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

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1 JOHN ROLFE and Adrian Breton will be competing for a British Olympic place at the weekend when the rapid fire pistol match in the World Cup Tournament in Los Angeles will be the decider for Barcelona , writes Leslie Howcroft .
2 The fans are still hoping the terraces will be filled for a bright new future to come .
3 A case could be made for a deep psychic need in people the world over for the manifestations of monsters in varying horrific forms .
4 The stable , who may lose head lad Paddy Rudkin for a training job with Sheikh Mohammed in the Gulf at the end of the season , will also be looking for a new assistant trainer with Simon Bray leaving to gain more experience in America .
5 both these play as ‘ amateurs ’ and could probably be bought for a relative small amount of pounds … other ‘ amateurs ’ include Bohinen ( who made 2–0 against England at home and is linked with Nottingham and an Italian Serie A club ) and technical wonderboy Erik Mykland who might go to France or Italy ( he is really to small and skinny to play in England ) .
6 The committee recommended that O grades , taken only by the abler pupils , be replaced by an examination that matched comprehensive education , and that all pupils should be assessed for a single national certificate in each subject .
7 92 per cent of students provided their names and addresses so that they might be contacted for a follow-up postal survey planned for Spring 1985 ( 571 students ) .
8 Boats can be hired for a reasonable daily rate , and charter companies can tailor any trip to your needs .
9 In mid-November , however , Kurdish leaders were reported to be preparing for a fresh economic blockade and an imminent government attack on Kurdish strongholds .
10 All fundamentals for a given molecule are usually of comparable intensity , so it is unlikely that a forbidden band will be mistaken for a weak fundamental .
11 The government of the FRG … is of the opinion that a final decision on any public compensation must be reserved for a future all-German parliament . "
12 Because they 're going to have to , at the end of their period of whether it 's a year or eighteen months , they will hopefully be qualified for a national vocational qualification level three and in order to gain that they have to be assessed constantly throughout their eighteen months , there 's no kind of
13 Russia 's President Yeltsin has ordered elections to be held for a new upper house of Parliament .
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