Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Septizonium , an ancient Roman temple at the south-east corner of the Palatine , which had long since been annexed for other uses , safe from outside interference and imperial troops , for it was still possible for emperors to attempt to interfere with elections , the election commenced after each cardinal had celebrated mass and all of them had exchanged the kiss of peace . |
| 2 | Latterly , until its closure in 1963 , it was used by the permanent-way department , and has since been sold for industrial purposes . |
| 3 | Nostrils had only been gone for ten minutes before the speaker announced : |
| 4 | It has only been opened for two years and is a nice modern hospital though not as posh as Pat 's . |
| 5 | As Westminster aide to the party leader , Mr Durkan has long been tipped for higher offices . |
| 6 | A similar undated sequence was recorded in Green Cutting to the east , where the courtyard had obviously been used for industrial activities prior to the demise of the associated building . |
| 7 | Credit will only be given for technical articles and credit for this type of reading is unlikely to account for more than 25% of total unstructured CPE . |
| 8 | Children are encouraged to play freely and imaginatively , but at a later stage may be helped to give goods a price-marking of counters , e.g. a packet marked with would only be exchanged for four counters . |
| 9 | Psychotropic drugs should only be prescribed for good reasons . |
| 10 | There is a three-month time limit , which can only be extended for good reasons . |
| 11 | So , while herbs undoubtedly have marvellous potential for curing illness , home cures should only be undertaken for minor ailments . |
| 12 | These can , however , only be paid for six years in arrears , so this concession may not help if you think about it too late . |
| 13 | A Co-op spokesman says : ‘ We have found an alternative firm but it has meant that instead of mortgage repayments being met for a year , they will now only be paid for six months — and the price has had to rise as well . ’ |
| 14 | Calling on North Korea to make a similar pledge , Roh said that nuclear energy would only be used for peaceful purposes . |
| 15 | The conditions of use to which all users are required to agree insist among other things that users should not attempt to identify particular individuals or households , that the data should only be used for academic purposes , and that any publications which make extensive use of the data should acknowledge this . |
| 16 | Therefore , some of the larger single roses become giant-sized once they are pressed , and can really only be used for big arrangements on walls , such as murals , so try to concentrate on the smaller varieties of rose , as you will still be astonished at their relative size once they are pressed . |
| 17 | And the day after Central broadcast a documentary on the Marsh Arabs in Southern Iraq … revealing how communities are being destroyed … the Prince condemned Saddam Hussein for claiming the marshes are only being drained for agricultural purposes . |
| 18 | The Borrowdale mines in the lane District , discovered in 1564 , yielded such fine graphite that it was jealously guarded , extractions only being sold for six weeks of the year . |
| 19 | But Khomeini again insisted that it was all being done for foreign enemies of the Jews , America and Israel , we must be nailed and killed ; we must be sacrificed to the evil intentions of foreigners " |
| 20 | It claims the annual American-South Korean military exercises , known as Team Spirit , are a threat to the North ; that the Americans still have nuclear weapons in South Korea ; and that the South has not been inspected for nuclear bases . |
| 21 | If it has a Solex carb then this is probably worn out as they have not been fitted for many years . |
| 22 | Back came all the romance of train travel that had not been seen for fifty years . |
| 23 | The 70-year-old has not been seen for four weeks since leaving the Robert Huggins home for the elderly in Acklam . |
| 24 | The wide-field/planetary camera has produced its share of dramatic pictures , including detailed ones of a storm on Saturn the like of which has not been seen for 60 years . |
| 25 | Sergeant Raymond Mitchell , of Cape Town police , told TODAY : ‘ Sharon had not been seen for 24 hours , and in the current climate in the country , we were anxious for her welfare . |
| 26 | Sergeant Raymond Mitchell , of Cape Town police , told TODAY : ‘ Sharon had not been seen for 24 hours , and in the current climate in the country , we were anxious for her welfare . |
| 27 | And he had not been seen for some days . |
| 28 | Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours . |
| 29 | Up-to-date valuations of such properties had not been undertaken for many years previously , partly because of business people 's complaints that any revaluations of commercial properties could inevitably lead to an increase in their total tax bill . |
| 30 | The department ‘ s syllabus has not been revised for five years and perhaps is ready for a revision . |