Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for a [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall a recommended buy if you are looking for a simple but powerful professional database . |
| 2 | The crusade you are beginning for a great and united national effort to revive industry and to rescue the mass of our population from hardship and suffering of unnecessary poverty deserves , and I believe will receive , the support of earnest and sympathetic men and women of all parties and of that large and increasing number of electors who have no party affiliations . |
| 3 | The six , who include Anne Demeulemeester and Dirk Bikkembergs , are known for a free and direct style that shocks some people . |
| 4 | Instead , we are asking for a frank and open debate within our own union and on that basis , and on that basis alone , will the Northern Region support the Report . |
| 5 | TWO of Ireland 's best known Catholic priests are set for a bitter and unprecedented court war , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 6 | However , the key to the avoidance of uncontrolled complexity in any engineering domain may be to go for a complete and as rigorous as possible a description of the problem in hand before any detailed calculations are made on the precise properties of the postulated design . |
| 7 | A ley , by definition , is a temporary sward of chosen species of grasses , clovers , and herbs which may be designed for a short or long term . |
| 8 | ( v ) Pupils should be taught about the different functions of written language : that writing can be for the writer alone ; it can be addressed to a known reader ; or it can be written for a large and unknown audience . |
| 9 | Failing that , be prepared for a lengthy and frustrating job search . |
| 10 | Here is the source of the cunning factor and Kent are unashamed — indeed almost gleeful — in their avowed intention to take full advantage of the Lord 's dispensation that , in order to encourage slow bowling , the same pitch may be used for a one-day and a championship match . |
| 11 | By fighting for the ideal of a strong Britain in a wider , deeper and more democratic European Community , that Labour Government will be fighting for a true and meaningful British sovereignty . |
| 12 | Sir John Donaldson defended himself in a public speech saying that the court had not known that the assets had been earmarked for a political or any other purpose . |
| 13 | Such prodigality makes little appeal to professional scientists , whose instincts are to seek for a tight and economic understanding of the world . |
| 14 | This was important , because a national study in 1965 showed that one-fifth of women who were working part-time did so because they were caring for a sick or elderly person . |
| 15 | The interviewer is looking for a positive and enthusiastic approach to his or her company . |
| 16 | The most pessimistic observers are predicting growth rates of less than 1 per cent , and are suggesting that the Japanese economy is heading for a deep and prolonged recession . |
| 17 | A council covers an area with a population ranging from 200 to 600 people and is elected for a six-month or one-year period of office . |
| 18 | This movement as part of the popular movement is working for a just and democratic society free from foreign intervention where the rhetoric of ‘ health for all ’ will be a reality — health as a right for all Filipinos . |
| 19 | I was looking for a good and intelligent woman to love — ’ |