Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the session prices between DM240,000 ( £96,000 ; $153,600 ) and DM380,000 ( £152,000 ; $243,200 ) were also realised for abstract oil paintings from the 1950s by Willi Baumeister and Ernst Wilhelm Nay . |
| 2 | As well as using the equivalent of ‘ which ’ to establish linkage , as in ‘ receiving the request which one of the parties presented to it ’ , the following verb is further suffixed for pronominal reference ( literally : ‘ which one of the parties presented-it-masculine to it-feminine ’ ) . |
| 3 | The larger estates were heavily criticized for absent or late provision of social and community facilities . |
| 4 | He complained that his design had been criticized for deficient lighting but he had shown the Committee that his windows were larger than those in sixteen or seventeen well-known classical buildings in London . |
| 5 | It enabled Bush , who had been criticized for excessive prioritization of foreign policy , to demonstrate concern for and involvement in domestic affairs , and to demonstrate a commitment to civil rights at a time when Duke 's gubernatorial candidacy in Louisiana [ see above ] had embarrassed the Republican party . |
| 6 | With the exception of the ten generals , who were elected annually by the assembly , most other public offices were filled for limited periods ( usually a year ) by citizens chosen by lot . |
| 7 | ‘ The idea is that he 's stopped for good . ’ |
| 8 | The chief inspector had seen businessmen before , stopped for drunken driving or speeding offences , who adopted the same tactic . |
| 9 | Even so , an anti-Subirachs cabal has sprung up , calling for his work at the Sagrada Familia to be stopped for artistic and ideological reasons . |
| 10 | Gary Owen and Cyrille Regis had sunpensions received for recent sendings off delayed . |
| 11 | Furthermore , from a banker 's standpoint a bill that indicates that the merchandise has been ‘ shipped ’ or placed ‘ on board ’ is preferable to one which merely states that it has been received for future shipment . |
| 12 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB has a $470m contract for Groupe Speciale Mobile equipment from Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH : the contract covers infrastructure , services and telephones and is the largest the company has yet received for mobile phone kit . |
| 13 | Is not that because many Tory Members are up to their necks in money received for commercial lobbying of one sort or another ? |
| 14 | received for Green Bottom ? |
| 15 | The separation of spheres was less rigidly prescribed for working class women and it appears that working class suffragists aroused less ire on the part of politicians than did middle class women . |
| 16 | In general , herbal remedies are prescribed for specific complaints , somewhat similar to the use of crataegus ( hawthorn ) in heart failure , arnica for bruising or hypericum for nerve injuries . |
| 17 | Although they are helped to meet expenditure through grants from central government , their monies are prescribed for specific purposes . |
| 18 | Although the history unit prescribed for Key Stage 1 is untitled , its subject matter is essentially " the Past " . |
| 19 | All were prescribed as painkillers , with both Zomax and Opren widely prescribed for arthritic patients . |
| 20 | But historical scholarship gives this notion the lie : since the form was originally prescribed for sexist reasons , feminists who find it sexist are hardly projecting some novel and bizarre interpretation onto an innocent and neutral rule . |
| 21 | The indications thus include most patients treated with these drugs except those receiving only one to three doses — predominantly those in whom aminoglycosides are prescribed for antimicrobial chemoprophylaxis . |
| 22 | Psychotropic drugs should only be prescribed for good reasons . |
| 23 | 120 OR SO PLANT-BASED DRUGS PRESCRIBED FOR WORLD-WIDE USE COME FROM JUST 95 SPECIES — MANY KNOWN FOR CENTURIES |
| 24 | The programmes of study prescribed for National Curriculum history are merely outlines . |
| 25 | Germany 's needs are not ours and the treatment prescribed for German troubles is killing the rest of us . |
| 26 | Standard periods would be prescribed for different types of business , although it would be possible to apply for a special timetable at an early stage and for detailed variations of the timetable . |
| 27 | Standard periods will be prescribed for different types of business . |
| 28 | Cobras were punished for foul play when Deeside scored two of their eight first period goals through power-plays . |
| 29 | Maguire , who has rocketed to stardom in the last 18 months , was punished for incorrect use of the whip on Playing Truant , short head winner of the Hopeful Novices ' Hurdle . |
| 30 | Maguire , 21 , who has rocketed to the stardom in the last 18 months , was punished for incorrect use of the whip on Playing Truant , short head winner of the Hopeful Novices ' Hurdle . |