Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The session had been intended to set a date for reconvening the 14th party congress , which had broken up in disarray on Jan. 23 [ see pp. 37172 ] . |
| 2 | The essays in this book do not amount to a programme : but they are intended to provide a springboard for one . |
| 3 | The agreements , which have still to be firmed up , are intended to provide a framework for the companies to work together on integrating personal computers and phones , and to enable real-time data conferencing over regular telephone lines , and videoconferencing over ISDN . |
| 4 | Area Child Protection Committees ( ACPCs ) , based upon the boundaries of local authorities , are intended to provide a forum for developing , monitoring and reviewing child protection policies in a particular locality . |
| 5 | Russian authorities are expected to file a request for his extradition , but it could take weeks before Swedish authorities decide whether the hijackers will be sent home or face trial in Sweden . |
| 6 | Politicians are deemed to have a bias for stability and continuity . |
| 7 | Owing to her advanced pregnancy and Stephen 's frequent absences on business , no efforts had been made to appoint a governess for Victoria . |
| 8 | This paper has been written to provide a background for students ( of all ages ) seeking to interpret the results of a shore survey or planning a rocky shore project . |
| 9 | The development of a spatially related designing system has been seen to provide a basis for the understanding and evaluation of most engineering assembly problems . |
| 10 | The Headmistress at St Mary 's , Geraldine Keegan said she was delighted that her school had been selected to provide a delegate for the Brussels event . |
| 11 | Remember to keep all the topsoil you remove ; you 're bound to find a use for it later ! |
| 12 | Individual anglers are requested to reserve a ticket for this event at £5 including pool with county secretary Dave Gunson on Ipswich 716530 . |
| 13 | The wooden pallet bed is n't needed for rest , and like the rest of the room has been used to mount a display for one of Bremer 's collections . |
| 14 | The only branch of academic analysis which , by virtue of its title , might have been thought to represent a candidate for this specific area of study is that sub-section of anthropology known as material culture studies . |
| 15 | It has been known to ask a journalist for £50 for an hour 's help from one of its junior staff , something few other companies would do . |
| 16 | With nothing else to read , it seemed to have the edge on the income tax manuals ( though non-believers would say only just ) , so you can imagine how bad I felt when I opened it to find most of the pages had been razored to provide a nest for a small brown envelope . |
| 17 | But by that time a renewed coalition and a coalition election would not be arranged to get a mandate for war so much as to reap the benefits of victory . |
| 18 | It was claimed that the population of these desert ascetics was equal to that of the Nile towns , but religious fervour can hardly be trusted to have a head for figures . |
| 19 | These findings are particularly interesting in view of the fact that reading is a verbal process and might therefore be expected to yield a superiority for the right hand . |
| 20 | An attempt will also be made to develop a methodology for establishing the direct and indirect costs of these different modes of teacher education . |
| 21 | There is a common element of pressure which by analogy can be said to justify a claim for repayment . |
| 22 | In addition the learned judge did not think that a nationalised industry can be said to accumulate a substance for its own purposes . |
| 23 | He feels the ref should be empowered to demand a substitute for a player guilty of non-malicious , dangerous play . |
| 24 | Who knows , if things get really out of hand , maybe the warring crack gangs of Oakland 's ghettos may be moved to declare a truce for the duration . |
| 25 | The " Shore " hardness test for rubbers is well known in the rubber industry and may be used to derive a value for the modulus E. |
| 26 | The good work however does not stop there , as another £336 has already been raised and this time will be used to purchase a wheelchair for the Hospice . |
| 27 | The experience with the one-man cars 1–13 and the rebuilt Jubilee cars 761–2 , would be used to provide a specification for any new trams . |
| 28 | They reckoned that some £9.9 million would be needed to finance a plan for educating consumers in the basics of credit and provide funding for rescue services . |
| 29 | ‘ Dave was given an assurance that both the Sultan 's navy and air force will be alerted to keep a lookout for Clarion Call or any ship that might resemble her . ’ |
| 30 | Keeton spent three years there before returning to Cambridge , where he established himself as a private tutor to Law students , while he waited to be invited to fill a vacancy for a legal appointment in the Foreign Office . |