Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've talked to other people whose mothers came to naturopathy in the fifties , and it 's been explained as a way of eating posh for those who do n't know about Continental food . |
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| 3 | When the subject of his father cropped up , which was not very often , Phil found that she could speak of him with true affection , keeping alive for the little boy his early memories of a loving father . |
| 4 | However , from the preceding sections it should be clear that habitats that are rapidly diminishing or becoming unsuitable for birds are particularly those associated with wetland , heathland , and on coastal and downland sites . |
| 5 | One of the oncoming dogs was slightly nearer to him than the other , and was leaping high for his throat . |
| 6 | Both people entering unemployment as a result of losing a temporary job and people taking temporary jobs as a way out of unemployment seemed more likely to have taken a number of jobs , to have experienced a number of spells of unemployment , to have had less time in work and more time in unemployment than people becoming unemployed for other reasons , or managing to obtain a permanent job on leaving unemployment . |
| 7 | Compared with the £20 prices now becoming typical for the likes of popular Grandes Marques , such as Veuve Clicquot , these wines really do represent remarkable value . |
| 8 | And he had his regular job which his son was keeping warm for him . |
| 9 | Ironically , the best hope for the pilot whales of the North Atlantic is that they are becoming unsafe for humans to eat . |
| 10 | The press reacted in familiar manner , with The Times observing that it was ‘ becoming unsafe for a man to traverse certain parts of London at night ’ . |
| 11 | In 1974 , for example , we learned that ‘ For the first time in a century and a half , since the great Tory reformer Robert Peel set up the Metropolitan police areas of our cities are becoming unsafe for peaceful citizens by night , and some even by day ’ — from no less an authority than that great Tory reformer Sir Keith Joseph . |
| 12 | This is becoming impossible for them as , day after day , we learn of new allegations about their private lives . |
| 13 | Originally a resident of Celtic Crescent , he had found that even with the occupancy of two adjoining houses there it was becoming impossible for him to accommodate his growing family along with the near and distant relations from Dublin and England who availed of his hospitality in a constant procession . |
| 14 | He began to whistle now , accompanying it with a little shuffle of his feet which brought a wide grin from Joe ; then becoming serious for a moment , he said , ‘ You knew , I do appreciate Martin getting leave to come home for my twenty-first . |
| 15 | By the mid-1960s the need was becoming urgent for an overhaul of the traditional tribunals in which the more serious indictable crimes were tried before a High Court Judge , part-time Recorder or chairman of Quarter Sessions , and in 1966 the Government decided that there was substance for another Royal Commission . |
| 16 | For example one client lived in ‘ appalling , dirty conditions ’ , in a house which was rapidly becoming unfit for habitation , and with a companion who was becoming ‘ more frequently drunk and incontinent ’ . |
| 17 | But exercise is an important part of keeping fit for many other reasons . |
| 18 | SunSoft Inc 's Solaris 2.0-on-Intel has also slipped three months : originally due in September , SunSoft is now saying it 'll get to its OEM customers by the end of the year blaming the delays in acquiring Interactive for botching the schedule . |
| 19 | Thanking Donal for his kindness , and giving him a friendly hug , she dutifully took the road he indicated — and then Ellie , being Ellie , decided would n't it be nice just to have a peek at the Wicklow mountains ? |
| 20 | Problems arising from interviews are discussed and the task of case checking allocated for the following week . |
| 21 | In pre-Big Bang times there existed a widespread belief that the then existing regulatory framework was not only propping up an inefficient system but that it was also outmoded and fast becoming inadequate for the protection of investors . |
| 22 | Sarah is obviously becoming hated for her refusal to co-operate . |
| 23 | His colleague , the poet Thomas Gray , six years his senior , was becoming concerned for his reputation in other respects by 1747 when he wrote to his friend Thomas Warton about Smart 's conduct : ‘ His debts daily increase ( you remember the state they were in when you left us ) ’ . |
| 24 | The old stock had given ‘ sterling service ’ over the years but was now at the end of its useful life and becoming notorious for rattling windows and engine noise . |
| 25 | In the future , admission to nursing or residential care will be conditional on assessment , and with local authorities becoming responsible for the costs of residents requiring public support , such admissions will come under critical financial scrutiny . |
| 26 | On Nov. 6 , he took on the post of Prime Minister , thus becoming responsible for the Interior , Defence , and Russian KGB . |
| 27 | People are becoming responsible for their own happiness and health , and for what 's happening to the planet . ’ |
| 28 | Types of signing available for education |
| 29 | Early booking essential for this one ! |
| 30 | This last short section concerns the fate of large institutional sites in the countryside , principally redundant hospital sites which are becoming available for redevelopment as the result of community care and other policies . |