Example sentences of "is [verb] [noun sg] for [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The aim of the project is to provide evidence for selecting one form of semantic description as the explanatory basis for the semantic component of a grammar within general linguistic theory .
2 Dahmer is serving life for murdering 17 men , including 15 butchered in Milwaukee , Wisconsin .
3 Christie will be bridesmaid when Anna Moore , who has served ten years of a life sentence , marries a loyalist killer , Bobby Corry , who is serving life for killing three people in a pub bombing in 1972 .
4 The correspondence has even led to romance — the daughter hopes to marry a man who is serving life for shooting his wife.Richard Barnett reports :
5 The prisoner is serving life for blasting his former girlfriend to death with a sawn-off shotgun because she knew too much about his underworld dealings .
6 The mogul 's chassis is approaching readiness for re-wheeling but will undergo a BR inspection beforehand .
7 If the issuer is not incorporated in any of the member states where the securities are to be listed , the issuer must decide which of those member states is to have responsibility for approving the listing particulars ; it must then draw up the listing particulars in accordance with the laws of that member state .
8 The subsection concludes by providing that Part IV of Schedule 2 is to have effect for determining whether suitable accommodation will be available .
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