Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Where , on the other hand , we have sense-qualification , the property of A is not applied as a property in itself to the entity identified by N ( nor are any referential and perceptual correlates of the intensional property to be looked for in the actual referent , if there is one , corresponding to that entity ) .
2 It is possible to obtain derogation from certain Stock Exchange requirements but this must be applied for in the early stages of a transaction .
3 An excess of gain even at low settings ( ie. from an active bass with powerful pickups ) can be compensated for with the lower of the two white switches , which operates a 15dB attenuation ‘ pad ’ to clean up the signal .
4 This meant that a decompression stop was not required and that these parameters would be stored in the memory , to be compensated for on the next dive .
5 Some members of the Committee moved that the school stay open , on the grounds that short-term financial gain would not be compensated for by the long-term loss to the community .
6 The goal was to implant " standard " English forms ( linguistic and cultural ) by inculcating a " love " of literature ( the most that might be hoped for in the elementary sector ) .71 Within the higher sectors ( preparatory , secondary , grammar , and public schools , as well as colleges of various kinds ) the aim was much broader .
7 In the years of sharp pruning of public-sector expenditure , and at a time when a comprehensive housing programme embracing improvement , clearance , redevelopment and new building lay beyond the grasp of the Ministry of Health , the most that could be hoped for in the 1920s was the amelioration of a small number of the worst houses .
8 He began to ask me what the realities were of his medical situation and his prognosis — what could be hoped for in the best of circumstances .
9 On the procedure turn tracks , drift must be allowed for in the normal way .
10 It may be argued that because the affective domain deals with qualitative differences it can not be planned for in the same systematic way that is applied to knowledge , and that it is best dealt with by providing suitable models , and by discussion when problems and student needs arise .
11 Sensitivity to oil fumes , coal smoke , paraffin fumes and other odours from heating systems can be tested for in the same way .
12 Sometimes the costs of the survey will be paid for by the prospective customer , later to be subtracted from the cost of the equipment should an order result .
13 File management systems can and should be directed to ensuring that no work is done that will not be paid for by the Legal Aid Board .
14 There is no indication how they decided what had to be paid for by the Stent but the total liability was divided amongst 132 quarter lands .
15 There is no indication how they decided what had to be paid for by the Stent but the total liability was divided amongst 132 quarter lands .
16 Specially recruited supervisory staff could be paid for by the local authority or by some other scheme initiator .
17 On the other hand , the detail of the knowledge achieved in the use of the intensive design has to be paid for by the ever-present possibility that the case one chose was not typical .
18 If a large increase could not be paid for by the National Coal Board then the government should meet it .
19 A system of ‘ National Assistance ’ was to be maintained for all those who fell outside the other benefits to be paid for by the national exchequer .
20 The three other prints will then be available to you on the same basis and each may be paid for in the same way .
21 Unless the state expanded its pre-school facilities , children would be catered for in the private sector , increasing class divisions .
22 Up to 1980 the supplementary benefit regulations permitted claimants in residential homes who could not be catered for by the local authority an amount sufficient to meet reasonable board and lodging charges in the area .
23 The payment will be costed gross and any retention or cash discount will be accounted for in the financial accounts .
24 We have seen how our feeling that a particular stretch of language in some way hangs together , or has unity , ( that it is , in other words , discourse ) , can not be accounted for in the same way as our feeling for the acceptability of a sentence .
25 Some of the difference may be accounted for by the greater number of court sites and judicial officials in proportion to population and area in Sri Lanka than in India .
26 Most notable was the small but marked increase in delivery time between 13.15 and 14.00 which can probably be accounted for by the gradual build-up of demand at a time when lunchtime rosters have effectively halved the number of bookfetching staff on duty , while a similar increase in delivery times for books requested between 16.45 and 17.00 ( when demand is falling ) is probably attributable to the change in shift and reduction in bookfetching staff which occurs at 17.00 .
27 Although these figures suggest some recent increase , as des Forges and Harber record only about 40 for the period 1950 to 1960 , this would easily be accounted for by the great increase in regular observations at the coast .
28 But this neglects the force of Althusser 's emphasis on Marxism as itself a theoretical practice with its own history of epistemological self-correction , a possibility derived from the work of the mathematician Jean Cavaillès , who stressed the degree to which the history of mathematics , particularly set theory , could be accounted for by the dialectical development of the concept .
29 The average correlation observed , 0.32 , between a subject 's estimates and the true figures is only slightly lower than the correlation of 0.4 reported in Brehmer ( 1987 ) and any difference could be accounted for by the different range of actual accident statistics used in the two studies .
30 Importantly , the difference in concordance rates could not be accounted for by the different concordance rates for alcoholism alone .
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