Example sentences of "[adj] be [vb pp] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two animal rights campaigners who took part in a series of firebombings have each been jailed for four years . |
| 2 | Three members of a Colombian drugs cartel who used Oxford language schools as a cover have each been jailed for ten years . |
| 3 | SIX members of a North-East car theft gang have each been jailed for three years after an 18-month undercover police operation . |
| 4 | LIVINGSTON Bulls ' Great Britain internationalist , Iain Maclean , and Cameron King ( Edinburgh Burger Kings ) have each been suspended for four games for their part in the Scottish Cup final fracas at Meadowbank earlier this month , writes Roddy Mackenzie . |
| 5 | These are best for children from about four years onwards , although some are designed for younger children . |
| 6 | Some are held for eighteen months … they 've committed no crime but they have to prove themselves innocent |
| 7 | Masterplans of one sort or another were devised for ailing firms and even for whole industries [ Blackaby , 1978 ; Morris , 1979 ] . |
| 8 | This is defended for numerous reasons . |
| 9 | This is used for minor acts of disorder such as shouting and swearing which is likely to cause alarm or distress , displaying abusive or insulting slogans or throwing over dustbins and banking on doors in the common parts of blocks of flats . |
| 10 | This is designed for those applicants who may not necessarily possess any of the qualifications usually presented by mature students , but who show evidence of appropriate achievement either in a related professional field or through other types of intellectual endeavour . |
| 11 | This was repeated for 10 portfolios over the 420 months between 1931 and 1965 . |
| 12 | This was done for all posts in the industry and the data were computerised in a similar manner to that undertaken for the study posts . |
| 13 | This was abolished for all policies issued after 14 March 1984 . |
| 14 | A Declaratory Order covering 270 acres was proposed with a view to designating extensively war-damaged land , subject to compulsory purchase ; this was required for essential improvements to be carried out over the next 15 years . |
| 15 | Elections for 105 seats in the 151-member Tsogdu are by universal suffrage of all adults over the age of 17 ; 10 are reserved for religious bodies and the remainder are occupied by officials , ministers and members of the Royal Advisory Council . |
| 16 | Execution warrants for March 7 were issued for two prisoners on death row , despite international calls for clemency . |
| 17 | Some bays may not be externally accessible : these are meant for hard disks . |
| 18 | Sometimes these are commissioned for specific features following an approach from the PRO . |
| 19 | These were tailored for different races , the R-1 ( Registered NR2100 ) with an 800hp Wasp Senior and enough fuel for pylon racing and the Thompson Trophy in particular . |
| 20 | It bore branch-coloured collar patches of rank ; these were replaced for all officers by subdued khaki patches by an order of April 1941 , to be implemented from October 1941 , but the outbreak of war disrupted this programme , and many photographs show uniforms still bearing coloured patches long after that date . |
| 21 | The other three were treated for minor injuries . |
| 22 | The author then surveys the current state of the art of zeolite synthesis and transformation , and shows how it is possible to ring the changes among the component atoms of zeolites — the silicon and oxygen parts of the polymeric framework and the counterbalancing metal ions can all be changed for other elements while still preserving the topology that is the characteristic feature of a zeolite . |
| 23 | All were controlled for long periods with endoscopic treatment altough it is possible that obstruction contributed to death in one patient . |
| 24 | This time many were braced for heavy losses again . |
| 25 | These arguments are given some strength when we realise that the claims being made for English language by Lyons are remarkably similar to those being made for other aspects of English in general , or of English class culture in particular , by other writers . |
| 26 | The former are intended for large areas , the latter for corridors and stairs . |
| 27 | Members of the GWR Preservation Society will learn with particular interest that w.e.f. 21st October the world-famous Torbsy Express will be making a nostalgic return visit to a few stretches of its old track , and will first be housed for three weeks in Railway Shed 4 at Plymouth . |
| 28 | The One Source database can first be screened for quoted companies and then screened by activity . |
| 29 | On Dec. 3 workers in Bhopal staged a general strike to mark the seventh anniversary of the world 's worst industrial disaster , in whose immediate aftermath at least 2,000 people died and 180,000 were treated for toxic symptoms . |
| 30 | The days of the week were listed on the left side and a space of perhaps one inch by five was allowed for brief jottings . |