Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few are ‘ trying out ’ policing by joining the reserves first , although the common view amongst the reserve police is that it is harder for them to transfer to the regulars than it is for someone without experience to sign up straight away because of the greater number of reasons the police authorities are thereby given for turning them down . |
| 2 | Any creditor ( other than a secured creditor ) is eligible to be a member of the committee provided that he has lodged a proof of debt and his proof has not been wholly disallowed for voting purposes nor for the purposes of distribution and dividend ( r6.150(2) ) . |
| 3 | On Dec. 3 Helmut Haussmann resigned as ( FDP ) Economics Minister , having been widely criticized for failing to give a lead on the economic aspects of unification . |
| 4 | Ironically , the government was widely criticized for making ‘ cuts ’ . |
| 5 | Taiwan was delicately situated for preserving American lines of communication between Okinawa and the Philippines . |
| 6 | For they [ plays of other nations ] are most esteemed for learning the languages , and many of them compiled by men of great fame for wisdom and learning , which is seldom or never seen among us . |
| 7 | Hallstein 's Commission was widely blamed for provoking the 1965 crisis by pushing too hard for more powers for itself and the Parliament . |
| 8 | Mr Delors has been widely blamed for causing the latest crisis . |
| 9 | The Bush Administration has declared a ban on the import of fish caught with drift-nets , which have been widely blamed for killing dolphins , whales and seabirds . |
| 10 | Lavender bags were not merely intended for perfuming household linen and blankets in the days of Elizabeth I — they acted as a deterrent to moths , fleas and other unwanted pests ; and the stems were once burnt as a fumigant in sick-rooms . |
| 11 | We were convinced we had witnessed a terrible accident and hurried to the police station at Lochcarron to report the incident , there to be reassured that there had not been a crash , and gently rebuked for assuming there had been . |
| 12 | They were much prized for cutting as well as for bedding , and by 1917 they were listing the immaculate white ‘ Purity ’ , to be sown for flowering in pots at Easter . |
| 13 | His description is more sophisticated than that of the social anthropologically derived traditional community study which was rightly criticized for ignoring basal factors at the structural level . |
| 14 | The gipsies , instead of being sent to prison for stealing a pony , were only fined for stealing potatoes and oats . |
| 15 | In his letter McGlinchey claimed he was wrongly blamed for removing files on members of the security forces from the company 's Ballymena branch . |
| 16 | Molland 's voice was naturally hard , naturally designed for expressing disapproval . |
| 17 | The drill is basically designed for drilling holes into extremely hard masonry , usually for some type of fixing , or to clear a way for cables or pipes . |
| 18 | Predators become better equipped for killing , but at the same time prey become better equipped to avoid being killed , so the net result is no change in the rate of successful killings . |
| 19 | Dendrochronology , also called tree-ring dating , is not only used for calibrating radiocarbon dates , but also for providing accurate dates for old timbers . |
| 20 | Only used for daysailing and never chartered . |
| 21 | Therefore , the Fair Isle option is not only used for creating the design , it also controls the way in which the machine knits the fabric from the design . |
| 22 | That 's only used for processing transients , is n't it ? |
| 23 | India is the home of this strongly aromatic plant where it is perennial , and where its history of use stretches back many thousands of years , It is regarded as sacred by the Hindus and was much used for disinfecting where malaria was present In the house . |
| 24 | To a computer programmer , the pattern of distribution of these ‘ genetic fossil ’ fragments is uncannily reminiscent of the pattern of text on the surface of an old disc that has been much used for editing text . |
| 25 | If it were mine and I wanted to make serious use of the bass , I 'd probably take the E and A drones off , as one could argue that they do n't do enough on top of the heavier bass strings , which might be better used for playing ‘ proper ’ bass lines . |
| 26 | Once you know the ways of the enemy , silence , you will be better armed for fighting it . |
| 27 | It has reverse action which is basically used for removing debris and jammed drill bits . |
| 28 | There are not many companies around who would be prepared to accommodate the needs of the individual in this way and Mr Guest deserves to be highly commended for doing so . |
| 29 | Roddick plans to use the paper so produced for wrapping Body Shop products . |
| 30 | Humans are unique in the living world in that they have evolved a production system within which surpluses are consciously created ; further , these surpluses of food and other products are not necessarily utilised for increasing the population , as would be the case in other species . |