Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] for [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calls are growing for a tougher stand against direct labour costs , which amount to about $15 billion a year . |
| 2 | The PL discredited itself , however , by fielding 392 candidates , divided into different factions , with 89 separate candidate lists being presented for the lower house alone . |
| 3 | Thus Bowness-on-Windermere is sacrificed for the greater good of the Lake District or Matlock Bath in the cause of the Peak District . |
| 4 | The second storyline is going for the wider market , and some might argue , a little too near-the-knuckle for such an early evening show . |
| 5 | His solution to the problem of scholarship is to call for a closer alliance between literary criticism and the historical study of language , to be achieved through the kind of emphasis on literary language which he himself had favoured since the 1930s . |
| 6 | If the money plus the bonus is left for a further two years , an additional bonus of another 14 months ' interest is paid , boosting the tax-free return to 8.62 per cent ( worth 11.49 per cent to the basic rate taxpayer , or 14.37 per cent to a higher rate taxpayer ) . |
| 7 | Fasting was maintained for a further 2 hours , after which a normal diet was permitted . |
| 8 | Elections were last held in August 1987 [ see p. 35490 ] , when the ruling coalition was returned for a further term of office . |
| 9 | Elections to the 125 elective seats in the Assembly last took place in October 1988 ; at the same time the President was re-elected for a further five-year term , having held the office since independence [ see pp. 36264-65 ] . |
| 10 | In elections held on March 28-30 , President Robert Mugabe was re-elected for a further term , and his ruling ZANU-PF party won 116 of the 120 elective seats in a restructured 150-member House of Assembly . |
| 11 | NEW head chef Nigel Alexander is aiming for a healthier menu after taking over at the King 's Head Hotel , Richmond . |
| 12 | Stone or marble was used for the lower parts of the walls , the upper being of sun-dried brick and timber . |
| 13 | Compaq Computer Corp took the lead in the European portable personal computer market in the first quarter of 1993 according to Dataquest figures which give Compaq 22% by value and 17.5% by volume , and the manufacturer says that shipments in the period were up 89% on the first quarter of 1992 , growing four times the rate of the market , which expanded 21% — and those figures reveal the reason that Dell Computer Corp has stumbled badly in laptops and notebooks : buyers are going for the higher cost 80486-based machines that abound in Compaq 's line , while Dell 's product emphasises low-price 80386SX-based machines . |
| 14 | 50 years ago it proved a Bridge Too Far … next September the men from Arnhem are hoping for a happier ending . |
| 15 | The bass clef is used for the lower parts of the compass , the tenor for the higher . |
| 16 | The Turkish authorities estimated that their charge to Iraq would be US$264,000,000 ; the UN was arguing for a lower figure . |
| 17 | Meanwhile many secondary schools north of the Border are opting for a cheaper option , the Scottish Computerised School Administration Programme , or SCAMP . |
| 18 | This is because both agencies are fighting for a larger share of the available budget and seek to create a good impression by producing the most frightening scenario . |
| 19 | Quite apart from the program differences there are changes in the way the output is handled for a higher resolution device and there may be significant changes in the versions of PostScript being used . |
| 20 | Now it 's bucking the national trend … with crime elsewhere on the increase , Penhill 's changing for the better . |
| 21 | The NCVO is pressing for a simpler SORP and for the timetable for compliance to be extended to mid 1994 to allow charities more time to prepare . |
| 22 | On March 20 Lee was re-elected for a further six-year presidential term . |
| 23 | Reginald Bray , a friend of Masterman 's , would remark on the same development : As Bray organised the arguments of Iris powerful Christian treatise on The Town Child ( 1907 ) around deep shades of pastoral contrast between the serenity of natural phenomena and what he regarded as the unnatural and shallow inconsistency of the irreverent city , he thought that ‘ the most remarkable effect of an urban environment is to be sought in the disappearance of the habit of self-control ’ : The riotous jingo crowds which had accompanied the Ladysmith and Mafeking celebrations during the Boer War had indeed provided one of the most visible manifestations of these perceived alterations among the British people , and observing that ‘ to ‘ Maffick ’ ’ is not really congenial to the British character' The Times ( 30 October 1900 ) had mused upon whether ‘ our national character was changing for the worse ’ . |
| 24 | After this , pentagastrin ( 6 µg/kg ) was administered subcutaneously and gastric juice was collected for a further 60 minutes for estimation of maximal and peak acid output . |
| 25 | No price was given for the newer M-16 on the wall . |
| 26 | Again the nine children were absent , and the Place of Safety orders were extended for a further twenty-one days . |
| 27 | Because the bodies were designed for a narrower gauge , two and one seating was provided on the upper deck of Nos. 1–16 . |
| 28 | The directors propose , as Resolution No.7 , that this authority be renewed for a further year up to an aggregate nominal amount of £9,260,761 . |
| 29 | At this time , certain pre-existing conditions may be excluded , as will happen if a new policy is negotiated for an older person . |
| 30 | Because industrial growth has been so fast there is virtually full employment , with a particular shortage of staff at the clerical/secretarial level , since the new generation of university-educated Singaporeans is aiming for the higher paid jobs . |