Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the results achieved by the Leeds adjournment system appeared to favour its widespread adoption , this has not happened , although adjournment has been pressed for in some parts of the country — for example , in South Wales — and has been regarded as useful in certain cases by many authorities . |
| 2 | ‘ In Ambleside there are several lodging houses , but it is a matter of surprise to the writer that there are not a greater number , as during the travelling season , when all such houses are full , more are enquired for by those who wish to see the country apart from the bustle , not to speak of the expense , of an inn . |
| 3 | There may be other occasions but these three are vouched for by several different would-be passengers . |
| 4 | His photograph had also been vouched for by several of the witnesses . |
| 5 | So you want it arranged in some form that makes it easy to retrieve ( find ) the specific item you are looking for at any given moment . |
| 6 | Volume numbers of Unix-based PC 's are n't there yet and Motif ca n't give us the cash returns we 're looking for with this product ’ . |
| 7 | It was just one of those situations where you find just the sound you 're looking for at that particular time . |
| 8 | so what you 're looking for in any formula shush daddy 's talking Matthew ! |
| 9 | Erm wh what they 're looking for in this answer is erm Because it 's the angle in the semicircle angle B is ninety degrees . |
| 10 | The budget figure is what 's been agreed with and it 's a straightforward month by month , seasonally adjusted erm budget which comes to the end result figure that we 're aiming for for this year . |
| 11 | But have a look at the rule and you 'll find that it bloody well states exactly what they 're asking for in that motion . |
| 12 | Three fundamental changes are called for in this regard . |
| 13 | The old detractors may remain unconvinced , but taking ‘ Outernational ’ on its own merits — and leaving the past where it 's best left — this has to be the culmination of what Mackenzie has been striving for through those half-pitched albums of the late '80s . |
| 14 | For a start there were no agreed criteria for subdividing the cerebral cortex into regions , and criteria were not destined to be developed for about another century . |
| 15 | Section 2(3) provides that in considering the common duty of care , the circumstances include the degree of care and want of care which would ordinarily be looked for in such a visitor . |
| 16 | For example , in an article aimed at secondary headteachers , Ross ( 1987 ) identifies huge shortfalls between the aims described in the National Criteria for the GCSE art and design and music examinations , and what the assessment objectives prescribe should be looked for in these subjects : |
| 17 | What you should be looking for in any savings or investment plan — whether the object is to provide school fees or cash for some other purpose — is investment performance and low charges . |
| 18 | An apparently ( to ordinary human consciousness ) miraculous theory is exactly the kind of theory we should be looking for in this particular matter of the origin of life . |
| 19 | Valuable coins would naturally be searched for with more energy and so tend to be recovered at a higher rate in ancient times . |
| 20 | Once the young are born they may be cared for by both their parents for many days . |
| 21 | So we 've arranged a second appointment he knows we 're gon na come back what could , what should we be asking for at this point ? |
| 22 | There are now so few to be fished for in most rivers that more and more people who spent a lot of money in Scotland , as I have over the years , are going to Russia , Iceland , Alaska , Canada and Norway . |
| 23 | Wind effect must be allowed for at all times . |
| 24 | All that might be allowed for in this context was that individual cases might be considered if I particularly pressed " , and it has to be added that this was in full accordance with the AFHQ instruction of 7 March which stated that " it is not the policy of she British Government to encourage any of those persons who become a British responsibility to put forward claims that they are NOT Soviet Citizens " . |
| 25 | These services , which include ‘ stopped ’ cheques , travellers cheques , eurocheques , sterling and currency payments abroad , and safe custody of valuables and documents , have to be paid for by all our personal Current Account customers , whether or not their accounts are kept in credit . |
| 26 | the number of shares which may be subscribed for under any overseas scheme shall be limited to the extent necessary to ensure that shares so subscribed , when aggregated with shares subscribed for under the Scheme , the Overseas Scheme and any other overseas scheme similar to the Scheme , will not exceed the limits on the numbers of shares which may be issued under the Scheme . |
| 27 | Mills and Boon is a paradigm for understanding the marketing of literature as a commodity , and that market must be accounted for in any understanding of the ‘ pleasures of the text ’ . |
| 28 | So the ultracold collisions are unlikely to provide a fundamental limit on the fountain experiments , at least in the near future , although they will certainly need to be accounted for in some way . |
| 29 | A number of studies ( see , for example , Draper et al have suggested that childhood leukaemia is more common among higher socioeconomic groups , and it has also been suggested that the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is doubled in isolated towns and villages , but the excess in Seascale is too large to be accounted for in these ways . |
| 30 | How much of eighteenth century poetry can be accounted for by this term is arguable , yet the idea is certainly useful with respect to Mary Leapor . |