Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The compartments were referred to by the ordinal numbers from 1 ( apex ) to 5 ( base ) and the labelling index calculated for each compartment . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , the pattern of reasons given for such a selection tends to be highly personal and particular , with emphasis being placed mainly on the objectification of personal relations , for example , with deceased friends and relatives . |
| 3 | The answer given by the courts in this instance is ‘ yes ’ to both questions , but the reasons given for these conclusions are less than satisfactory . |
| 4 | The reasons given for these sales are that the Museum has limited storage space in its present building , and that the works in question have not been on exhibition for some considerable time , or duplicate existing holdings . |
| 5 | Among the reasons given for this conclusion were that the system imposes long delays in obtaining foreign exchange for essential imports , thus putting a brake on exports ; that the rate of exchange was not adjusted sufficiently ; and that in the absence of retention rights the exporters had lost their motivation for exporting . |
| 6 | The two main reasons given for this were that it was too ambitious and it was too far removed from bureaux experience until too late in its development . |
| 7 | Reasons given for this included a 10 per cent fall in production as compared with the same period in 1990 , lower than expected revenue from taxes , the cost of social compensation for price rises , high wage settlements , and the conflict between the republics and the centre which was preventing the implementation of unified financial policies . |
| 8 | – This means that the outer G forme was removed from the press part way through — printing stopped for some reason — and someone dropped it , scattering the letters everywhere . |
| 9 | Four of Africa 's most talented peoples — the Ibo , the Bamilike , the waChagga and the Bugunda — have all had their innovative talents circumscribed for many years . |
| 10 | The fall in pocket money received for this age group contrasts with a rise from £1.40 a week to £1.48 shown in a Halifax survey of the under-12s last month . |
| 11 | Acts undertaken for another purpose and not in order to consent can constitute consent if undertaken in the belief that they will confer a right or impose a duty and if the fact that they are undertaken with such a belief is the reason for them having this result . |
| 12 | Conditions could be imposed on the planning permission which would overrule the general permission given for such a change in use by the Use Classes Order ( Class 11 is ‘ use as an office for any purpose ’ ) . |
| 13 | West Belfast should be treated as a special case and a uniform grant at the Premium 3 level given for all trainees ; alternative solutions must be found where it is simply not possible to find employers to take second year trainees ; cover should be given to management committees to protect them from personal liability in the event of insolvency . |
| 14 | This is followed by a consideration of bone breakage using a number of indices developed for this purpose . |
| 15 | Because there are so many things to see we have programmes designed for those who like to travel around , including five splendid coach tours . |
| 16 | The numbers of consultations , home visits and night calls reported for those in such homes for a year or more before they died are compared with those for others under the care of a general practitioner in Table 4 . |
| 17 | Advance with English is a four-year language course designed for all children aged 12 years and upwards who have completed an English course at primary level . |
| 18 | For both parts of the experiment , for each trial ( represented by columns 1 to 12 in each word list ) , the experimenter simply ticked each word correctly recalled and totalled the number of words recalled for each of the 20 serial positions . |
| 19 | It may be that the script on the Phaistos Disc represents a chance survival of a script developed for some special , possibly religious purpose . |
| 20 | Pupils in schools designated for those with moderate learning difficulties have often met failure throughout their schooling . |
| 21 | Proportional hazards analysis was used to estimate relative risks adjusted for several covariates . |
| 22 | to establish a Benevolent Fund and a Medical Benefits Provident Fund and other such Funds either contributory or non-contributory , to be administered by the Executive Committee in accordance with bye-laws made for that purpose ; |
| 23 | As they crept slowly forward over the plain his eyes searched for those tiny villages made of mud with their bamboo groves and their ponds ; and though the plain was perfectly flat the villages were somehow hidden in its folds , blending with it . |
| 24 | The programme selected for this experiment was an episode of Pathfinders to Venus , a series already demonstrated as the main forerunner of Doctor Who . |
| 25 | The agent selected for this task was a Spaniard called Paulus , a trusted servant of the Emperor , described as a notarius . |
| 26 | This will usually involve detailing precisely the accounting adopted for each major item of income and expenditure in far more detail then appears in notes to the accounts . |
| 27 | The large amounts of data needed for such an analysis were obtained by means of a participant observation method which allowed the investigator to record speakers over a long period , returning to collect more data if specific gaps emerged in the course of the analysis ( cf. 3.1 ) . |
| 28 | However the data needed for this index , especially parity data on illegitimate births , are not routinely available , and its calculation demands a number of assumptions . |
| 29 | ‘ Les fuckings ’ was a generic term used for all English speakers as it was the word the staff heard us use the most . |
| 30 | The term used for such restraint is Verkehrsberuhigung , literally meaning traffic-calming ( Figure 5.1 ) . |