Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During gastroscopy , the folds of Kerckring are assessed for any reduction and distal duodenal biopsy specimens are taken in all patients for histological examination to look for villous atrophy . |
| 2 | One gets the impression that Picasso is striving for some ultimate pictorial truth , some absolute representation of reality . |
| 3 | Faldo is asking for less hype and a return to the days when the biennial encounter was a friendly , usually won by the Americans . |
| 4 | ‘ On that Sunday evening , ’ Corbett asked , ‘ do you think Lady Eleanor was waiting for this lover ? |
| 5 | The Iraqi embassy in Brussels was occupied for several hours early on April 3 by Kurds protesting at the massacre of their people by Iraqi troops . |
| 6 | Three years ago , two art historians , Francesca Capelletti and Laura Testa , published an article which shows that Caravaggio was paid for this ‘ Christ taken into Captivity ’ in 1602 by one Ciriaco Mattei ; that the painting descended in the same family until 1802 , when it was bought , together with other pictures , by the Scottish Hamilton Nisbet family , who sold it again in Dodwell 's rooms in Edinburgh in 1921 . |
| 7 | In the March 1990 general election ZANU-PF won 116 of the House of Assembly 's elective seats and Mugabe was re-elected for another term as President . |
| 8 | Mr Roberts was thanked for all he had done for the Society since its inception . |
| 9 | The tone of the descriptions and conversations of Mr Morgan of Abercorran House and his curiously assorted friends ( Aurelius , Mr Torrance and Mr Stodham ) is cheerfully loving in its recall of the London commons and the Wiltshire and Welsh countryside upon which Edward was to draw for much inner satisfaction throughout his adult life . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , Tyneside is braced for more explosions after the blasts at Gateshead and at a disused Esso oil terminal at North Shields . |
| 11 | IBM was waiting for this decision and quickly became more aggressive at home and abroad . |
| 12 | Sharpe was sidelined for most of last season with a groin injury . |
| 13 | Univariate and multiple regression analysis was by SAS and Proc REG was used for all regression analysis . |
| 14 | They devoted much time to the investigation and publication of wage rates ( A. L. Bowley was recruited for this purpose ) and investigation of labour conditions , including those in the sweated trades . |
| 15 | The Liverpudlians should be back in action tomorrow so Jaffa are prepared for another tough contest . |
| 16 | The Duke did his stately bow at that and then Donald was calling for another song . |
| 17 | Principals , directors and shareowners who practise mainly from overseas offices which do not conduct investment business in or into the UK are disregarded for this calculation . |
| 18 | As Mr Gorbachev 's popularity wanes , the question of whether Mr Yeltsin is suited for such a job becomes more urgent . |
| 19 | The CIT in the UK is set for another memorable year , under our energetic and high-profile new Chairman , Sir Alastair Morton . |
| 20 | GEC Plessey was chosen for several reasons , according to Glenn Walley , a systems design engineer with British Telecom Laboratories ; in particular , he said , for financial reasons . |
| 21 | ) In April 1190 Mozart was hoping for another court appointment under the new emperor , Leopold II , and he implored Puchberg to keep his financial disarray a secret , believing that if it were publicly known it would damage his chances of success . |
| 22 | How can Taylor be blamed for those individual actions ? |
| 23 | But the news that Dalglish is prepared for another big-name auction will dismay his former Liverpool team-mate Graeme Souness , as he makes his own bid for Ferdinand . |
| 24 | Malta is appealing for all veterans of the war on the island to apply for medals . |
| 25 | God be praised for all things . |
| 26 | ‘ I think I know why Billy was heading for that house , ’ Prentice went on . |
| 27 | Lofoten was chosen for this first large raid because it offered a chance to hit back at the enemy as well as such economic targets as the destruction of fish oil supplies , which might impair German manufacture of nitro-glycerine and would reduce supplies of vitamin A and B capsules issued to German troops . |
| 28 | The Crown 's powers of inclosure were greatly limited , and statutory definition was given to the commoners ' rights , which they could freely exercise under the supervision of the verderers : the Court of Verderers was reconstituted for this purpose . |
| 29 | Additional connections with Canada , Colombia , Indonesia , Mexico , Peru , the Philippines , Russia and Saudi Arabia are planned for this year . |
| 30 | Within the South West of England a wide distribution of second homes was found ; 10 per cent of the total building stock in the extreme north-west of Cornwall were used for this purpose but the figure was between 1 and 5 per cent in most districts ( South West Economic Planning Council 1975 ) . |