Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A huge area has since been cleared for the construction of flyovers , underpasses , multi-lane carriageways and slip roads , with forlorn office blocks and high rise flats standing around them , either waiting to be demolished or recently erected . |
| 2 | She had only been daunted for a moment , however . |
| 3 | It had apparently been arranged for the drugs to be delivered to a warehouse in Bristol . |
| 4 | ( The inequalities below are reversed for a bear spread , that is , if the trader is long in the near contract and short in the far contract . ) |
| 5 | True to the philosophy behind the series , the new titles have all been chosen for the quality of the writing and because they provide the satisfaction of a ‘ good read ’ . |
| 6 | You 'd better be prepared for the hauntings , because hauntings is what you 'll bloody well get . |
| 7 | Of course , sea-trout never give themselves up easily ; you have to know your loch and be prepared to hunt for where the fish lie ; so be prepared for a lot of rowing , and a lot of finger-crossing on Oscaig . |
| 8 | September is the month when most of the new courses begin so be prepared for the enrolment days at your local college as they will be coming up soon . |
| 9 | That situation can only be tolerated for a while and following the Bank 's offer of 3% last June a series of consultation meetings with members overwhelmingly rejected the offer . |
| 10 | With the verbal arts I think it can only be done for the moment by writing about nature . |
| 11 | Because flat-rate unemployment benefit can only be drawn for a maximum of a year , a large number of today 's unemployed find themselves having to draw means-tested assistance . |
| 12 | There is a vigorous defence of Coleman by Mayer : ‘ The energies of Coleman 's mind were more exclusively devoted to anything bearing upon the horse : and no wonder , for the College , constructed as it was and is , can only be adapted for the reception of that animal . |
| 13 | Her cosmic vision prophesied that as the race evolved intercourse would only be practised for the purpose of reproduction , and then only at carefully spaced intervals under women 's direction . |
| 14 | Rather , as was pointed out in Makanjuola v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis , it is intended to reassure informants that their statements will only be used for the investigation of complaints and for such criminal or disciplinary proceedings as directly follow . |
| 15 | The court stated obiter that there is no reason why a section 2(2) notice should not be issued to the applicant after he had been charged , but this statement was accompanied by the clear and crucial corollary that the person who had been charged would have first to be cautioned and questions could only be put for the paragraph 16.5 purposes . |
| 16 | This option can be used to draw any design , but should not necessarily be used for the knitting . |
| 17 | Three motives can perhaps be identified for the creation of special agencies in Britain , although there are of course dangers in taking ostensible motives as real ones , to create an effective separate and accountable ‘ management system ’ to reduce political ‘ interference ’ and to provide for the direct representation of special interests . |
| 18 | THE sequel to Home Alone is set for the record books after pulling in £20 million in its first weekend . |
| 19 | AN OUTSIDER revisiting one of Britain 's great provincial cities — Manchester , Glasgow , Liverpool , Birmingham , or Leeds — after a gap of a quarter-century or so is set for a shock . |
| 20 | However , at one stage , different conditions were laid down for different nationalities : a national plebiscite was demanded in order to ratify independence for Poland , Courland and Lithuania , whereas a vote of workers alone was required for the Ukraine , the Caucasus republics and Latvia . |
| 21 | Nicolo shifted unhappily in the little gilt chair that had certainly not been made for a man 's body . |
| 22 | if requests to store/restore files have not been serviced for a period |
| 23 | if requests to store/restore files have not been serviced for a period |
| 24 | The official turnout was 74 per cent , although there were claims that many voters had not been registered for the ballot . |
| 25 | The cottage had not been inhabited for a while . |
| 26 | I had not been prepared for a walk across a wasteland under a hot white sun . |
| 27 | But she had not been prepared for the intensity of her response . |
| 28 | But all the same , Sara had not been prepared for the girls ' curiosity about Matthew . |
| 29 | There is no point in simply applying lower speed limits on residential roads if the drivers have not been prepared for the fact that they must slow down . |
| 30 | Nathan had not been prepared for the bus trip into and out of the town and the long walk through the snow to a campsite either . |