Example sentences of "[verb] been [verb] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James Beggs , has been lobbying hard for money to build a fifth Shuttle-orbiter , and the academy 's assessment could help loosen the purse strings at the white House . |
| 2 | It has been taken apart for restoration and can be seen next year at Hildesheim during the celebration of the thousandth anniversary of the enthronement of St Bernward as bishop . |
| 3 | For example , in most parts of the world , wood has been used extensively for building , fuel , tools , and even machinery , yet only in exceptional circumstances does wood survive . |
| 4 | It has been used effectively for example in destroying odours from maggot farms which had caused a nuisance over a wide area , for more than twenty years and not even a tall chimney was necessary to remove the resultant exhaust gases . |
| 5 | where a special area in one housing estate has been set aside for problem families , where they are given daily supervision combined with training and instruction designed to teach them the elements of home craft and mothercraft so that in due course , when they have proved they can manage their affairs , domestic , financial or otherwise , they can return to a better house in a more desirable neighbourhood . |
| 6 | This reverberation unit is based on a c.c.d. delay line that has been designed specifically for operation in reverberation circuits . |
| 7 | She 'd been sent there for contempt of court by Essex magistrates when she refused to answer questions about her personal finances in a poll tax case . |
| 8 | Such weaponry may have been designed principally for warfare and combat , yet the existence of wild animal bones on settlements , especially deer , points to hunting being a means of supplementing the diet ; yet what was used to bring down such game ? |
| 9 | During the Cienfuegos speech Castro confirmed that work on the Juraga nuclear power plant in Cienfuegos , the construction work on which was begun in 1972 and which was now 90 per cent complete at an estimated cost of US$1,000 million , had been halted indefinitely for lack of funds . |
| 10 | Bearded schizophrenic Tony Strong , 34 , — described as ‘ dangerously sick ’ — had been detained indefinitely for treatment . |
| 11 | In Ghana the forest animals had been killed mostly for food , ‘ bush meat ’ . |
| 12 | I moved the reliquary from its altar , after it had been swathed well for safety in moving it to a higher place . |
| 13 | The empty dishes , china , and uneaten food had been taken away for examination , so the sight and smell were somewhat more palatable than they had been the day before . |
| 14 | The field artillery weapons with which the combatants entered the war in 1914 had been designed also for use in short-range battles . |
| 15 | Until then , cattle had been required mainly for work and milk but an increasing demand for meat inspired Bakewell to breed for the butcher rather than for the plough . |
| 16 | Yes , the hindquarter double-muscled trait is important and is the breed 's main attribute , but we 've been looking too for stock with good overall conformation , with loin and fleshing that we feel is vital to any successful terminal sire breed . |
| 17 | All the apartments at the Kensington have been reserved solely for Club 18–30 . |
| 18 | In Ondo , Kano and plateau States new television establishments already exist , staff have been recruited , contracts with equipment suppliers have been signed and people have been sent abroad for training . |
| 19 | It is not the intention here to detail a course blueprint , partly because such prescriptiveness would stand in contradiction to the learner-centred tenet of primary practice , and partly because stimulating and informed models have been presented elsewhere for discussion ( Bullock , 1975 ; Hawkins , 1984 ; Sinclair , 1982 ) . |
| 20 | Commercial computer-aided design ( CAD ) programs have been developed specifically for garden design and work scheduling . |
| 21 | Since the 1971 Act , most immigrants have needed work permits and these have been granted mostly for work in those industries like the health service and hotels , where there is a shortage of domestic workers . |
| 22 | In the meantime modest additional sums have been set aside for research and other support for the subject areas concerned , and some funds are available for further increased infrastructure support once additional accommodation can be made available . |
| 23 | The six whose names have been put forward for election have to be informed before election night , as they have to agree to take on this responsible job and they must be there on the night to take the oath before the close of the meeting . |
| 24 | They have been bred specially for chipping : they are not good for boiling because they tend to explode , but they cook fast and — hideous thought — absorb fat quickly . |