Example sentences of "be [verb] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One patient ( man aged 69 ) in whom H pylori had successfully been eradicated was recalled for further study . |
| 2 | Cos what we 're doing is going for each N tuple we go through each set of states here . |
| 3 | All they 're doing is asking for something to eat , but it can be quite painful |
| 4 | It is perfectly conceivable that we can make some general statements about the conditions that influence our self-indulgence or self-restraint in relation to rules laid down and enforced by the state , particularly when the nature of those rules and the way they are enforced are included for consideration . |
| 5 | Some 21 per cent of all flows into unemployment by men who had previously been employed were accounted for in this way , slightly more than were accounted for by redundancy ( 20 per cent ) or dissatisfaction with pay or conditions ( 19 per cent ) and considerably more than were accounted for by dismissals ( 10 per cent ) ( Wood , 1982 ) . |
| 6 | They continually threaten , nudge and jostle each other ; what they are doing is competing for rank . |
| 7 | They 're competing for access to male pouches , what mammalian males are doing is competing for access to female uteruses because it 's only in a female uterus that an offspring can develop if you 're a mammal . |
| 8 | Almost all cars that are stolen are reported for the simple reason that that is the only way owners will get insurance compensation ; and insurance is often a major reason for reporting other thefts and burglary . |
| 9 | But to do that would be to risk being enslaved for ever . |
| 10 | The Revenue will regard the above requirements as satisfied by such notices , provided that the information required to be specified is given for each pair of claimant and surrendering companies , and a declaration is made on behalf of each claimant company . |
| 11 | No free samples are accepted by staff and products to be tested are paid for anonymously . |
| 12 | What you were doing was heading for the exit ! ’ |
| 13 | All they were doing was waiting for their Dad . |
| 14 | ‘ I saw babies flung out from windows and people who were burning were jumping for their lives . |
| 15 | A second visit to provide expert advice on the running of a laboratory in which mineral exploration samples are analysed is planned for May 1991 . |
| 16 | Approaching the fabliaux with a mind prepared to find moral instruction in the texts , however unpromising they might superficially seem to be for such interpretation , is something that we can reconstruct as an authentic medieval mode of reading — " " All that is written is written for our doctrine " " as St Paul has it — although there is little direct evidence for the application of such literary theory to vernacular literature as well as the classics before the fourteenth century , and even then the extent of such application is difficult to assess . |
| 17 | It is thought that the original machine on which this scheme is based was used for air racing in 1947 . |
| 18 | It ranges from the Dean 's having been arrested for murdering Paul Gray to the Bishop 's having hired Lord Cumbermound 's beagles to track down the corpse . ’ |
| 19 | To assume it is known is accepted for illustration , but this does not push analysis very far . |
| 20 | Ch. 784 it was held that a promise to transfer shares in a company on which no deposit or other sum had been paid was made for consideration when the transferee agreed to do all acts necessary to relieve the transferor of liability in respect of the shares . |
| 21 | Berry , from Bramerton , Norfolk , was originally convicted in 1983 of making electronic timers for detonating bombs which it was claimed were intended for use in Syria and the Lebanon . |
| 22 | The New Mills public library from which the Mackie collection was discarded was paid for by Carnegie . |
| 23 | By not giving this to Athena , the Athenians were tactfully declining to cream off the best for the national goddess , thereby showing that all tribute that was collected was needed for utilitarian purposes . |
| 24 | ‘ What was done was done for Ireland , ’ said Dierdriu . |
| 25 | One site with which the author was involved was delayed for two years , with constant revision to the proposed design . |