Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [verb] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Demonstrating in a tangible way the ‘ anxiety of influence ’ , in Robbe-Grillet 's Le Miroir qui revient ( 1985 ) and Claude Simon 's Discours de Stockholm ( 1986 ) , Sartre is castigated for having failed to follow through the innovative La Nausée ( 1938 ) by writing Les Chemins de la Liberté ( 1945 — 49 ) , which seemed unambiguously political in conception and , as a consequence , axiomatically non-modernist . |
| 2 | In his commendation , Chief Constable Keith Hellawell says : ‘ Detective Constable Turnbull is commended for acting in a highly-professional manner , displaying diligence and initiative while off duty . |
| 3 | Ruth Hilali is wanted for questioning following the disappearance of £130,000 from the Worcestershire Kurdish refugee association . |
| 4 | I heard one say on Danny Baker 's Saturday night show : ‘ Dalglish is to blame for landing Souness in the mire . ’ |
| 5 | On the one hand , Marx is applauded for having escaped both from a theory which founds its explanations on a conception of individual needs , and from the very idea of a ‘ starting-point ’ . |
| 6 | The ambitious eightfold gain that Europe is aiming for has proved equally elusive . |
| 7 | Daniel Bank 's production — especially in the acting of Campbell Graham as Scooper — lacks a sense of the aggressive competitiveness that in New York is taken for granted . |
| 8 | Sir Nicholas is noted for making outrageous remarks . |
| 9 | Round-Up : Javer is to blame for trying too hard |
| 10 | Mike Rutherford is known for dropping his top E string to D for a lot of his playing . |