Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For isotropic materials the wave velocities are given by for longitudinal waves and for transverse waves . |
| 2 | I recently read an assessment report which stated , ‘ Her mother seems to have disappeared and has n't been heard of for six months . |
| 3 | Er I do n't know how many of you made wills but er draw him out on other things if you 've got any problems I mean we we had quite an interesting session at one of the power station talks on a er tenant er tenancy agreement that a chap had been bothered about for some years . |
| 4 | Digital networks , in the form of ISDN ( integrated services digital network ) have been talked about for many years , and in mainly technical terms . |
| 5 | ‘ It is completely novel for a high-street retailer to launch an added-value card like this , through it 's been talked about for some time , ’ says Ian Minors , managing director of Moss Bros agency MHA Direct . |
| 6 | At the centre , community care has been talked of for thirty years and in few areas can the gap between political rhetoric and policy on the one hand , or between policy and reality in the field on the other hand , have been so great . |
| 7 | Its soothing action has been called upon for many generations . |
| 8 | The Tide tables can not be relied on for precise highs and lows of the tides . |
| 9 | This means that the original cause of action can no longer be relied upon for any purpose . |
| 10 | Only science and mathematics , declared the positivists , could be depended upon for reliable knowledge and to provide the true basis for progress ( see chapter seven ) . |
| 11 | I agree , I find it quite difficult to drive a lot of vehicles because I 'm very small and especially if you 've got small feet and I think there 's a big problem in that area and that it should be looked at for small people driving cars . |
| 12 | In my humble opinion , he should not be called upon for such justification . |
| 13 | The Times could also be counted upon for lengthy discussion of cricket and Rugby Union , both from specialist reporters and from their readers through the institution of the Letters Page which became an important forum for influential discussion of these games . |
| 14 | Successful applicants will be admitted to for one year and membership may be renewed annually on payment of further subscriptions . |
| 15 | A gouache painting can be worked at for any length of time , varying from the essential speed required in capturing sky effects through to the meticulous detail of foreground rock formations grasses and wild flowers . |
| 16 | Perhaps one of the most welcome results of its installation , has been the fact that hotplates , which can often cause dishes to dry out , can now be dispensed with for high volume catering . |
| 17 | Many employees are using the excuse of falling sales to impose changes to previously agreed conditions , often using the excuse to impose changes to conditions that have been fought for for many years . |
| 18 | In proportionate terms this represents an increase from 15 per cent to 24 per cent of all defendants who were proceeded against for either way offences over the same period ( Home Office , 1990 : Table 4.5 , 1990f : Table 6.3 ) . |
| 19 | It also gives us a date for the great change : the abandonment of archaic conventions ( which we have seen being worked towards for some decades ) and the creation of the new , classical , style . |
| 20 | The best way to start on this dis section of this discussion may be to erm express the observation that the county council and at least one of the local authorities which is Harrogate , erm are already engaged in have been engaged in for some time a very positive erm activity to try and attract to the county inward investment predicament that the economic development unit of the county council , the economic development of at of at least the one local authority that I have named and erm prospective developers such I 'm representing today , share common predicament , is that the existing structure plan constructs some obstructions , erects some obstructions to the attraction of inward investment into the county . |
| 21 | The individual is the provider of material and data , is sought after for this purpose , is the bearer of social forces and is the agent of society itself . |
| 22 | He will receive the pension he 's paid into for 49 years . |
| 23 | When this was in turn cleared in the early 1980s the site was disposed of for private construction . |