Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [be] [vb pp] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Furthermore , I told him either to provide substantive proof of his allegations or be prepared to be sued for defamation of character . ’ |
| 2 | The shrouds are shapeless , almost winding-sheets , and the creases too deliberately crisp to be taken for flannel . |
| 3 | Although there is much to be said for freedom of information , it is not clear that it would greatly help individual aggrieved citizens . |
| 4 | First of all , there is much to be said for simplicity which , in Canada and New South Wales , has been achieved in part by including within the scale a far narrower range of former offences than is the case in Michigan . |
| 5 | Yet there is much to be said for thinking of the general , the ‘ disinterested ’ , and what I have called the theoretical as one and the same . |
| 6 | The principle of learning by doing was familiar to all supervisors , not least Käthe Fischel from Prague , one of the youngsters who was sufficiently self-possessed to be recruited for nursery chores . |
| 7 | Defence and prosecution lawyers are giving details of the case before a bench of 3 magistrates who will have to decide if there is sufficient evidence for the accused to be committed for trial to Crown Court . |
| 8 | For example , the concentration of crime in the lower social class , which was the starting point for all the main sociological theories , could be explained simply by the fact that members of the lower social class were more likely to be selected for labelling . |
| 9 | Even though air travel means that he can be rapidly recalled in an emergency , he is likely to be pilloried for dereliction of duty . |
| 10 | Electricity Board engineers restored some power to the leisure complex this afternoon … but the effects of the weekend 's floods are likely to be felt for week 's to come . |
| 11 | Examples are advertisements which obstruct the line of sight at a corner , bend , or obstruct the view of a traffic signal , and illuminated advertisements which are likely to dazzle or confuse road users or are likely to be mistaken for traffic lights . |
| 12 | Anthony lost a lot of blood and is likely to be scarred for life after injuries to his face , arm and leg and foot . |
| 13 | In practice , more than this minimum is likely to be required for entry to the majority of the courses offered by the University , in order to ensure that those admitted to degree courses possess a sufficiently broad educational background and that they may reasonably be expected to benefit from a university education . |
| 14 | The samples are likely to be used for DNA analysis , the so-called genetic fingerprint test |
| 15 | It concerned only new developments and enabled local authorities for the first time to make town-planning schemes ‘ as respects any land which is in course of development or appears likely to be used for building purposes ’ . |
| 16 | It was also frequently noted that staff were encouraged to request attendance at external courses , but likely to be nominated for attendance at internal courses ( normally developed in the frame-work of their perceived training needs ) . |
| 17 | One concern with any meta-analysis is that statistically non-significant studies are less likely to be submitted for publication and hence that the results of combining published studies is biased towards a positive effect . |
| 18 | In addition to the structure I have also provisionally examined the numbers of staff likely to be needed for Council Tax purposes having regard to experiences of Poll Tax over recent years . |
| 19 | Thirty per cent of them are unfit to be used for education . |
| 20 | Hunton , ( unfortunately later to be hanged for highway robbery ) took Tawell into his firm and virtually set the young man up . |
| 21 | Michael Powell noticed the development of a ‘ civil service ’ mentality within Rank at the time of making The Red Shoes , but his argument that ‘ there is something after all to be said for lavishness , improvisation and a certain amount of waste ’ was not likely to make much headway with John Davis , managing director of Rank from 1948 , who disliked creative people , considering them extravagant and unreliable . |
| 22 | But nevertheless , there 's going to be a month period , plus there 'll be five weeks where people wo n't be able to be treated for routine operations here . |
| 23 | The package was to be incorporated within a supplementary budget due to be presented for Diet approval prior to the beginning of the new fiscal year on April 1 . |
| 24 | A great deal of the blame must be laid at the feet of those who link regression with occult activities or treat it as some sort of parlour-trick to be practised for fun at parties . |
| 25 | All Directors and employees who are required to work for at least 25 hours and 20 hours respectively per week for the Company and its participating subsidiaries are eligible to be nominated for participation in the Scheme by the Committee . |
| 26 | Because Mr has represented him , Mr said before that he he thought it was as duty solicitor that he , he has represented him at some stage as duty solicitor but , he is represented under legal aid though this defendant by a firm of solicitors in Birmingham and he 's anxious to be committed for trial today . |
| 27 | But he is represented under a legal aid order , this defendant , by a firm of solicitors in Birmingham and he 's anxious to be committed for trial today . |
| 28 | Eight months later Oswald Martin was surprised to be invited for tea at the Major 's home . |
| 29 | When software development is completed , and the software is ready to be issued for use , either internally or to a client , then a package must be created to contain the issue software . |
| 30 | That 's been er er a matter which has been erm discussed er at some length by Stragg as has the topic of er house building and the the problems of er capacity for er new house instruction and other development within the , the Council but a number of erm matters er not least of which has been er the departure of two key members of staff during the period er there has er I 'm afraid been a degree of slippage and the original programme that we have put to you and which you agreed which we said at the time was ambitious er is already er showing signs of stress and it looks now I 'm afraid that it will not be er in the early part of the summer that the structure plan in draft form will be available and ready to be approved for consultation purposes , but towards the end of the summer and er er into the early autumn . |