Example sentences of "[conj] be [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) It is immaterial whether the appropriation is made with a view to gain , or is made for the thief 's own benefit . |
| 3 | The Act states in s.1(2) : " It is immaterial whether the appropriation is made with a view to gain or is made for the thief 's own benefit . " |
| 4 | In these offences there is no equivalent to s.1(2) of the 1968 Act which states : " [ i ] t is immaterial whether the appropriation is made with a view to gain , or is made for the thief 's own benefit . " |
| 5 | It is , of course , difficult to make any sense of these figures ; in any case , as Nuttall argues , what is important is the kind of results that are obtained for the money spent . |
| 6 | So the claims that are made for the good of prison does your not , your not impressed by , well we have to give right of reply to Patricia as you work at Cottonvale . |
| 7 | From being a comprehensive Weltanschauung , in which there were to be found , according to Gramsci , all the elements that are needed for the construction of a new ‘ integral civilization ’ , it has come to be regarded by many thinkers as a much more limited and tentative body of thought , which is far from being able to predict , in any detail or with any certainty , the future development of society , or to offer anything but the roughest of guides to political action . |
| 8 | It may thus be concluded that , if the leading terms in the expansions for the functions f and g are given by ( 10.34 ) , then the boundary conditions that are required for the solution to describe colliding plane waves are satisfied if . |
| 9 | This is in accord with the assumptions that were made for the attention focusing explanation given for the different relationship between risk and P(A) in the two cases . |
| 10 | In the Operations Room , some of the female part-time watchkeepers were just coming on duty and were being briefed on the operations that were planned for the day and those that were already taking place . |
| 11 | First , and most important , stick with fonts that were designed for the printer you are using even if this means giving up some of the typographic niceties . |
| 12 | The same things that were promised for the gas , electricity and water , but in rel reality the only section to gain are the fat cats at the top who have recently been given it 's obscene pay increases . |
| 13 | On archaeological sites , pits are frequently found that were used for the disposal of household refuse that would nowadays be put in a dustbin , collected by the municipal authorities , and taken to a communal rubbish tip . |
| 14 | A high level of commitment from the Enterprise Steering Committee , from the staff of the Enterprise Centre , from our employer partners , and from Napier staff and students has enabled the achievement of the ‘ strategic ’ aims that were outlined for the year . |
| 15 | Luggage that is destined for the aeroplane 's hold is x-rayed . |
| 16 | Conscience has no application to anything that is done for the sake of the object ; … |
| 17 | DOWN 1 Do one in for equal wages ( 6 ) 2 Sprint up with lace undone in typical family ( 7 ) 3 Request he received from the British Empire ? ( 5 ) 4 Concentrating so in form for plans ( 10 ) 5 Queen that is raised for the country ( 4 ) 6 Peg holds this original drier ( 4–5 ) 7 Solvent with less substance ? ( 7 ) 8 Relative amount needed to be filthy , he said ( 6 ) 13 High fashion involving exercise with English lords ( 3,7 ) 15 Common sense about riot disorder and love of ill fame ( 9 ) 17 He went up to the city which went with the flow ( 7 ) 18 Fail to keep appointment with his comedy ? ( 5–2 ) 19 Prevents injection of energy for champion of prevention ( 6 ) 20 Keep alien in bad weather ( 6 ) 23 Make ten to five when you do it ( 5 ) 24 Strike one for chastity which he went Up the second time |
| 18 | These public contests are firmly based on agreement as to the fundamental characteristics of the type of regime and economic system that is required for the country . |
| 19 | For Merton , such behaviour occurs as a result of a discrepancy or contradiction between the aspirations which society has socialised into its members ( the ends or goals ) and the way that is provided for the realisation of such aspirations ( the means ) . |
| 20 | This is the amount of memory that is needed for the computer to undertake all the different tasks which the software requires . |
| 21 | He 'll tell you how to collect the sample of urine that is needed for the test . |
| 22 | Will the Minister discuss with the regional chairman the formula base that is used for the distribution of money to the districts ? |
| 23 | While some types require a separate battery , most can be powered by the same battery that is used for the receiver and servos . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's got the mathematical background that 's needed for the future , ’ the impresario said . |
| 25 | If the stitch pattern is smaller than the garment piece , the program will automatically fill the screen with more repeats of the pattern than is needed for the size of the garment shape . |
| 26 | The output from this analysis was summarised in the final report as a functional description of the filing systems , and used as the basis for the detailed user requirement that was prepared for the client . |
| 27 | Table 1.2 shows the contents of such a lattice that was obtained for the word its ( the graphical representation is shown in Fig 1.3 ) . |
| 28 | The recording system that was used for the baseline should be continued in exactly the same form . |
| 29 | Most of the brains of the organisation , or those academics who were able to pull Establishment strings and make the best of college connections , were billeted fairly comfortably near B.P. or had private transport , and were therefore able to take part in the social life that was organised for the community . |
| 30 | Erm before we started this drawing which so if I co , perhaps if I stand here everyone will be able to see which is probably fairly familiar and in , in most respects it goes back about six years to the first master plan that was produced for the estate erm to provide a combination of regeneration and new build . |