Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] for this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further advantage which is claimed for this legislation is that it spells out precisely what forms of conduct are included within each degree of offence , and thus reduces the discretion of police officers and prosecutors . |
| 2 | indicates the shoe is recommended for this purpose or has this feature |
| 3 | A sum of £200–240 is recommended for this purpose . |
| 4 | A sum of £200–240 is recommended for this purpose . |
| 5 | Most serious cases of sex abuse are passed on to a unit which is designed for this purpose and has specially trained staff . |
| 6 | Yet when all allowance is made for this bias in the evidence , one can not help being struck by the conspicuous part in our story which was played by the Empress Theophanu , the Empress Agnes , the Countess Matilda , St Margaret , the Empress Matilda , Queen Eleanor — great ladies who rose above the limitations of their sex , as commonly understood , as rulers , as saints or as viragos ; and the twelfth century would have been greatly the poorer without the life and work of the English Christina , the Hertfordshire anchoress , or of the French Heloise , the Stoic of the Paraclete , or of the German Hildegarde , the mystic of Bingen . |
| 7 | Provision is made for this possibility in a system that has some affinity with the STV , namely the exhaustive ballot . |
| 8 | Surely if a charge is made for this service it should be made to District Audit who , I understand , asked for the information in the first place . |
| 9 | Where no allowance is made for this depreciation in the calculation of investment , the resulting figure is called gross investment . |
| 10 | The OD2 channel is selected for this patch , but I think OD1 would be a better bet , so we simply press ‘ OD1 ’ and it 's set . |
| 11 | For those running a residential care or nursing home special cover is needed for this type of business . |
| 12 | But there can be no doubt that some such terminology is needed for this feature of the parallelistic line . |
| 13 | A long-focus lens is needed for this kind of shot , however . |
| 14 | A long-focus lens is needed for this kind of shot , however . |
| 15 | A good level of fitness is needed for this stage since you will often be sailing in Force 5 + winds . |
| 16 | Planning , or at least mental preparation , is needed for this transition , whether we intend to have an active retirement , or just ‘ sit and do nothing ’ . |
| 17 | The difficulties of estimating percentage completion of R&D jobs is such that the former method is preferred for this type of project . |
| 18 | The difficulties of estimating percentage completion of R&D jobs is such that the former method is preferred for this type of project . |
| 19 | Another large international entry is anticipated for this year 's event |
| 20 | Masham can never supply the whole S&N estate so extra capacity in Newcastle is used for this purpose . |
| 21 | In English the word by is used for this purpose : |
| 22 | A Beckmann thermometer is used for this purpose . |
| 23 | An equicaloric glucose solution is used for this purpose . |
| 24 | Unlike 12 C and 13 C , 14 C is unstable and therefore radioactive : hence the name ‘ radiocarbon ’ is used for this isotope which , because of its scientific designation , is also called ‘ carbon fourteen ’ . |
| 25 | Special stationery is used for this index , and no subject indexing has been undertaken — retrieval is impossible under anything other than first author . |
| 26 | Surprisingly , no power is conferred for this purpose , either by statute or by the common law , although there was ample authority to enter to arrest if there were sufficient grounds to suspect that an offence had been committed . |
| 27 | A final dividend of 7.1p is proposed for this year giving an overall dividend for the year of 10.3p an increase of 6.7% . |
| 28 | However the Islands Areas have been recognised as requiring a special policy and a portion of the budget , currently £15,000 annually , is earmarked for this purpose . |
| 29 | Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd blames a 5% fall in profits before charges for closure of some telecommunications operations on losses at the UK telecommunications subsidiary , Reuter reports , but the group will still commit another £200m to the UK unit this year , group chairman Li Ka-Shing said : ‘ I 'm not happy with the results , but we 'll still continue our commitment to the UK operation and pump more money into it , ’ he said — ‘ I 'm not sure the worst is over yet in the UK , which ate up all our Hong Kong profits this year ; ’ he said Hutchison will have invested over £500m in the loss-making UK unit , including the £200m that is earmarked for this year , but he refused to say at what point he will say enough is enough — ‘ It 's too early to say ; you can never tell when business will pick up . ’ |
| 30 | A small fee is charged for this service and advance notice of at least two weeks is required . |