Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You react like one when you burn the toast , so why should n't you react like one when you are pitching for a new account ? |
| 2 | The quantities for most of the meals on the following pages are given for a single portion . |
| 3 | These data are given for the post-war period in Figure 2.1 . |
| 4 | Eminent scientists are clamouring for an outright ban on all chlorine substances . |
| 5 | Tint the undercoat with whatever you are using for the final colour and you will get a good , even finish . |
| 6 | Sheffield Steelers are sweeping the opposition aside in their bid to gain league entry , while Trafford Metros , Medway Bears and Streatham Redskins are competing for the other vacancy . |
| 7 | Erm elsewhere in my statement I have indicated an appropriate provision of employment land which is related to the population size which we are suggesting for the new settlement . |
| 8 | standing committees which are formed for a particular purpose on a permanent basis . |
| 9 | Emission standards are designated for a large number of pollutants or combinations of pollutants and may be applied to individual or specific groups of emitters . |
| 10 | It is suggested that the use of general dictionaries may be insufficient to recognise text taken from more esoteric domains or documents that are intended for a specific audience . |
| 11 | Sewage works , farming , industry in general and drought are blamed for the declining quality of our rivers , canals and estuaries . |
| 12 | Few exercise routines are designed for the 55-plus age range , so do n't do anything that hurts or is exhausting . |
| 13 | Long leys ( often misnamed ‘ permanent leys ’ ) are designed for the long-term improvement of grassland . |
| 14 | These lunchtime seminars in the heart of the Birmingham business quarter are designed for the growing network of media enterprises in the city . |
| 15 | But not all radio campaigns are in support of TV , and all TV ads are designed for an additional sense : sight . |
| 16 | A cruel generalisation , but probably justified , would be to suggest that the large majority of curricula in Africa are designed for an ideal situation — namely a uniform six-year-old entry , relatively homogeneous in age and culture , equal in sex and of average size ( say 30–45 in a class ) who attend regularly , repeat seldom and complete their primary course . |
| 17 | Apart from these texts there are a few which are revealing for the opposite reason : they deny the existence of a trust where it might have been expected . |
| 18 | These drugs are recommended for the short term treatment ( one to two weeks ) of acute constipation and as a purgative before diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy . |
| 19 | In the year it joins the group , its results are included for the whole period . |
| 20 | the election for which you are applying for an absent vote ; |
| 21 | Priests inside Malawi are pressing for a new statement from the bishops . |
| 22 | ALMOST four years after the 1985 crash of an airliner in Gander , Newfoundland , in which 248 US servicemen were killed , a group of congressmen are pressing for a new inquiry into the disaster . |
| 23 | It is significant that it is the Africans who are pressing for a partial lifting of the ban and the maligned fur trade has made no move in that direction . |
| 24 | Over 300 paintings are expected for the open competition and there will also be painting demonstrations , displays by art suppliers as well as an auction of paintings by well-known artists . |
| 25 | Adobe Systems Inc has licensed its PostScript software to Sony Corp so that it can offer a new software Raster Image Processor based on the Configurable PostScript Interpreter to be integrated into its existing News Unix workstations that drive output devices and are targeted for the Japanese market . |
| 26 | Note that when a package has been submitted for QA approval , all changes are frozen for the given package . |
| 27 | Almost all cars that are stolen are reported for the simple reason that that is the only way owners will get insurance compensation ; and insurance is often a major reason for reporting other thefts and burglary . |
| 28 | For people who are training for a particular sport such as karate , specific exercises can be inserted in the routine , for example alternate mae-geri or squat/standup/mae-geri . |
| 29 | Now I am looking for a new start and go on from there . ’ |
| 30 | And can I remind the district planning officers I am looking for a positive contribution from you on Tuesday . |