Example sentences of "be [verb] [n mass] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In El Salvador , US grants are building barracks for demobilised FMLN guerrillas ; in Nicaragua , General Humberto Ortega , brother of the Sandinista ex-president , Daniel , recently aroused a storm by pinning the Sandinistas ' highest military medal on the chest of the US military attacheé . |
| 2 | Others are using multimedia for building planning and maintenance ; Andersen Consulting in the US is developing a database which contains video images showing the location of power cables , water pipes and telephone lines . |
| 3 | Analysts are forecasting £40m for the full year . |
| 4 | It had happened up and down the land , and Steve White said even he 'd been given £10,000 for an earlier move between Luton and Charlton Athletic . |
| 5 | ‘ But on a point of handicapping , why has he been raised 4lb after finishing second in the Mackeson , while Desert Orchid has been dropped 2lb for finishing second to Long Engagement ? ’ |
| 6 | Although Kerrey 's campaign was lifted by this success , on the following day it suffered a setback when it was revealed that a restaurant chain of which he was part-owner had been fined $64,000 for 116 violations of child protection laws . |
| 7 | A MOTORIST has been fined £50 for brushing his hair and admiring his looks as he drove at 50mph . |
| 8 | GREAT Britain full back Graham Steadman has been fined £1,000 for failing a drugs test after the last match of this summer 's Lions tour . |
| 9 | WAQAR YOUNIS 'S county Surrey have been fined £1,000 for repeated ball-tampering over a three-year period . |
| 10 | The chemical company Albright and Wilson has been fined £1,000 for polluting the Irish Sea near its works in Whitehaven , Cumbria , six weeks after it was fined £2,000 for another pollution offence . |
| 11 | SEVE BALLESTEROS yesterday extended the hand of sympathy to Scotland 's leading golfer , Colin Montgomerie , who has been fined £1,000 for comments he made about last week 's Moroccan Open . |
| 12 | The Gloucester branch had already been fined £3,600 for similar offences , the city 's magistrates were told . |
| 13 | Martin Offiah has been fined £250 for snubbing the medal ceremony after the Charity Shield . |
| 14 | The north London club 's preparations were far from ideal , entering the game just 48 hours after they had been fined £50,000 for a breach of League regulations and chairman Stan Flashman had been involved in a scuffle with photographers at the London hearing . |
| 15 | One Fimbra member has been fined £50,000 for giving a client bad advice on a pension transfer . |
| 16 | i A coach tour operator has been fined £800 for allowing smoking on a coach tour which had been advertised as a smoke-free holiday . |
| 17 | Division Two men 's club Ware and Third Division North London have each been fined £150 for failing to fulfil fixtures at the weekend . |
| 18 | ALLAN BORDER has been fined £850 for showing dissent during the dramatic final overs of Australia 's first Test against the West Indies on Monday . |
| 19 | John and Jenny have been keeping fish for nearly six years . |
| 20 | Old Fishfinger has been keeping fish for more than ninety years . |
| 21 | He claims to have been keeping fish for more than ninety years — and in some cases as little as ninety minutes . |
| 22 | At present , YTP courses are training people for jobs that are n't there or else training them in customer contact skills . |
| 23 | Cash boost : Wirral council staff who retire are to receive £90 for the first 25 years of service and £3.60 for each subsequent year following an increase in long service awards . |
| 24 | They are priced £4 for adults and £2 for zens . |
| 25 | Tickets are priced £10 for Glasgow and £9 for Leeds . |
| 26 | They are priced £6.99 for six ( for stocklists , ring 0703–872267 ) , but we have 25 sets to give away . |
| 27 | You 're fined sixpence for lip . |
| 28 | One man , who would not give his name , said he had been offered £75 for a voucher and was ‘ open to further offers ’ . |
| 29 | Another person had been offered £50 for a voucher and the other £30 . |
| 30 | Having granted permission to go ashore , I 've been promised trout for supper , although he 's never caught anything worth eating yet . |