Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wondered why Pinkie mentioned Laura , then realised with sinking heart that she was no longer keeping her discontent to herself and the echo of it must have travelled for some distance . |
| 2 | At the end of the session prices between DM240,000 ( £96,000 ; $153,600 ) and DM380,000 ( £152,000 ; $243,200 ) were also realised for abstract oil paintings from the 1950s by Willi Baumeister and Ernst Wilhelm Nay . |
| 3 | A nearby stream was polluted for 1,000 metres and 20 fish died . |
| 4 | As well as using the equivalent of ‘ which ’ to establish linkage , as in ‘ receiving the request which one of the parties presented to it ’ , the following verb is further suffixed for pronominal reference ( literally : ‘ which one of the parties presented-it-masculine to it-feminine ’ ) . |
| 5 | The larger estates were heavily criticized for absent or late provision of social and community facilities . |
| 6 | He complained that his design had been criticized for deficient lighting but he had shown the Committee that his windows were larger than those in sixteen or seventeen well-known classical buildings in London . |
| 7 | Yet an individual or government possessing the qualifications of being white , European in cultural origin and liberal-democratic by conviction will be remorselessly and unreasonably criticized for each and every offence against the supposedly absolute standards of protest-morality . |
| 8 | Little is known for certain about his early upbringing or education although we do know that John Howard was criticized for both neglecting him ( because of his many absences ) and for imposing an unduly repressive regime when he was at home . |
| 9 | It could be criticized for both dealing with the suffering of black South Africa through the eyes of a white liberal , and for it 's ending , which is the worst example of the movie 's creeping sentimentality . |
| 10 | It enabled Bush , who had been criticized for excessive prioritization of foreign policy , to demonstrate concern for and involvement in domestic affairs , and to demonstrate a commitment to civil rights at a time when Duke 's gubernatorial candidacy in Louisiana [ see above ] had embarrassed the Republican party . |
| 11 | With the exception of the ten generals , who were elected annually by the assembly , most other public offices were filled for limited periods ( usually a year ) by citizens chosen by lot . |
| 12 | Places reserved for the burial of cremated remains were not likely to be filled for many years — if ever . |
| 13 | The theatre has still to fill the post of artistic director — indeed interviews have not yet begun — and Mr McKeown suggested the position might this time be taken by more than one person , and remain filled for some four or five years . |
| 14 | The benefit of the system was that it demanded that society intervened for those who were under great pressure and could not take the stress . |
| 15 | Sometimes it happens that after a number of successive doses like this , the patient will have the beginnings of an aggravation : the medicine should be stopped for two to four days ( or a few hours in acute disease ) and in order to continue treatment you want to give the remedy now in a more diluted form : from the first cup ( not the bottle ) take one teaspoonful and dilute it in another cup , and one teaspoonful of this solution should be given to the patient . |
| 16 | Stopped for two months under third Waverley criterion . |
| 17 | Stopped for two months under second Waverley criterion . |
| 18 | Stopped for two months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 19 | Stopped for two months under second Waverley criterion . |
| 20 | Stopped for two months under second Waverley criterion . |
| 21 | Stopped for two months under second and third Waverley criteria . |
| 22 | Stopped for two months under second Waverley criterion . |
| 23 | Stopped for two months under second and third Waverley criteria . |
| 24 | Stopped for two months under second Waverley criterion . |
| 25 | Stopped for two months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 26 | Stopped for two months under first and second Waverley criteria . |
| 27 | Stopped for two months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 28 | Stopped for two months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 29 | Stopped for two months under first Waverley criterion . |
| 30 | ‘ The idea is that he 's stopped for good . ’ |