Example sentences of "and [is] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | AMERICAN born Lisa Price , now living in Llanidloes , has been appointed sales manager for Radio Maldwyn , and is successfully canvassing for advertisers in time for the independent local radio station 's launch on July 1 on 756kHz medium wave . |
| 2 | This timber is both decorative and durable and is regularly used for high-quality work . |
| 3 | Other bit image formats are GIF , which uses LZW compression and is widely used for clip art ; PIC , which is used by the Halo screen art programme ; and CUT , which uses the enhanced small disk drive RLL compression algorithm . |
| 4 | Hendry , a winner of nine titles last season , has yet to break his duck in the opening seven tournaments of the 1992-93 campaign and is clearly struggling for confidence . |
| 5 | When the man gets the bird home , however , he finds that this is the only sentence the bird can utter , and is thus punished for trusting ‘ affected solemnity ’ . |
| 6 | Each time one hip thrusts forwards , the other draws back by an equal amount and is thus cocked for the next punch . |
| 7 | Mlle Adjani , who made her first film , Faustine , at the age of 16 and is best known for The Story of Adele H , is now working on new film projects and promoting Christian Dior . |
| 8 | Birthright is a charity which funds research projects to improve the health of women and their babies , and is best known for its work on pregnancy and childbirth . |
| 9 | 2.25:GOLD CUP hero Cool Ground was beaten a long way behind Tipping Tim at Wetherby three weeks ago , and is best watched for the time being . |
| 10 | The war was in fact fought largely in the Mediterranean and is best remembered for the execution of Admiral Byng , in March 1757 , for his failure to protect British-held Minorca . |
| 11 | The partnership was not a success , and is best remembered for McLaren 's ploy of persuading the group to perform onstage with a hammer and sickle banner , offending even their deeply buried atavistic feelings of patriotism . |
| 12 | A codicil is really a supplementary will , and is generally used for making some alteration in a will without revoking it as a whole . |
| 13 | One technique involves the picking up of spread cells from the surface of a saline or sucrose solution onto a slide and is generally used for spermatocyte spreading when an abundance of cells is available in suspension . |
| 14 | Recent studies by the authority have shown that partially treated sewage going into the River Severn from the plant uses up valuable oxygen and is partly to blame for the death of some fish . |
| 15 | It is excellent for turnery , for the backs and handles of hair-brushes , and is also used for jute bobbins . |
| 16 | Whatever the answer , Cabernet Sauvignon 's earns its accolade as ‘ the most noble grape variety ’ , and is well loved for its delicious blackcurrant and cedar flavours . |
| 17 | The Sporthotel is quietly located in St Anton 's pedestrian zone , and is well placed for all the resort 's facilities . |
| 18 | Recently refurbished and extended , it provides a meeting room , a smaller games room with snooker table , and a kitchen , and is well used for all the activities that make up village life . |
| 19 | The hotel is centrally situated in the town near to the restaurants and entertainment of Hilversum and is well recommended for its grade . |
| 20 | Fiona Price & Partners Ltd is an all-women company of financial advisers and is well known for having an almost all-female clientele . |
| 21 | Mitcham which contains a number of interesting Georgian houses , is now a separate borough and is well known for its historic cricket green and its lavender factory . |
| 22 | Tony Farrow has been building one-off yachts for 20 years and is well known for the trimaran Colt Cars GB , Geoff Panell 's Admiral 's Cup triallist Itzanotherpurla re-named Red Stripe and more recently used by the RAF as a test bench under the name of Oracle Arrow in preparation for this year 's Admiral 's Cup . |
| 23 | The Reiterhof is a large hotel with plenty of facilities , and is well suited for walkers as it is located close to the mountain cable car . |
| 24 | Dave 's verdict : the jacket can handle at least three season wet weather use and is well suited for lightweight backpackers and overseas travellers . |
| 25 | The tutor is comprehensive in this subject and is well suited for use by students or lecturers as course material . |
| 26 | She was launched in 1990 and is extensively equipped for cruising and racing . |
| 27 | Alan , who hurt his back , has n't worked since and is still fighting for compensation . |
| 28 | The group 's policy is to sell ahead of construction and is currently selling for completions next spring . |
| 29 | It calls for physical and mental reaction and is sometimes affected for good or bad by our emotions . |
| 30 | Modecate can be administered by means of ‘ depot ’ , or long-acting injections , and is often prescribed for schizophrenia . |