Example sentences of "be [verb] for [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 2 | The charity still continues but as well as maintaining and providing extras for the school , grants are given for further education or books . |
| 3 | ‘ We will want to know if the warning lights had only been flashing for 10 seconds and not 30 . ’ |
| 4 | However , techniques that are developed for theoretical purposes or for other applications may have relevance to the present project , and this is indicated where appropriate . |
| 5 | Some of these workers may have just entered the labour market from school , some may have been made redundant from their previous jobs , some may have been sacked for one reason or another and many will have quit their previous jobs in order to create time to search for more satisfactory ones . |
| 6 | For example on our larger ships we are catering for 1900 passengers and 600 crew which means that about 7500 meals a day are consumed , excluding snacks and buffets . |
| 7 | He complained that his design had been criticized for deficient lighting but he had shown the Committee that his windows were larger than those in sixteen or seventeen well-known classical buildings in London . |
| 8 | The accident records at these schools have been examined in considerable detail by the Departments of Highways and Education and the Police and four areas have been highlighted for further action and detailed investigation . |
| 9 | During June and early July full day HS&E training programmes have been arranged for senior managers and divisional coordinators which will form the basis for communication within each company . |
| 10 | Interferon has been given for 24 weeks or longer in a few , mainly Mediterranean , studies ( response rates 26% to 70% ) . |
| 11 | This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change . |
| 12 | Although in practice this means that some patients with chronic stable renal failure would have been referred for rapid investigation and diagnosis , we believe that this is preferable to taking a lower cut-off for carbamylated haemoglobin , such as 125 g VH/g Hb which would reduce sensitivity to 80% but increase specificity to 75% , since this would exclude some patients with a potentially reversible element to their renal failure that may not be so readily reversible if investigation and appropriate management were delayed . |
| 13 | On being asked about the condition of the front door and windows , he admitted they had n't been painted for many years and that the door had more or less reached the end of its life , and showed it . |
| 14 | are arranged for most Sundays and in some areas Wednesdays and Thursdays , approx 9.30 am to 4 pm . |
| 15 | The London General Omnibus Company had been experimenting for some years and , in 1910 introduced to the streets of London , their ‘ B ’ type , petrol engined , double-decker , opened top buses . |
| 16 | Special areas are designated for hazardous cargoes and , while in general the majority of traffic through the port does not require customs clearance , customs are available if required . |
| 17 | Packed into a huge , windowless shed , flocks of 20,000–100,000 birds are reared for seven weeks and then slaughtered . |
| 18 | The department ‘ s syllabus has not been revised for five years and perhaps is ready for a revision . |
| 19 | Such chips are designed for varied use and tend to be mass-produced . |
| 20 | Such boats are designed for mixed flat and white water work . |
| 21 | A few intermediaries offer this facility on a limited basis but forward foreign exchange markets and the currency futures options market are designed for big players and the smaller customer would neither be welcomed , nor would he , or she , easily know how to gain access to these markets . |
| 22 | The super-sharp , non-clogging blades of this Draper Rasp Set are designed for fast cutting and shaping for all sorts of materials . |
| 23 | Training goes outside the immediate geographical area and one-off courses are designed for local authorities and voluntary organisations . |
| 24 | The remedies have been grouped for easier comparison and so do not appear alphabetically . |
| 25 | The results are tabulated for ten-record buckets and single-record positions , and the rapid deterioration in both cases is very clear . |
| 26 | Since cylinder cleaners do n't beat the surface , they are recommended for hard floors and short-pile carpets . |
| 27 | 5 Oral and pairwork exercises are included for communicative practice and to encourage self-expression . |
| 28 | Prince Charles has denounced architects for defacing British cities ; Margaret Thatcher 's governments have challenged the monopolies enjoyed by opticians and the legal profession ; planners have been condemned for producing urban chaos ; teachers have been attacked for crushing originality and stifling creativity in their pupils ; and lawyers have been accused of mystifying the legal system to the point where the layman finds it largely unintelligible . |
| 29 | Please note that a higher standard is required if you are applying for Large Goods and/or Passenger Carrying Vehicle entitlement . |
| 30 | Yet at the time the report was released , the actual company that was used as the basis for the research had been trading for five months and is coping well with a difficult launch period and providing to be highly successful in meeting its targets . |