Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Confusingly , the same terms are used also for the plant communities of these regions . |
| 32 | The Disabled Drivers Association has been helping disabled people since 1948 , and all donations are used explicitly for the benefit of disabled people . |
| 33 | This would be the case where an R&D programme and its objective are clearly defined and each of the parties is given the opportunity of exploiting any of the results that are of interest to it , or where the results are used solely for the purposes of further research . |
| 34 | Traditional Campa agriculture is based on garden or chacra plots which are used mainly for the cultivation of manioc , although plantains , bananas , sweet potatoes and beans are also grown on a smaller scale . |
| 35 | Falmouth has dockyards which now are used mainly for the repair of oil tankers and naval ships . |
| 36 | ‘ We 've been rehearsing steadily for the tour and live we are very confrontational . |
| 37 | The effects of the net changes in social class have been modelled explicitly for the university sector in a number of forecasts ( Diamond and Smith , 1982 , 1984 ; Diamond , 1985 ; AUT , 1983 ; Collins , 1983 ) as well as implicitly by the DES ( 1984a , b , 1986b ) .4 These effects have been the most important single factor for which data have been available at a national level albeit only for the university sector . |
| 38 | It has already been used twice for the circulation of internal mail and resealed by means of staples and Sellotape . |
| 39 | Many of the stories selected for short story are from published collections established authors some are commissioned specifically for the slot . |
| 40 | ’ Pluralist ’ reforms are promised vaguely for the future . |
| 41 | Not surprisingly , he has been enlisted promptly for the Fiji squad for Hong Kong which also arrived last night . |
| 42 | Do you think I 've been staying here for the good of my health ? |
| 43 | These have been mentioned in passing in the previous section , but they are summarised here for the sake of convenience and for added emphasis . |
| 44 | This column has been set aside for the punchcard machines , but I 'm not forgetting that some of you have manual machines and I hope in future issues in to include something for you from time to time . |
| 45 | The smallest of the three rooms had been set aside for the officer in charge ; it had a desk , a couple of chairs , and a telephone which , allegedly , would soon be functional . |
| 46 | A room had been set aside for the investigation . |
| 47 | A 20 acre site has been set aside for the Tivoli Gardens , a landscaped park with games , rides and entertainment . |
| 48 | Eventually , they talked themselves out ; or at least the talk became overlaid by the preparations for the Christmas feast , only two weeks away , and those matters of business that had been laid aside for the Earl 's attention : the visits he had to make , and the people he had to see . |
| 49 | Damaged by fire ten years ago and closed ever since they have been restored especially for the exhibition the Neo-classical architecture and decorative elements making an ideal setting for Canova 's works . |
| 50 | Our second new product has been introduced specifically for the service and administration departments . |
| 51 | No fast should be undertaken against an opponent ; it should be undertaken rather for the good of those near and dear to the person who fasts . |
| 52 | He did n't want to go to Switzerland : if he did go , the chances were that he would be interned there for the rest of the war . |
| 53 | Martin Martin notes that on a small rocky island to the south of Skye there is ‘ a great quantity of scurvey-grass , of an extraordinary size , and very thick ; the natives eat it frequently , as well boiled as raw : two of them told me that they happened to be confined there for the space of thirty hours , by a contrary wind ; and being without victuals , fell to eating this scurvey-grass , and finding it of a sweet taste , far different from the land scurvey-grass , they ate a large basketful of it , which did abundantly satisfy their appetites until their return home ’ . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | We believe that St Albans er has a traffic problem facing it in recent years , two or three year 's ago at the height of activity er the problems facing it were were more obvious and along with that situation er there 's no question about that and one might be forgetting to thinking the problem and not the way it has n't , it will return now , we know it will be return and therefore we should be firm in our resolve and at some point in time in the future that problem must be addressed sensibly for the good of the people of St Albans . |
| 56 | In general , however , the Single Market seems to be designed more for the producer . |
| 57 | Obviously , I understand that this course is to be built mainly for the benefit of the people who 'll buy the new houses , but it seems a pity that natural unspoilt countryside should be bulldozed to make way for what 's really just a few rich people 's pastime . ’ |
| 58 | Full allowance must be made also for the costs of the liquidation ( to be distinguished from the costs of realising the assets ) . |
| 59 | It may be done partly for the love of the work , but every author is also concerned to establish a reputation for good work among those whose opinion matters . |
| 60 | Iago seems to be acting wholly for the others ' good , since , as he challenges us to deny , ‘ this advice I give is free and honest . |