Example sentences of "are [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large number of students are enrolled for City and Guilds and RSA certificates . |
| 2 | Here the ewes ( female sheep ) are gathered for lambing and later for shearing wool and for dipping to control insect pests . |
| 3 | For the Church of God 's frozen people this is the Pathway to Power , individual and Church alike are Gathered For Power . |
| 4 | Equally , you may have a right of redress if you are dismissed for failure to comply with an unjust order . |
| 5 | She said : ‘ There is an emphasis today on matching cultural and racial backgrounds when children are placed for adoption or fostering . |
| 6 | In the following account , details are given for preparation of high quality thin sections by automatic and semi-automatic means . |
| 7 | One source of these surplus calories excreted is obviously the non-digestible cell-wall material which forms much of the dietary fibre itself : This is taken into account when calorie figures are given for carbohydrate foods . |
| 8 | The Voigt sums are given for comparison . |
| 9 | If credits are given for completion , students are motivated . |
| 10 | On the CDC 6600 computer certain values of the floating-point exponent are set aside to represent zero , infinite , and " indefinite " operand values , and rules are given for arithmetic operations on these quantities ( for example , the difference of two infinite operands is indefinite ) . |
| 11 | These are given for illustration only , since in practice the first would almost certainly be classified under 624.151 along with all the other books on foundation soils and engineering geology . |
| 12 | The score is obtained by finding the most abnormal value for physiological indices in the 24 h after admission to ICU ; additional points are given for age , chronic health status , and renal function . |
| 13 | Telephone numbers are given for information and stockist details |
| 14 | The coastal towns are expanding in their hinterlands rather than along the waterfront , and disused industrial areas are favoured for development . |
| 15 | As many as 300,000 people , many of them farming families who have flooded in from the villages , are clamouring for survival . |
| 16 | Faced with such evidence , supermarkets are clamouring for information to label their goods ’ environmentally sound ’ , and there is an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling for a ’ chlorine free ’ paper industry ( Sweden already makes 95% of its soft paper without the aid of chlorine ) . |
| 17 | All these files are listed for cursor selection if the file is in the current directory . |
| 18 | Those of you who are listed for morning 'phone calls from the wardens — please notify them if you are going on holiday . |
| 19 | They are competing for plum roles and staking their claim to be the No 1 box office attraction . |
| 20 | Of course , in er mammals wha you could say what was happening in mammals is that males are competing for access to uteruses . |
| 21 | So , the two golden rules when buying are to go for quality and buy the largest you can afford . |
| 22 | The emphasis of Paul is clear , we are to go for quality both in our performance and in the way we conduct ourselves in the workplace . |
| 23 | This is explained when the nominal amounts paid out are adjusted for inflation , ( Table 8.5 ) . |
| 24 | It 's not until the front tyres are struggling for adhesion , and screaming in anguish as the nose slithers round , that the Dodge 's steering imparts any sensation of what 's happening down at road level . |
| 25 | Ipswich are struggling for confidence after a flying start to the season … |
| 26 | The European champions , who host the first leg in 11 days ' time , have lost Ruud Gullit and Marco Van Basten and are struggling for form . |
| 27 | The president and the parliament are struggling for power , but both have said that individual savers will be compensated for the ravages of inflation . |
| 28 | More specifically , the prospecls for revolution can be deduced from the mode of production within a particular social formation ( society ) and the class forces that are struggling for power . |
| 29 | Not all companies are registered for VAT purposes and VAT may not be reclaimed on all relocation expenses . |
| 30 | And at a time when the Ingard lot are pressed for money , he 's about the last person you 'd have thought they 'd go to any trouble over . |