Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Punishment , by several indications swift and far-reaching , has been meted out for incompetence , not insubordination . |
| 2 | Difficulties are smoothed out for pupils by , for example , ensuring that awkward cases do not occur or that the numbers cancel or that the answer is not a fraction . |
| 3 | A couple to note in the Sturt colours are Scintillas Crest and Scintillas Silk — who have been pencilled in for Thursday 's meeting . |
| 4 | A tour has been pencilled in for November but , if you ca n't wait , Sean 's management would like to remind you that there 's a video around called Sean Hughes — Live And Seriously Funny . |
| 5 | When Wall Street has indigestion , the world 's market economies are checked out for coronaries . |
| 6 | However you organise your checking routine , it is crucial to present written work which has been checked over for spelling . |
| 7 | Thus , imposed assessments , either incidentally , when assessments are carried out for selection or evaluation , or deliberately , if they are so designed , can have the effect of controlling the curriculum . |
| 8 | Checks are carried out for retention of information relating to files which are to be offlined , those which have been offlined and those which are to be restored from the offline media . |
| 9 | Analyses have also been carried out for customers , such as Yorkshire Water plc . |
| 10 | More specialised sampling has also been carried out for gold and pathfinder elements ( Edmunds , personal communication October 1989 ) . |
| 11 | Routine Guthrie testing has been carried out for phenylketonuria since the mid-1970s and testing for hypothyroidism since the mid-'80s . |
| 12 | With an annual rate of 5,000 unsolicited manuscripts , 90 per cent of which are turned down for publication , the editors are in a good position to choose exactly what is required for ‘ the rose of romance ’ brand-name . |
| 13 | Women , it is widely believed , are turned down for jobs by men who fear that , without warning , they will take time off to have children . |
| 14 | He found a place in sight of one of the park 's two lakes where a small plantation of young trees had been fenced off for protection . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , Charlie , you know my mind 's been made up for years . |
| 16 | In the Captain 's office the Substitute snapped his briefcase shut and his registrar handed over the warrants that had been made out for Rudolfo , Scano 's boy and the gamekeeper . |
| 17 | Most of it has n't been turned over for years . |
| 18 | But a duty was a duty , a posting could not be evaded by a Major who had been turned down for promotion to Colonel . |
| 19 | Four in five employees surveyed believed they had been turned down for jobs because they were too old , even though they had the right skills . |
| 20 | Oh we 're set up for Christmas now ! |
| 21 | This three-pronged approach has proved to be a successful formula , and many new markets have been opened up for companies as a result of participation on a mission . |
| 22 | Detectives seized eight kilos of coca leaves , the base for cocaine , which were to have been handed out for visitors to chew at the Bolivian Pavilion . |
| 23 | With my letter , I sent you two copies of an Agreement that had been drawn up for signature on behalf of AT&T , and asked for confirmation of your tape specification requirements . |
| 24 | When working by hand , it is only necessary to record those values that change upon iteration ; in this text the values that change are denoted by bold print , but the other numbers are copied over for clarity . |
| 25 | Black kids are psyched up for sport anyway . |
| 26 | In sum about 25,000 people were able to appreciate the live transmission of Un ballo in maschera direct from the stage of the Opéra- Bastille , tickets for which has been sold out for months . |
| 27 | The Bermuda Triangle , Erich von Daniken , transcendental meditation , Jean-Pierre Girard and , of course , Uri Geller , are shown up for frauds . |
| 28 | Wherever possible , keep the water that the mushrooms are soaked in for use in the recipe . |
| 29 | Route finding is easy , though four tunnels which originally formed part of the railway line have been closed down for safety reasons . |
| 30 | The plant had been closed down for repairs following an explosion at the St Petersburg nuclear power station , where similar equipment was in use [ see p. 38843 ] . |