Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE are searching for financial backers for an extension to the new £500,000 William Clarke stand , at Trent Bridge . |
| 2 | PVG is looking for like-minded parties . |
| 3 | On one hand , therefore , McElroy is preparing for private companies to take over the reigns of the weather craft ; on the other , he is inviting other countries to become involved in what could be a link only between governments . |
| 4 | ‘ Prince Edward is destined for greater things , ’ Joan said with a tactlessness rare in her and which she was to regret . |
| 5 | Walker was jailed for nine months and banned from the driving for two years . |
| 6 | King Edgar was criticised for inviting heathens into the country , some of whom were possibly poets , while Æthelred evidently patronised the skald Gunnlaug , and it was probably during his reign that the surviving manuscript of Beowulf , with its story of pagan Scandinavia , was written . |
| 7 | The Iraqi embassy in Brussels was occupied for several hours early on April 3 by Kurds protesting at the massacre of their people by Iraqi troops . |
| 8 | Mrs Mandela was jailed for six years on kidnapping and assault charges but released on bail pending a yet-to-be-heard appeal . |
| 9 | David was jailed for four years after robbing a petrol station to pay for his drug habit . |
| 10 | Courtney was jailed for seven years on November 30 following his conviction for two rapes and two indecent assaults . |
| 11 | In half an hour , in eight overs , Hampshire were dismissed for 15 runs , their last scoring item being four byes . |
| 12 | Because SOEs were created for multiple reasons , most faced conflicting pressures from various constituencies and could not reconcile multiple , and conflicting , objectives . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , Tyneside is braced for more explosions after the blasts at Gateshead and at a disused Esso oil terminal at North Shields . |
| 14 | And in the unlikely event that the level of the FT-SE 100 Index should actually fall during that period , we guarantee to return the original amount of your investment provided the Bond is held for 5 years . |
| 15 | After her arrest , Mrs Mohammed-Holgate was detained for six hours . |
| 16 | FORMER Liverpool City Council union official Tony Gavin was jailed for three months at Liverpool Crown Court for theft this afternoon . |
| 17 | On Monday , at Teesside Crown Court , Sigsworth was jailed for three years after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent , wounding , assault causing actual bodily harm and two offences of burglary . |
| 18 | Packman Eyres was suspended for six matches after the Wembley Cup final loss to Wigan and the Chemics want Eyres to sign for Mal Meninga 's Raiders to reduce the ban he must serve at the start of the next English season . |
| 19 | The dead man 's brother , who was in the front seat , was ‘ comfortable ’ , and another passenger in the Toyota and four men in the Rover were treated for minor injuries . |
| 20 | About the same time TWW were looking for two journalists Ron Evans , a former journalist with the Empire News and the Sunday Times , had already joined the television company and he came over to Thomson House to check me out . |
| 21 | Combining all the advantages of a fully-automatic pressure cooker with those of a universal frypan , the high quality stainless steel Duromatic is guaranteed for ten years . |
| 22 | Michael Lowther was jailed for six years and a further year for being in breach of a probation order . |
| 23 | Willis was blamed for costly delays that plagued filming throughout , and it 's said that he antagonized his co-stars by constantly ad-libbing during takes , leaving the other actors speechless . |
| 24 | On Wednesday 16th December , Oxford Street was closed for four hours following two bomb explosions , one of which had been planted in a toilet in John Lewis department store . |
| 25 | DRUGS baron Rene Black was jailed for 15 years yesterday for organising a £15.5 million conspiracy to flood Britain with drugs from Europe 's first cocaine factory . |
| 26 | After a 3 hour hearing Oliffe was jailed for six months , as well as banned from keeping farm animals for life . |
| 27 | Sir Bryan was gone for two minutes . |
| 28 | The loop at West Croydon was retained for short workings and one was installed round a small traffic island at Boundary Road Corner , Wallington , also at Waddon Station . |
| 29 | During an unsuccessful strike in Cardiff , Wilson was imprisoned for six weeks for " unlawful assembly and riot " , discovering during his imprisonment a talent for picking oakum . |
| 30 | Ralph and Philip are looking for local sponsors to donate money to their twin charities . |