Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The HDI was widely criticized for its complexity and for a system of weighting data which gave the United States the lowest HDI of any developed country ( owing to its high illiteracy rate ) . |
| 2 | Kew was criticized for its fidelity to bedding-out and Latin plant names . |
| 3 | The SPG was , however , highly controversial and widely criticized for its behaviour at demonstrations in particular . |
| 4 | The French government was consequently widely criticized for its presentation late on Jan. 14 of new proposals , of which no inkling was given at the EC ministerial meeting . |
| 5 | The NAC " was severely criticized for its policy towards the Abyssinian war . |
| 6 | Although his regime was credited with having introduced a degree of economic prosperity , it was widely criticized for its disregard for human rights . |
| 7 | A graduate of Leland , Stanford and Oxford universities , he was a sharp , intelligent man from Detroit , Michigan , who has all too often been dismissed as the maker of low-budget movies which exploited a particular mood or event in time , heavily criticized for their voyeurism . |
| 8 | Periodically revised and completed , these ‘ rules and regulations ’ bore the imprint of the administrative tradition that had hitherto governed broadcasting , and were criticized for their formalism — and insufficient recognition of the realities of broadcasting . |
| 9 | The BMA were criticized for their intransigence and the pharmaceutical industry 's advertising was criticized for seeking to frighten patients . |
| 10 | Are you heavily criticized for your anti-republican , anti-Nationalist views ? |
| 11 | De Franco was appointed president of the Central Bank of Nicaragua replacing Raúl A. Lacayo Solórzano who had been criticized for his credit policies . |
| 12 | Meri had been criticized for his management of the Foreign Ministry , especially for having dismissed two deputies in February without consulting the Prime Minister . |
| 13 | An unexpected retention in the Cabinet was Foreign Minister Carlos Iturralde Ballivián who had been widely criticized for his conduct of diplomacy within the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , for the handling of border disputes with Chile and for his failure to secure Bolivian membership of the Mercosur common market with Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay [ see p. 38096 ] . |
| 14 | The SPD polled an average of 26.64 per cent ( 21.88 per cent in March 1990 ) , but apparently only made real inroads on CDU support in Brandenburg , with the respected East Berlin lay Protestant leader and lawyer Manfred Stolpe heading its campaign against the CDU 's Peter-Michael Diestel ( who had been criticized for his handling of the dissolution of the Stasi secret police — see p. 37828 ) . |
| 15 | At the May 1990 session of UNESCO 's governing body , the Executive Board , Federico Mayor , the Director-General , was again criticized for his proposals to establish new high-level posts and an advisory committee of international scientific and cultural personalities [ see p. 37335 ] . |
| 16 | The only minister who actually lost a vote of no confidence ( by 74 to 23 ) was Arnis Kalnins , who resigned as Minister of Economic Reform , having been criticized for his inability to conduct the restructuring of the economy along free market lines . |
| 17 | The FNM attacked the size and cost of the new Cabinet and called for the resignation of Maynard and of Philip Bethel , who had been criticized for his stewardship of the Transport Ministry and the troubles of the state airline Bahamasair . |
| 18 | Accordingly he dedicated the fight to ‘ black people of the world ’ , and was criticized for his sentiments . |
| 19 | Kohl was again criticized for his reluctance to give an unequivocal commitment to the inviolability of the Oder-Neisse border with Poland . |
| 20 | Speaker J , in his preceding contribution , has talked about the money received for his work at a particular point in the past . |
| 21 | The maths he produced in the six short years before his death in 1920 is treasured for its originality . |
| 22 | and some are treasured for their markings — |
| 23 | The industry was unique in that the law prescribed for it health and recreational provisions , what we now call the social wage , for most of this century . |
| 24 | His wife wash d and shaved him , and ensured that he swallowed the twenty-six pills each day which had been mainly prescribed for his heart . |
| 25 | Not only do her efforts to assert her freedom from male domination lead her into the hands of another man , but she is also punished for her resistance by having her words deemed valueless , just as today ‘ pseudo-escaperoutes will so lightly turn sado-escape , and … women 's very freedom will so easily be used against them by even moderately clever men ’ ( 12 ) . |
| 26 | After hearing the two women for a while , Mayor John Church summoned the Looe town constable , at which each woman presumed the other was to be suitably punished for her infamy . |
| 27 | ‘ Why should I be punished for what Jason Prior 's tried to do to me — ? ’ |
| 28 | He reminded them of how their predecessors had been punished for their wickedness and repeatedly urged obedience to the commands of the Church . |
| 29 | There is a sickness in their hearts which Allah has increased , and they shall be sternly punished for their hypocrisy . ’ |
| 30 | Thus , by the use of gossip , ostracism , satire , and , probably most important of all , ridicule , offenders against society 's standards are punished for their transgressions . |