Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHAT a ridiculous idea for parents to be fined or punished for the bad behaviour of their children . |
| 2 | Obviously there is not a club atmosphere at Harlequins , and in most other sports they would be fined or disciplined for the unfair competition they are setting up in the league , both from the top and bottom sides . |
| 3 | Over the weekend of 21/22 September 1985 , for example , 60 protesters were arrested for wire-cutting at Molesworth and a further 55 were arrested or reported for the same action at RAF Sculthorpe . |
| 4 | It prepared me better than anything I 'd read or seen for the crisp exterior and soft centre of the Big Apple . |
| 5 | If the site chosen is in the opinion of the local authority not suitable for the carrying on of an offensive trade , being for example too near to residential properties then consent may be refused , or granted for a limited period or subject to conditions . |
| 6 | Use the colourings straight from the tube or bottle , or diluted for a paler shade . |
| 7 | The only practical problem encountered ( apart from cases where the proffered acknowledgement form was ignored , and the seller returned his own acknowledgement form or called for a special negotiation ) was that some sellers ' administrative systems required the issue of their own acknowledgement form before an order could be logged . |
| 8 | No replacement has yet been sought ; or found for the vacant post of Chief Executive . |
| 9 | However , there are cases ( such as property specially built or adapted for a particular occupier ) where modifications are needed . |
| 10 | This kind of committee can either be permanent or appointed for a special purpose . |
| 11 | The special link has been successfully granted or removed for the given LIFESPAN user . |
| 12 | ‘ The Poetry of Perestroika ’ is an anthology of poems that were written , or published for the first time , during the period when the bureaucratic grip was gradually loosened . |
| 13 | Survival curves were identical for patients who were and were not operated on and were only slightly worse than expected for the general population matched for age . |
| 14 | In some cases a relatively low rateable value more than compensated for a high rate poundage ( Blair 1988a:2 ) . |
| 15 | The Official Solicitor 's report is particularly relevant because , although made for the limited purpose mentioned above , it is the report of an independent guardian ad litem which makes clear that all the children are opposed to any suggestion that they should return to the foster mother and her ‘ family . ’ |
| 16 | Mallender than struck for a third time when Miandad could not resist one which moved away a little , Stewart gloving it with ease : 64 for 3 . |
| 17 | His mother held him on her knee and explained for the hundredth time how big the ship would be and how many oceans it would cross and what his big brother would see from it . |
| 18 | The Prague meeting was preceded by sharp disagreements between the Soviet Union and some member states , notably Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland , whose representatives spoke openly about the dissolution of COMECON and pressed for a speedier implementation of currency convertibility and the right to trade individually with organizations such as the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 19 | Secondly , anything suggested by the Progressive Democrats has to be automatically suspect , on the grounds that the Pee Dees are a miserable bunch of motherfuckers who , when Sam Snort grasps the reins of power , will all be rounded up and interned for an indefinite period . |
| 20 | Terrorism and the Liberal State was published in 1977 , and revised for a second edition in 1986 . |
| 21 | He is at present living in Belgrade , threatened and insulted for the public stand he is taking , his phone tapped . |
| 22 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
| 23 | In this way , the dictionary , being a general-purpose source of knowledge designed for use by non-experts , is being used to contribute to the recognition of text that is both highly specific and intended for a specific audience only . |
| 24 | Often written by women and intended for a female readership , the novels are characterized by a blend of sentiment and sensationalism with elements of the fashionable Gothic ; a number of them were translations from the French . |
| 25 | The Orangemen could even talk to those trees ( the ones removed and replanted for the Papal visit in 1982 about which the parks department is still very sensitive and reluctant to comment ) on the basis that plants respond to music . |
| 26 | For example on 31 March 1991 , Chelmsford prison had a certified normal accommodation of 244 but an actual inmate population of 403 , making nearly 13,000 prisoners were sleeping two or three to a cell ( NACRO , 1991b ) — typically in prison cells which were built in the nineteenth century and designed for a single inmate . |
| 27 | Like the plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs , they were successful and varied for a long time , but all three groups failed to survive the Cretaceous . |
| 28 | Apparently it is too old-fashioned and cluttered for the great master to have had anything to do with it — despite the fact that Lord Burlington , the aristocratic architect , was convinced of his having designed it . |
| 29 | In later years the main object was to topple the bull from the town bridge whereupon it would be killed and roasted for a huge supper of ‘ bull-beef ’ . |
| 30 | About 60 per cent ignored accusations of womanising and voted for the 46-year-old governor of Arkansas , giving him a landslide win over President Bush . |