Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also plays host to a number of strange , ghostly occurrences according to a book I belong to Glasgow by Bill Hamilton and Gordon Carsely , from which I am most obliged for the information . |
| 2 | Given the specialised nature of law , it is argued that only the professionals themselves are properly qualified for the task . |
| 3 | The most easily dyed materials are wool and silk ; cotton and linen are difficult as they are made primarily of cellulose , being obtained from plants , rather than animal protein , and are better reserved for the time when experience has been obtained with dyeing wool . |
| 4 | This time round , thinks Aidan Mullaly , a negotiator for TM Energy Consultants , the RECs are better prepared for the negotiating process and are unlikely to panic as some did last year at the threat of a loss of business . |
| 5 | Everybody tells jokes at school , but most jokes are best kept for the playground . |
| 6 | Highly scented soaps are best kept for the bath and body , not your face , and never use a deodorant soap above your neck . |
| 7 | ‘ That where they are generally authorised for the purpose of Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 the Directors be and they are hereby empowered pursuant to Section 95 of the said Act to allot equity securities ( within the meaning of Section 94 of the said Act ) for cash , as if Section 89(1) of the said Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power shall : |
| 8 | Three approaches are generally considered for the application of contextual information in the field of text recognition . |
| 9 | The powers set out in the rest of Clause 3 are standard matters often appearing in a company 's memorandum and , as is common practice , they are broadly worded for the sake of completeness . |
| 10 | The powers set out in the rest of Clause 3 are standard matters often appearing in a company 's memorandum and , as is common practice , they are broadly worded for the sake of completeness . |
| 11 | IBM AIX Unix and Macintosh System are already destined for the architecture . |
| 12 | IBM AIX Unix and Apple Macintosh operating systems are already destined for the architecture . |
| 13 | All the main facilities of the school such as staff , buildings , playing fields and so forth are already provided for the fee paying pupils and no additional expenditure is incurred in respect of these costs by accepting a few children of the staff . |
| 14 | Our contracts specify that private patients , many of whom are themselves blood donors , are not charged for the blood itself . |
| 15 | ( iv ) Although the claims in these actions are not made for the performance of the obligations under the contracts or as a result of their breach , they do concern matters relating to a contract , since the court is determining the consequences of the nullity of the contracts , particularly with regard to the contractual matters of total failure of consideration and payments under a mistake . |
| 16 | On the other hand they are telling us we are not playing for the money but the love of the sport . |
| 17 | Those Conservative Members and the electorate know that we are not to blame for the mess that we are in . |
| 18 | The members of the new lower class , of those who are not chosen for the meritocracy , not only are at the bottom but are there because they both deserve to be and know it . |
| 19 | Reminding others that they do n't have much light left , or are not equipped for the top , is quite different . |
| 20 | The newspaper reporters , the commercial writers and the popularizers may have great social insight and great interviewing skills , but their work is very likely to be strongly value-laden and biased and they are not working for the development of sociological theory . |
| 21 | The H197Q mutant bound CP 96345 with the same affinity as the wild-type receptor ( Table 1 ) , indicating that the aromatic characteristics of His197 are not required for the interaction with the antagonist . |
| 22 | Well you 'd think they could because you are not paying for the service are you ? |
| 23 | If the conceptual boundaries between unpaid housework in the home and paid work in the labour market have been broken down , then it seems demonstrably unfair that housewives are not paid for the work they currently carry out for nothing . |
| 24 | Yeah I know it 's easier no you must feel really gutted , I mean I would I know , because as you said , you going out for ten months yeah exactly , yeah , exactly I mean come on you really liked him fancied him loved him oh wow , I said love , love love , I do n't know love hey man yeah yeah it 's probably , you know like when you dumped him for Danny it 's just probably like that yeah exactly exactly , so do n't worry oh come on he ca n't give up ten months for nothing I know it has to end someday , but it does n't I mean it 's like everyone thinks like that , it really annoys me , everybody , right who 's about our age yeah , they just go out with someone knowing that one day it 's gon na end , they 're just waiting for the day , and that you know , you should go out with someone with the intentions of being with them forever I know that sounds pathetic , but it 's true , yeah I know , yeah exactly yeah , yeah I know , why do you think I said it ? |
| 25 | You 're just paying for the convenience , are n't you , really with tea-bags , that they 're just all sealed , you know . |
| 26 | be seen to at the eye hospital , Sir John said in January I 'll send you to Altrincham because they have a specialist , go to the , like they have one go to the Cottage , each , a different like a skin one day , summat , so like you 're there and you 're not traipsing for the eye hospital |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps you 're not trying for the prize of a wedding-ring ; if so , I apologise , though nothing can bring back what I 've taken from you . ’ |
| 28 | You 're not asking for the order , let's do some training on that . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're not going for the green , are you ? ’ |
| 30 | It , it 's also a chain , from what you 're going on about , people regarding the service , I mean everyone 's had a bit , not just the erm , it , it 's the purchase managers more than the er , people who pay our premiums , they are just in time and we stood up to be shot at if we do n't pay the service , or put a big ones maybe , they 'll have half a carton of raw material left for that machine , so they 'll order an item for tomorrow morning , well they 're not to blame for the service , T N T's to blame for the service if we do n't get it erm , |