Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Where , in fact , are we to look for the major effects of the use of computers in humanities research ?
2 The committee reported in February 1943 in very alarming language that there would be nothing left for the British postwar aircraft industry unless something were done at once .
3 This is what accounted for the enormous popularity of Julius Chongo 's Pocheza M'madzulo , especially in Lusaka and in Eastern province .
4 In desperation she picked up the paper and turned to the TV guide , but there was nothing scheduled for the early-evening spot apart from game shows .
5 Now he has to content himself with the fact that the only replica of a Captain Cook ship he has been involved in was one built for the new shopping centre in Middlesbrough eight years ago .
6 As she sat facing him , rigidly upright , he saw that her chair was one designed for the disabled with a button in the armrest to raise the seat when she wanted help in rising .
7 Alright he was carrying an injury but surely the onus of the team should not rest on a single player — and besides what was he doing for the first 80 minutes on Saturday .
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