Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brown ( 1973 ) provided the first set of guidelines to be widely adopted for the calculation of MLU , thus making it possible to use this measure as a basis for comparing language performance across children . |
| 2 | The SVR be highly congratulated for the way in which the emergency was dealt with . |
| 3 | Local employers and employees , unions and other statutory bodies were involved in this work in an attempt to be better prepared for the crisis . |
| 4 | But New Zealand farmers could not be better placed for the day when ( if ) other rich countries lower barriers to food imports and abolish farm subsidies . |
| 5 | It is inconceivable that we could advise our clients in the manner in which Council has advised this institute , A ‘ brown-field ’ site out of London , in say Leeds or Sheffield or York , could attract development grants , rates deferrals and provide jobs and would be better placed for the majority of the membership . |
| 6 | ‘ What locale could be better suited for the unveiling of Fabbiano 's stunning Fall Collection on behalf of the Children 's Aid Fund ? ’ ’ |
| 7 | Two key classes of molecules are nucleic acids and proteins which will be described much more fully in Chapter 5 and can be largely ignored for the present . |
| 8 | This means that the original data must be separately reprocessed for the cost accounts . |
| 9 | Dunn was brought in from Ford , where he was director of product development in 1983 ; he will be best remembered for the development of the Bentley Turbo R , now the company 's best-selling model . |
| 10 | Perhaps a could be arbitrarily chosen for the purpose . |
| 11 | The civil service recognises this : ‘ Reception staff will convey the image of the office to the public , and they should therefore be carefully selected for the task . ’ |
| 12 | With a little care in their placement in the tank , the mushroom polyps can be thoroughly recommended for the reef aquarium . |
| 13 | In any event , the applicants in the main proceedings took the view that the limits of the permitted purpose and extent of such a restriction should be clearly delineated for the avoidance of doubt or evasion . |
| 14 | Mr MacSharry will be well prepared for the battle ahead . |
| 15 | Messrs Deakins and Hussain make the comment that ‘ some managers took the opportunity to be well prepared for the interview and read the business plan in detail beforehand . |
| 16 | He will certainly need to be well prepared for the task which faces him , with international cricket politics becoming increasingly complex . |
| 17 | He will certainly need to be well prepared for the task which faces him , with international cricket politics becoming increasingly complex . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , a poll of 75 Tory back-benchers in the Sunday Times showed three out of four believed pensioners and poor families should be fully compensated for the cost of the decision to impose VAT on domestic fuel . |
| 19 | The seller can not expect on the one hand to be fully compensated for the sale falling through and on the other to be allowed in addition to retain a deposit already received . |
| 20 | The cause of the plane crash in the outer Hebrides yesterday which killed the ten-man crew of and R A F Shackleton aircraft , may never be fully known for the plane is too old to be fitted with a black box flight recorder . |
| 21 | Secure in the knowledge that his mother would be fully occupied for the rest of the evening and the butler would be busy introducing the guests , Patrick pulled off his dressing down and slipped down the back stairs to the kitchen . |
| 22 | ( It had been the practice for the climber to go to the top and give the fox a spin , but in 1984 the committee got cold feet when it found they might not be fully insured for the climber and a separate insurance would cost too much . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , there was considerable anxiety among advisers that they would not be adequately prepared for the changeover . |
| 24 | And in order to get in to that state of mind one does not have to be a complete lifelong fanatic , one only has to be completely absorbed for the moment by a particular cause , and that kind of absorption is of course something which good causes often do seem to demand . |
| 25 | She was so busy absorbing the knowledge that fitzAlan would be safely occupied for the rest of the day that she only belatedly heard the possessiveness behind his instructions . |
| 26 | When the tsar died at the beginning of 1725 there were twelve Russian diplomatic missions at work in different European capitals , a figure which was not to be significantly exceeded for the rest of the eighteenth century . |