Example sentences of "be [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just in case any men out there still need to be convinced that cleanliness is next to Robert Redfordness , how about the tale of a friend of mine who was desperate to impress a woman he had been pursuing for weeks . |
| 2 | Some 13,650 full-time and part-time students are enrolled for courses at all levels of higher education , from part-time certificate programmes to doctoral studies . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's been examined for fingerprints . |
| 4 | Even her departure had been delayed for weeks for want of the funds necessary to fit out her ship and escort . |
| 5 | Many developments have been delayed for years pending completion of new or improvements to existing sewage works . |
| 6 | It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project . |
| 7 | Success rates are given for tasks taken as representative of the criterion concerned . |
| 8 | Possible mathematical experiences are given for activities involving each item . |
| 9 | GPs have cottoned on to it and are clamouring for beds . |
| 10 | The nation has always been aware of its pre-eminent position , and proud of a moral ascendancy in the political sphere which has been sustained for centuries . |
| 11 | To some degree they had already been catering for children with special needs . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The technique is best suited to hydrothermal systems older than 100 million years and has been proven for deposits as old as 1800 million years . |
| 14 | East European countries are thus competing for the best western companies just as western companies are competing for contracts . |
| 15 | This not merely makes direct comparison difficult , but it may also mean that such comparisons would be of questionable value given that they would not relate to the actual situation in which traditional and non-traditional students are competing for places , and in which their work and achievement can be meaningfully compared . |
| 16 | Two witnesses , his sister , Mrs Rosalie Temple , and a friend , Mr James Robson , said that Mr Smith was an old-fashioned farmer living in an old-fashioned world — a house which had n't been altered for decades and which still depended on spring water . |
| 17 | It 's been treated for burns but is expected to survive even without it 's mother . |
| 18 | His life was saved by his cell mate , who has also been treated for burns , but is now back behind bars . |
| 19 | For comparison , of the 27 homosexual men who seroconverted none had suffered from bacterial pneumonia , nor had any participant been treated for complications of his HIV infection . |
| 20 | This gives the guitarist the same facility for storing and recalling a library of sounds that keyboard players have been enjoying for years . |
| 21 | Capriati has been courted for months by IMG , whose promotion , coupled with success on court , will bring their teenage client millions of dollars . |
| 22 | The wildlife departments of the governments concerned are to appeal for funds at the March meeting of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) . |
| 23 | Below them , a large group of human subjects had been circling for hours around a roller rink set among the trees . |
| 24 | ‘ I think it will be harder because Plymouth will work their socks off they are struggling for points and will be totally committed to getting a result . |
| 25 | We can not afford to let the Labour Party go on unopposed , cos I feel that the Conservatives are struggling for candidates , in fact I know they are . |
| 26 | My predecessor , Patrick Jenkin , had been pressed for savings and so too had his Labour predecessors , David Ennals and Barbara Castle . |
| 27 | As well as the centre 's fascinating nuclear power exhibition , a packed programme of special events has been arranged for visitors — which is how brave assistant information officer Diane Williams ended up getting the bird ! |
| 28 | Prayer Services at the Chaplaincy had been arranged for Mondays , Tuesdays and Thursdays . |
| 29 | The whole family are coming , it 's all been arranged for ages — and I 'm not there ! ’ |
| 30 | A further 40 percent of young people have been registered for jobs and training at careers offices for between two and six months . |