Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's only been playing seriously for a couple of years , ’ said Luke , hardly flinching as a car cut right in front of him , missing them by millimetres . |
| 2 | I was sorry for Jennifer but they had only been going out for a month or so , and not terribly seriously . |
| 3 | Investment business may only be carried out for a ‘ corporate finance client ’ in connection with ‘ corporate finance activities ’ in accordance with the terms of a ‘ corporate finance engagement letter ’ which has been agreed with the client . |
| 4 | They can only be set aside for a time . |
| 5 | The Defence wheel can only be put over for a major change of course when there is a fortuitous coincidence of national and international events , political trends , and economic pressures at a time when there is also a Secretary of State in office , who has the strength of character and political standing to create a new consensus in Whitehall , Westminster , and the electorate . |
| 6 | This does mean that re-entry or back to nursing courses presently operating will not necessarily be approved retrospectively for the purpose by the National Boards . |
| 7 | You know they were only being taken on for a couple of months and they , they wanted to form a trade union but quite a lot of the tra er father Christmases would n't join a trade union . |
| 8 | I was informed today that elderly people who are trying to get into hospital are being put on to wards in which the nursing staff have not been designated specifically for the care of the elderly . |
| 9 | From the survey , it would seem that many bureaux which own the microfilm system find many uses for it within the bureau when it has not been taken out for an outreach advice session ; it is used for training purposes in order to demonstrate access to and use of information in CAB advice work and it is also used for giving talks to outside groups . |
| 10 | Sotheby 's will be hoping that their clients ' wallets have not been laid up for the winter together with their yachts . |
| 11 | ‘ We have been disappointed , ’ says the review , ‘ that issues have not been coming forward for a ruling before positions have been taken . |
| 12 | But she had insisted , and although the room was warm , and the kitchen stove had already been made up for the night , I had gone — yet it was a strange experience to me , and rather a frightening one , to have been persuaded by someone near to me into doing even so small a thing I felt to be hazardous . ) |
| 13 | It has already been used twice for the circulation of internal mail and resealed by means of staples and Sellotape . |
| 14 | Additions were made at regular intervals and there was a pleasing rule that , even if a Sunday School scholar was unable to read , a book might nevertheless be lent out for the benefit of the family . |
| 15 | You could soon be flying away for an exciting holiday in Reims , the heart of Champagne country — all it takes is three questions and a little imaginative sparkle ! |
| 16 | The lowering of interest rates last year provided extra spending power for the family but , as Mr Ingram , 34 , pointed out , that will probably now just be kept back for the rainy days to come in 1994 . |
| 17 | The second is that many processes simply can not be shut down for the weekends . |
| 18 | My father had recruited three young gypsies who had not been and could not be called up for the Navy . |
| 19 | It also presents the most difficult problem for those who , like myself , are convinced on practical grounds that a sufficient case can not be made out for the restoration of capital punishment . |
| 20 | ‘ The defence does not arise on a plea of autrefois convict , but on the well-established rule at common law , that where a person has been convicted and punished for an offence by a court of competent jurisdiction , transit in rem judicatam , that is , the conviction shall be a bar to all further proceedings for the same offence , and he shall not be punished again for the same matter ; otherwise there might be two different punishments for the same offence . |
| 21 | I believe in a competitive world , but at the same time I think we have got to be laying sound foundations for future growth and if we are constantly pressured into satisfying stock-market expectations , which are short-term , or under threat of take-over , we will not be investing enough for the long-term development of our businesses . |
| 22 | Because of the heavy clay content of the material , it was considered that it could not be compacted enough for the development . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ Our position is that we will not be making public statements about who we may or may not be putting forward for the mayor and deputy mayor 's position . ’ |
| 24 | The weapon does not fire and can not be used again for the rest of the game . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ Although parents can not be blamed totally for the way children end up , we are able to shape their behaviour and offer them moral guidance . |
| 26 | If it can be abandoned in the case of the personal element of the council tax , it is hard to see why it can not be abandoned immediately for the poll tax . |
| 27 | She was disappointed , even aggrieved , that the remains would not be brought home for a funeral . |
| 28 | With a soft , luxurious feel , they are wonderfully comfortable for wearing around the home , but could just as easily be dressed up for a smarter occasion . |
| 29 | In this country , delivery-ward routines vary from hospital to hospital but there 's no reason for separating mothers and their healthy babies so soon after the birth — measuring and weighing could easily be put off for an hour or two . |
| 30 | The Plan Transmanche accord signed between the central and regional governments in February 1986 recognised that the Tunnel was not being built specifically for the benefit of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and that supportive investment in infrastructure , education and training would be necessary to exploit its potential and overcome its adverse effects on the Channel ports . |