Example sentences of "[conj] be [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But she 's also shy and has thought about quitting acting several times when she 's had a lukewarm review or been rejected for a role . |
2 | These are features of life that are needed for a balance . |
3 | The hallmarks seem to be conditions which are not drafted with any particular parties or transaction in mind , that are used for a series of contracts , and in respect of which the person who puts them forward does not expect much , if any , negotiation to take place . |
4 | The idea is that when an instruction that is meant for a coprocessor is encountered , the coprocessor handles it leaving the main processor to carry on with other jobs . |
5 | The amount of information that is needed for a company 's marketing information system will depend on the extent of its current involvement or potential interest in an overseas market . |
6 | Well , my first job came during four weeks of my last term at RADA when I had applied and been chosen for a television play called It 's Too Late to Talk to Billy which was set in Belfast — which is where I came from originally . |
7 | Secondly , could an outsider have walked into the Lodge quite openly on Friday night before eleven o'clock and been taken for a member by anyone who happened to come across him ? ’ |
8 | Sanding can be done yourself as long as you wear a medical mask ( from chemists or drug stores ) and are prepared for a lot of noise . |
9 | It was announced that supplies of oranges would be available from local shops from April 24th and be reserved for a period of five days at the rate of one lb. per head to children only . |
10 | I never found it to be a boring job , erm if it is boring I think it 's because they 're only making it , if they make it that way and I think it 's partly due , if they , if people do talk that way then I think it 's partly due to the sort of duty systems that people work now , and erm the number of hours they work , and , and strangely for little things like the introduction of television , I think television , very nice in its way but it 's killed life on fire stations and in certain areas , cos the whole business of conversation and learning and so on has gone , people would much sooner sit nowadays in front of the television and be entertained for an evening , instead of using all the other skills and , and erm things that are offered to them . |
11 | We have described how meetings can have a variety of objectives and be used for a number of tasks , and we have described the procedures which normally govern the operation of formal meetings . |
12 | Littlewoods , meanwhile has been gathering its forces and is poised for a comeback . |
13 | Pliny spoke of the kraken in the Straits of Gibraltar , where it basked on the warm surface of the water and was mistaken for a series of small islands . |
14 | Gascoigne snapped his cruciate ligaments playing for Tottenham in the 1991 FA Cup Final and was sidelined for a year . |
15 | Spare Rib was already well established , and was joined for a period by the Leveller , another collective magazine , and the East End News , which produced the first attempt to appeal to ‘ the masses ’ of East London by dressing up Right-On concerns in chirpy Chas'n'Dave-style modernized Cockney . |
16 | This particular dataset covers two years where RAWP used only one in their validation exercise , and was compiled for an article in the Lancet which was critical of the RAWP formula ( Forster 1977 ) . |
17 | Grundy , 35 , of Sprotborough , Doncaster — a promising policeman who had been acting sergeant and passed his inspector 's exams — admitted theft and was jailed for a year . |
18 | and was pulled for a stint |
19 | And physically it was n't any worse than when I fell off my bike as a kid and was concussed for an hour or two . |
20 | In Edinburgh , she met with representatives of SEAD and was interviewed for a media article . |
21 | This building probably held about 100 people and was used for a Sunday evening service as well as the Sunday School . |
22 | His drag double act with Roy Barraclough ( Coronation Street 's Alec Gilroy ) , harked back to Norman Evans and was used for a television commercial for the Post Office . |
23 | Preston sought anaesthesis in the colour supplement he had brought with him and was distracted for a while by a feature on Great Journeys undertaken or contemplated by the Rich and the Famous . |
24 | The VAT Act 1983 s 3(2) ( b ) provides that anything , which is not a supply of goods but is done for a consideration , is a supply of services . |
25 | Ershad 's trial had been scheduled to open on Feb. 16 , but was postponed for a month on a technicality . |
26 | Presumably it saw service for iron working at some time , although in later life it was used for corn grinding , saw milling , as well as being operated for a time as a maltings . |