Example sentences of "[det] be [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two animal rights campaigners who took part in a series of firebombings have each been jailed for four years . |
| 2 | Three members of a Colombian drugs cartel who used Oxford language schools as a cover have each been jailed for ten years . |
| 3 | SIX members of a North-East car theft gang have each been jailed for three years after an 18-month undercover police operation . |
| 4 | LIVINGSTON Bulls ' Great Britain internationalist , Iain Maclean , and Cameron King ( Edinburgh Burger Kings ) have each been suspended for four games for their part in the Scottish Cup final fracas at Meadowbank earlier this month , writes Roddy Mackenzie . |
| 5 | These are best for children from about four years onwards , although some are designed for younger children . |
| 6 | Some are held for eighteen months … they 've committed no crime but they have to prove themselves innocent |
| 7 | Some are used for public transport . |
| 8 | Can any of this be harnessed for therapeutic gain ? |
| 9 | A variety of courses was evaluated ; some were held for one evening a week for a term ; others were one-week full time ; some were award-bearing , others were not . |
| 10 | Some were waiting for spare parts from Cairo , some were waiting on instructions from their owners , some were going downriver . |
| 11 | Masterplans of one sort or another were devised for ailing firms and even for whole industries [ Blackaby , 1978 ; Morris , 1979 ] . |
| 12 | If this is done for all i , and we write Xn for Xd , then unc so that the modal matrix Xn , chosen in this way , is orthogonal and we say that Xn is the normalised for of the modal matrix . |
| 13 | This is done for each concentration and each angle and the extrapolated points are then lines of and . |
| 14 | This is defended for numerous reasons . |
| 15 | Professional designers will come out with all sorts of advice but as this is intended for normal people I 'll suggest that you just go with what looks right to you . |
| 16 | This is increased for any synonym by at least half a revolution of the device . |
| 17 | This is needed for healthy skin and nervous system function . |
| 18 | This is used for minor acts of disorder such as shouting and swearing which is likely to cause alarm or distress , displaying abusive or insulting slogans or throwing over dustbins and banking on doors in the common parts of blocks of flats . |
| 19 | Although this is designed for individual use , its flexibility and generality are such that it is seen as worth describing here . |
| 20 | This is designed for those applicants who may not necessarily possess any of the qualifications usually presented by mature students , but who show evidence of appropriate achievement either in a related professional field or through other types of intellectual endeavour . |
| 21 | ( An average cost for this is shown for each hotel in the brochure . ) |
| 22 | This was repeated for 10 portfolios over the 420 months between 1931 and 1965 . |
| 23 | This was built for United Air Lines as DC-3A-197B NC 18942 in April 1948 and served with series of US operators until it found itself in the Sudan ( as N8044 ) in 1976 , before going to South Africa and joining Caprivi Airways in 1978 as ZS-KEX . |
| 24 | This was done for all posts in the industry and the data were computerised in a similar manner to that undertaken for the study posts . |
| 25 | This was abolished for all policies issued after 14 March 1984 . |
| 26 | This was used for initial development of the software , including much of the initial testing . |
| 27 | A Declaratory Order covering 270 acres was proposed with a view to designating extensively war-damaged land , subject to compulsory purchase ; this was required for essential improvements to be carried out over the next 15 years . |
| 28 | It had a designated capacity of around 1,100,000 tonnes of steel a year , of which about half was destined for domestic use and the rest for export . |
| 29 | Much is exported for cheap roofing , used in Africa and Asia . |
| 30 | Some bays may not be externally accessible : these are meant for hard disks . |