacks and been treated for cancer and she says she ca n't stand much more of the strain . |
| 4 | Usually these are children from one-parent families , children in local-authority care , or youngsters who need a respite from the household chores they assume as surrogate adults because their parents are ill , and even , in some cases , children with a parent in prison , and are selected for inclusion in the scheme not by the police but by schools and other caring agencies . |
| 5 | Items designed for travel use will have a dual-voltage switch and are intended for use with the relevant plug adaptor . |
| 6 | Choose from 27 frame styles in 25 colours/finishes and 14 lens options ( which exceed BS2724 standards and are guaranteed for life ) . |
| 7 | Although the Society of Gardeners gave their name to the Catalogus Plantarum ( Catalogue of Trees and Shrubs both Exotick and Domestic that are Hardy enough to Bear the Cold of our Climate in the Open Air and are Propagated for Sale in the Gardens near London ) 1730 , Philip Miller and Thomas Fairchild are thought to have been its chief promoters . |
| 8 | The use of ‘ management information systems ’ , which take low-level data from databases and are used for decision support by modelling future scenarios using different management predictions or alternatives , has led to substantial savings in those commercial organisations where they have been introduced . |
| 9 | The average bid and offer rates then calculated are known as the London interbank fixing rates and are used for reference purposes in variable interest rate loan agreements . |
| 10 | All Falcon 20 aircraft are allocated an F-W … registration ( U.K. equivalent Class B ) , and are used for test or experimental flights , C of A qualification or renewal , and the approval of modifications . |
| 11 | Water chestnuts are very crisp and are used for texture as much as flavour . |
| 12 | These tools and any others that you may need and are permitted for specialist work should also be on the desk at the time of your practice " examination " . |
| 13 | ‘ The programming of the ‘ 24 Hour Inspiration Network ’ will be aimed at Christians of all denominations and be intended for family viewing , ’ their spokesman added . |
| 14 | This will enable customers to check their overall fitness and be tested for heart rate , body fat , and blood pressure , among things . |
| 15 | If partners withdraw money from the partnership dishonestly , so as to deprive the partnership permanently of its use , they may , of course , be criminally liable and be prosecuted for theft ; see R. v. Bonner[1970] 2 All ER 97 ( CA ) . |
| 16 | For ‘ real polises ’ there is a rarely articulated awareness that this ambiguity can always turn in on itself and be used for good or evil , or even as an instrument of oppression or release . |
| 17 | 17.20 Pupils should know that their writing need not always be formal or follow literary models ; it can also effectively capture and record first thoughts and immediate responses and be used for note-making , collecting and shaping information etc . |
| 18 | Mixtures of thymocytes and stromal cells rapidly reform ( within 12 hours ) into intact thymus lobes and were analysed for T-cell development in terms of lymphoid content and TCR , CD4 and CD8 expression after 9 days in culture ( Fig.2 ) . |
| 19 | The managers had their height , weight , blood pressure , flexibility , stamina and lung capacity measured and were asked for details of their lifestyle . |
| 20 | The DJs heard six songs and were asked for advice on the first single . |
| 21 | Mortalities from cancer ( cancer given as the underlying cause of death ) were calculated for each treatment and were adjusted for age by the direct method . |
| 22 | In 1877 they republished Knowlton 's old pamphlet The Fruits of Philosophy and were prosecuted for obscenity — in the end unsuccessfully . |
| 23 | Many of those first placed in charge of rural posts proved unsuitable , and were dismissed for abuse of power . |
| 24 | Here a small group of Jewish boys were given a home and were trained for careers in leather manufacture , cabinet-making , and engineering . |
| 25 | Adverse events were noted a at each installation of B G C and at the time of the first cystoscopy and were scored for severity and the highest score was then re recorded and appears on this erm histogram which relates to frequency as a symptom . |
| 26 | Particularly in the streets that have undergone a great deal of change since the war , like the street where I live myself , which is another thing that prompted me to , to go into the research in the first place , which is erm a house of small Victorian erm I believe the estate agents call them artisans ' cottages , and this kind of area which , there 's a great deal of this sort of property in Brighton , has undergone enormous changes since the war from being multi-occupied before the war , with one family on each floor , were regarded immediately after the war as slums and were scheduled for demolition , but they 've been a great lease of life all over the country , this sort of property , and been subjected to a process which has come to be known as gentrification , which has meant that when the middle class could n't afford to , to buy semi-detached in suburbs they took to buying this kind of smaller property in town centres , thereby introducing a whole new element into streets that had never seen these , this kind of things done to houses before . |
| 27 | Patients requiring more than 10 units of blood on a single admission were defined as failures of sclerotherapy and were referred for surgery — the type of operation being left to the discretion of the clinician involved . |
| 28 | At an earlier trial , Dennison and Stuart Warne — the main link between the drug-dealers and the Ulstermen — both admitted conspiracy to murder and drugs charges and were jailed for life . |
| 29 | For many years after the war , these cottages were unoccupied and were offered for sale at a thousand pounds each , with no takers ; they have since been acquired as holiday homes . |
| 30 | The defendants took an aerial photograph of the plaintiff 's house and were sued for trespass to land . |