Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No guidelines are given for the interpretation of s8 except that the term to be included must have been a fair and reasonable one having regard to the circumstances which were , or ought reasonably to have been , known to or in the contemplation of , the parties when the contract was made ( s11(1) ) . |
| 2 | All sorts of reasons are given for the lack of enthusiasm in schools for physical science and technology , but never that which might be the fundamental one . |
| 3 | Women , because of the nurturing and caring roles allocated to them , the responsibility they are given for the well-being and happiness of children and of men , are much more likely to be taught the value of submitting to one 's fate and considering the needs of others before their own . |
| 4 | Instruction and supervision are given for the MSc French Studies , in Medieval and Renaissance Studies , and the department also collaborates in the MSc programmes in Comparative Literature European Film Studies and Medieval Languages . |
| 5 | In Section 10.4 estimates are given for the intensity of gravitational radiation on Earth from various sources ; finally in Section 10.5 current detector designs , which appear capable of detecting waves from supernovae in our Galaxy , are described . |
| 6 | This gives a breakdown of their main holiday-based activities and similar financial details are given for the holiday firms discussed in Table 11.1 . |
| 7 | The young people who come into care are drawn almost exclusively from the ranks of the poor and disadvantaged and though many reasons are given for the move , frequently it is the inability of the family to cope with illness , bereavement , divorce or remarriage . |
| 8 | The latter had been intended for the scrap-yard a short while earlier . |
| 9 | She hardly listened to Mr Lessing 's explanation ; the tutor was his cousin , who had been intended for the Church but proved to have divergent views from his bishop , and had resigned . |
| 10 | These directives could have been intended for the landscape gardeners , whose services were much in demand at this time and who used roses in their extensive planting schemes to provide unanticipated colour and fragrance for those taking a walk in wilderness greenery . |
| 11 | The Terrorist Squad believed it had been intended for the Lord Mayor 's Parade later that day . |
| 12 | To compensate a bit for the loss , Greatest Hits from that long and illustrious lineage — ‘ Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ’ and its copains — have been gathered for the nonce in a smaller space elsewhere in the museum . |
| 13 | No systematic survey of vegetation , habitat , or species losses due to agricultural development has been undertaken for the whole of the UK uplands , nor is one planned . |
| 14 | A contract has been placed for the supply of this equipment to prisons that hold category A prisoners . |
| 15 | All had two or more close relatives who had been treated for the disease . |
| 16 | Tables of mortality and morbidity values for spatial areas are apparently simple to interpret ; however , unless such data are adjusted for the age-structure of the populations of those areas , any conclusions drawn will remain questionable . |
| 17 | The Beeching proposals have been criticized for the lack of serious consideration given to the possibility of retaining many unprofitable passenger services , and the case for closure was presented in a way that prejudged the final decision . |
| 18 | Although not directly linked to the Suso affair , Lee Seung Yoon had been criticized for the country 's rising inflation and trade deficit . |
| 19 | Derrida has sometimes been criticized for the generality of phrases such as ‘ the history of the West ’ or the claim that his work involves a critique of ‘ Western metaphysics ’ . |
| 20 | While Castells ' early work has usually been criticized for the absence of agency and consequent essentially functionalist explanation , this absence of connection between base and consciousness — an implicit dismissal of the notion that social being determines consciousness — is also a licence for action explanations in a Weberian tradition which completely sever the connection between the production system and social action around reproduction . |
| 21 | Bales had been arranged for the jury as they had been on the night of the fire . |
| 22 | Following its launch at the Tate Gallery ( 17 February-25 April ) , a prestigious international circuit has been arranged for the exhibition which goes to the Museo Nacional de Reina Sofia , Madrid ( 8 June-23 August ) , New York 's Museum of Modern Art ( 22 September-4 January 1994 ) , the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ( 3 February-17 April 1994 ) and the Walker Art Center , Minneapolis ( 23 July-2 October 1994 ) . |
| 23 | A pre-wedding luncheon had been arranged for the family . |
| 24 | Contracts have been arranged for the supply from other parts of BAe to enable the new company to operate autonomously . |
| 25 | The official turnout was 74 per cent , although there were claims that many voters had not been registered for the ballot . |
| 26 | If suitable offers are received for the work being put out to tender today , Scotland will become the first country in the world with a fully-integrated national road management system using electronic roadside signs to warn and divert drivers on major routes and new , in-car navigation systems to beat urban traffic problems . |
| 27 | Only occasional specimens are received for the aquarium trade . |
| 28 | A wide variety of methods has been developed for the preparation of such samples , which are described as matrix-isolated . |
| 29 | Computer software has been developed for the estimation of large systems of such equations subject to cross-equation restrictions and also subject to changes of regime , so that the model can be permitted to shift in the face of institutional changes ( such as the switch to floating exchange rates ) while certain underlying behavioural parameters , such as in the desired money velocity function , remain constant . |
| 30 | Polymerase chain reaction amplification assays have been developed for the detection of a number of mycobacterial species and have proven successful in the detection of mycobacteria from a variety of clinical specimens . |