Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 2 | Since the rate of repayment is reviewed only once annually , quite often the effect of mortgage rate rises has been delayed for some months , allowing the borrower to prepare for the increased cost . |
| 3 | Logically they apply to tenants as well as to owner-occupiers and are given for all displacements , whether by compulsory purchase or any action under the Housing Acts . |
| 4 | A number of different dates are given for these events in Molla Husrev 's career by various authors , both early and late . |
| 5 | Instructions are given for several neckbands , but everyone has their own pet neckband . |
| 6 | These auxiliaries may be used when required at the discretion of the individual cataloguer ( unlike DC where specific instructions are given for most applications of the Tables or the ‘ add to ’ device ) . |
| 7 | Sometimes this research was located in areas where the effects of human activity had been sustained for many centuries . |
| 8 | ‘ At the alleged places of detention , ’ Mr Ahtisaari said , ‘ the facilities were found to have been stripped of all valuable material and not to have been inhabited for several weeks at least . ’ |
| 9 | For instance , treatments are listed for such conditions as suppurative pneumonia , cerebral oedema and purulent nephritis , obviously requiring highly skilled veterinary care and sometimes remedies at the highest potencies . |
| 10 | The structure and organization of public services do not , at present , foster service developments which match the King 's Fund recommendations , and the need for an overhaul in the way services are organized has been recognized for some years . |
| 11 | Interventions by schools to reduce smoking have been undertaken for many decades , although little attention has been given to assessing their effectiveness . |
| 12 | Up-to-date valuations of such properties had not been undertaken for many years previously , partly because of business people 's complaints that any revaluations of commercial properties could inevitably lead to an increase in their total tax bill . |
| 13 | It is also guaranteeing mortgages at 1 per cent below the normal interest rate , for endowment or pension-linked policies , on several of the houses up for sale , an interesting and innovative service for would-be bidders ( mortgage surveys will already have been undertaken for these houses ) . |
| 14 | • In rodents , rhythms continue to develop in animals that have been reared for several generations in constant conditions . |
| 15 | Scotvec Modules have been developed for those pupils who have a pass at General level and not wish to do Higher . |
| 16 | A preliminary account of events up to the mid-1970s has already been given for both locales , which will stand as an account for Cramlington but some elaboration is necessary for North Shields . |
| 17 | This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change . |
| 18 | On being asked about the condition of the front door and windows , he admitted they had n't been painted for many years and that the door had more or less reached the end of its life , and showed it . |
| 19 | are arranged for most Sundays and in some areas Wednesdays and Thursdays , approx 9.30 am to 4 pm . |
| 20 | Further details can be obtained from The holidays are designated for all Christians of all denominations alike . |
| 21 | There has been exposed for all eyes to see the lack of military ability of ‘ the most brilliant strategist of all time ’ , that is , our megalomaniac corporal . |
| 22 | But the conditions in Greek state psychiatric hospitals have been exposed for many years . |
| 23 | Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours . |
| 24 | Though the system has now been modified for some years , local authorities still play a crucial role in the shaping of the local environment by , for example , forecasting the need for roads for travel to work or leisure , and thus plan on the basis of that need Planners seek to influence behaviour , for example , by deciding that particular zones will be devoted to industrial estates , others to shopping centres and residential use in order to harmonise traffic movement and so on . |
| 25 | Most of our caravans are designed for more persons than our description but we only allow that number stated . |
| 26 | The award for best British film went to The Crying Game , which , along with Howards End , has been nominated for several Oscars . |
| 27 | Artists are booked for these sessions by individual ‘ commissioning producers ’ , who are responsible for the shows which feature sessions . |
| 28 | The door is locked and the windows are covered with grime ; in the silence the whole place looks as if it has not been occupied for several weeks . |
| 29 | No I did n't Stefan , we 've been blamed for some things in our time , have n't we but |
| 30 | It , too , is based on a detailed classification of occupations ( similar , though not identical , to those of the OPCS ) , which are grouped for many purposes into three social classes : |