Example sentences of "[verb] for [det] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another pervasive , and important , influence for this head was technology . |
| 2 | Does the Secretary of State believe that the action of the board of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. in disqualifying us from competing for this work is fair to Cammell Laird ? |
| 3 | The main proof Van Laue offers for this argument is the polarisation of society between global conflict and a backward society that made a liberal constitution impossible . |
| 4 | One of the best places to rummage for these antiques is Antarctica . |
| 5 | The number of strains of E coli from each patient examined for these properties was determined by the variety of colonial or biochemical phenotypes present . |
| 6 | The reason given for this change is that there was recent wide coverage in the press of the case of an American paramedic who succeeded by fraudulent means in obtaining limited registration from the council . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Nurses who have been nursing for some time are likely to have reached the stage where much of what they do has become automatic , that is , carried out without conscious thought or awareness . |
| 11 | However , figures disaggregated by sex on the numbers of claimants who have had their benefit withdrawn for such reasons are not readily available . |
| 12 | The angles thus calculated for all frames are then used to produce the two rotational functions shown on the right of Figure 7.12 . |
| 13 | The products of the number of papers in a given subject field and from a given country , and the mean citation rate calculated for each journal are summed by journal and compared with the observed citation rate . |
| 14 | The models are : ( solid line ) the adiabatic CDM with ( dot-dashed line ) the isocurvature CDM , model ( the CMBR points for this model are a factor of 6 smaller than those plotted for the adiabatic model ) ; ( dotted line ) the model with texture plus CDM , . |
| 15 | The best description I have heard for this position is ‘ well plugged on ’ — a plug will not go into a socket if it is crooked , that is the baby should not be twisting his or her neck . |
| 16 | The background knitting for these flowers is plain double knit worked on the Singer Big Nine and nothing comes easier than that . |
| 17 | It was as clear an indication as he could ever have wished for that Hope was not primarily interested in the immense dowry . |
| 18 | What matters for this purpose is that if it escapes it is likely to do mischief and this is the meaning to be given to ‘ dangerous thing ’ in this context . |
| 19 | A further advantage which is claimed for this legislation is that it spells out precisely what forms of conduct are included within each degree of offence , and thus reduces the discretion of police officers and prosecutors . |
| 20 | The justification originally claimed for this decision was twofold . |
| 21 | In Britain there has for many years been a sub-proletariat , a sub-class of the working class who are far worse off than the main body , consisting of sweat-shop workers and homeworkers , people who are treated by employers as though they have no rights at all . |
| 22 | In our diets , emphasis has for many years been laid on the intake of saturated fat as the major danger factor , but this is certainly not the whole explanation . |
| 23 | The Runnymede Trust has for many years been a reliable and valuable resource for anti-racists . |
| 24 | It has for many years been the most widely used method of social research . |
| 25 | Sara Campbell , curator of the Norton Simon Museum , which owns the complete modèle set of sculptures , has for many years been tracking down all the known casts of Degas ' bronzes and plans to publish the most up-to-date , though necessarily incomplete , account of the status quo . |
| 26 | Jibé Tribout , a Parisian now in permanent voluntary exile in Pertuis , a small village just outside Aix-en-Provence , has for many years been one of the world 's leading sport climbers , without ever quite reaching the levels of public acclaim accorded to contemporaries such as Patrick Edlinger and Catherine Destivelle . |
| 27 | At the NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE , stimulating repertoire enjoys international acclaim and the ALBERT HALL has for many years been a popular venue for classical concerts . |
| 28 | Experience in the United States of America , where legislative history has for many years been much more generally admissible than I am now suggesting , shows how important it is to maintain strict control over the use of such material . |
| 29 | What importance do you attach , Mrs , to the observation of the District Council in relation to their erm District Development Plan which has for many years been used for development control , of the following text , which you quote in your paragraph three point six ? |
| 30 | She is an APRS member and has for many years been a life member of other heritage and conservation bodies . |