Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the Tay floods , calls were made for SEPA to be given responsibility for flood prevention schemes — at present a discretionary duty of regional councils . |
| 2 | In its post-World War II Circulars , the Department of Education stated explicitly that the children of working mothers were not to be given priority for nursery education . |
| 3 | Behind them is David Mellor , soon to be appointed Minister for Fun — and later to be dubbed Figure of Fun for his fling with actress Antonia de Sancha . |
| 4 | Promoters , The Mean Fiddler Group , are said to be seeking compensation for non-fulfilment of his contract as well as a separate settlement for bringing their organisation into disrepute . |
| 5 | The funding money had to be matched pound for pound by other backers ; the people who believed in the paper had to put up £5,000 of their own money between them ; and the paper had to have a controlling group to protect it from an outside takeover which might change the political line . |
| 6 | His condition is said to be giving cause for concern . |
| 7 | A doctor was called and the following day she was taken to Broadgreen , where she is believed to be having treatment for exhaustion . |