Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [noun] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was reported on June 17 that he had been given responsibility for local government , while other responsibilities were redistributed between deputy premiers . |
| 2 | During that time BP has held a small interest in offshore block 8 and has been designated operator for onshore Cabinda Central block , where operations have been suspended for security reasons . |
| 3 | ‘ But on a point of handicapping , why has he been raised 4lb after finishing second in the Mackeson , while Desert Orchid has been dropped 2lb for finishing second to Long Engagement ? ’ |
| 4 | Although Kerrey 's campaign was lifted by this success , on the following day it suffered a setback when it was revealed that a restaurant chain of which he was part-owner had been fined $64,000 for 116 violations of child protection laws . |
| 5 | WAQAR YOUNIS 'S county Surrey have been fined £1,000 for repeated ball-tampering over a three-year period . |
| 6 | The Gloucester branch had already been fined £3,600 for similar offences , the city 's magistrates were told . |
| 7 | Acting Navy Secretary Sean C. O'Keefe , Garrett 's successor , announced at a press conference on Sept. 24 that Williams and Gordon had been granted requests for early retirement , while Davis had been reassigned to another post . |
| 8 | ( ii ) In the expression unc the ai are abbreviated notations for infinite sequences ; in unc the ai are actual elements of J. |
| 9 | Order 53 ( which was introduced in its present form in 1978 ) lays down the procedure for what are called Applications for Judicial Review ( AJRs ) . |
| 10 | Dr Van Vliet wants the growing countries , including Burma , China , India , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines and Thailand , to be given help for artificial propagation when the trade in wild plants is banned . |
| 11 | In September , members of Gwynedd County Council 's planning sub-committee recommended the company should be given permission for 15 Sundays in a year , with a time limit of two years . |
| 12 | More specifically , Hocevar requested that Yugoslavs should be given joint-responsibility for all camps which included surrendered Yugoslav nationals . |
| 13 | A number of attractive prospects that have been identified will be given priority for early drilling . |
| 14 | While the availability of systems such as SPSS meant that there was a temptation for humanists to fit their special data to the software , rather than to design software for the data , on the other hand there began to be developed systems for source-oriented data entry , of which the most famous was CLIO . |
| 15 | One could also point out that explosions on a large scale are observed in the Universe , and on empirical grounds these could be considered evidence for white holes . |
| 16 | But after the letter was read out it was deceided he 'd be granted bail for four weeks pending further medical treatment , that being so he 's due to reappear in court on July the 28th . |
| 17 | Expect the agency too , at least to have discovered that you like ballet or horse racing , though you have no right to expect either to be bought tickets for these entertainments or to be accompanied to them by your account executive . |
| 18 | The long term aim is to provide evidence on which can be based policies for effective school provision . |
| 19 | Two inoculation houses were opened in London by the end of the year and , in conjunction with his father and brothers , he had begun setting up partnerships throughout the country with ‘ Eminent physicians and surgeons daily applying … to be appointed partners for particular counties , or for foreign parts ’ . |
| 20 | Bicheiros might be wanted criminals for 362 days of the year , only to turn monarchs during the pre-Lenten pageant , samba-dancing arm in arm with governors , mayors and other overworld glitterati . |
| 21 | The other architects to be awarded prizes for Second Empire designs on the War Department list were Botrel d'Hazeville , whose grand scheme resembling the Louvre was given second place ; John Thomas Rochead , whose design united the two offices in an ornate single building with high-roofed corner pavilions , was awarded third place ; the brothers , Edward and William Habershon , whose scheme for one large building with prominent central and corner pavilions and mansard roofs , around a central quadrangle , was given one of the fifth equal places ; along with John Dwyer , whose treatment was very similar to Rochead 's , but less ornate . |
| 22 | Moreover , manual workers tended to be paid benefits for shorter periods of time and they received smaller amounts than non-manual workers . |
| 23 | Candidates are awarded credit for individual areas of study as these are completed , and no time limit applies to the length of time it may take to complete either the professional certificate or diploma programmes so long as these programmes are still offered by HCIMA . |
| 24 | The patients were given supplementation for one month and colonic biopsy specimens were taken before and at the end of the trial . |
| 25 | Even Paddington 's platform ends were given supports for overhead electrification when the Lawn was extended to accommodate a shopping centre , leaving Marylebone as the only other London terminus yet to see electric activity . |
| 26 | Information on crofting income is limited , but we were given data for two examples , which we were warned are not typical . |
| 27 | The crisis-hit jewellery firm were fined £1,000 for false labelling — and asked for time to pay . |
| 28 | The angry group of minority shareholders will even risk Barnet folding in an effort to unseat Flashman , whose undignified brawling blackened further the day his club were fined £50,000 for irregular payments . |
| 29 | Flashman missed the troubled Third Division club 's FA Cup defeat by Bournemouth with a bad back — the result of his alleged assault on a photographer when the club were fined £50,000 for financial irregularities . |
| 30 | Still driven by the storm they were carried west for some hours into another narrow passage , though now the current had reversed , so what appeared to be a great ebb-tide came rushing towards them . |