Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] be [adj] for " in BNC.
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1 | In Tasmania , however , schools have been responsible for allocating resources for some time . |
2 | The stables have been open for one year this November . |
3 | And it has repeatedly bragged that its fighters have been responsible for the mounting attacks on policemen , 226 of whom were killed last year . |
4 | Safe as the Mark 3 coaches have been , however , their designers have been responsible for actually causing one or two accidents because straps and fixings holding underfloor equipment were inadequate and worked loose , allowing major items to fall off . |
5 | And there has been an unexpected spin-off — because SNIA Fibre is a subsidiary of a chemicals group controlled by Fiat , cars have been available for UK Novaceta workers at discounted prices . |
6 | German genre subjects have been flat for the past few seasons , so it was a pleasant surprise that Franz von Defregger 's ‘ Tyrolean zither player ’ ( est. $70–90,00 ) sold for $105,000 ( £70,000 ) . |
7 | Since March of this year quality greetings cards in many designs have been available for Society members to purchase for £1.00 each . |
8 | Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania-based Transarc Corp will begin shipping its Distributed Computing Environment and Encina transaction processing monitor for SunSoft Inc Solaris 2.1 and 2.2 from next month — the development kits for both the environments have been available for over a year . |
9 | Transarc Corp will begin shipping its Distributed Computing Environment and Encina on-line transaction processing monitor for SunSoft Inc Solaris 2.1 and 2.2 from next month — development kits for both environments have been available for over a year . |
10 | ‘ My husband has put a lot of work into Maastricht and the last six months have been awful for him , ’ she said . |
11 | THE last six months have been tough for John Major . |
12 | The past few months have been remarkable for that . |
13 | ‘ Once the production opened and the showed the allegations were totally groundless we are left with a production that parents know is suitable for children and no one can take that publicity away . ’ |
14 | The standard gauge ( SK840 ) and Chunky ( SK890 ) models have been available for some time . |
15 | Her appearances have been singular for the genuine interest she has shown on all occasions and have been made with the avowed object of giving encouragement and , if possible raising money . |
16 | As will be seen in Chapter 6 , however , some of these isolates have been responsible for many of the revolutionary advances in scientific knowledge . |
17 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on what he has done at Maastricht in limiting the powers of the Commission , about which my constituents have been concerned for a long time ? |
18 | The last few years have been rocky for the heir to the Blenheim Palace estate . |
19 | The last few years have been stressful for teacher education , for it has not only experienced the constant need for self- defence of higher education generally , but also special pressures from the Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education ( CATE ) , set up in 1984 , and the new funding arrangements for in-service education started in 1986 ( which effectively wiped out the source of student funding for most full-time award-bearing courses ) . |
20 | ‘ We know the last three years have been hard for you , Shai Tung . |
21 | Yet the past five-ten years have been remarkable for the amount of attention given in America to such principles . |
22 | In many respects the Thatcher years have been depressing for the trade unions . |
23 | The last few years have been depressing for those of us trying to move house . |
24 | A third of its beds have been empty for several years . |
25 | Conservative Governments have been responsible for all major environmental legislation . |
26 | But I mean these erm do it yourself places have been open for , well defied the law now for a long long time have n't they ? |
27 | Whilst scholars debate how far economic changes have been responsible for breaking up these traditional arrangements , there is evidence that the idea persists that this form of joint household is an ideal which people would put into practice if they could ( Benedict , 1976 ) . |
28 | The source/migration/entrapment model suggests that conditions have been favourable for gas accumulation in Palaeozoic reservoirs contained within rift-related fault-blocks and more subtle stratigraphic traps . |
29 | This last aspect has yet to be fully developed but training agencies have been short-listed for courses scheduled for later this year . |
30 | Because the area is now supposed to be designated , farmers have been ineligible for grants from the many government conservation schemes . |