Example sentences of "[been] [verb] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The uncertainty was fuelled further when Larne boss Gary Irwin admitted that he thought the goal had been disallowed for a foul on goalkeeper Graeme McConnell .
2 The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position .
3 To compensate a bit for the loss , Greatest Hits from that long and illustrious lineage — ‘ Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ’ and its copains — have been gathered for the nonce in a smaller space elsewhere in the museum .
4 No systematic survey of vegetation , habitat , or species losses due to agricultural development has been undertaken for the whole of the UK uplands , nor is one planned .
5 A contract has been placed for the supply of this equipment to prisons that hold category A prisoners .
6 From the statement " It has been raining for an hour in Chicago " , for example , we are able to infer , using our knowledge of the real world , that the streets of Chicago are wet .
7 The Beeching proposals have been criticized for the lack of serious consideration given to the possibility of retaining many unprofitable passenger services , and the case for closure was presented in a way that prejudged the final decision .
8 Derrida has sometimes been criticized for the generality of phrases such as ‘ the history of the West ’ or the claim that his work involves a critique of ‘ Western metaphysics ’ .
9 While Castells ' early work has usually been criticized for the absence of agency and consequent essentially functionalist explanation , this absence of connection between base and consciousness — an implicit dismissal of the notion that social being determines consciousness — is also a licence for action explanations in a Weberian tradition which completely sever the connection between the production system and social action around reproduction .
10 Contracts have been arranged for the supply from other parts of BAe to enable the new company to operate autonomously .
11 A wide variety of methods has been developed for the preparation of such samples , which are described as matrix-isolated .
12 Computer software has been developed for the estimation of large systems of such equations subject to cross-equation restrictions and also subject to changes of regime , so that the model can be permitted to shift in the face of institutional changes ( such as the switch to floating exchange rates ) while certain underlying behavioural parameters , such as in the desired money velocity function , remain constant .
13 Polymerase chain reaction amplification assays have been developed for the detection of a number of mycobacterial species and have proven successful in the detection of mycobacteria from a variety of clinical specimens .
14 From an increasing understanding of soils and how to improve their nutrient status for increased plant production and associated work , a number of techniques have been developed for the reclamation of hill land ( 6 ) .
15 The long term view that is required for mineral exploitation means that planning permissions have generally been given for a working with a long life commonly not less than fifteen years , and , on occasion , up to sixty years .
16 The form of T k has been given for a variety of cosmological models in refs 19 , 28 .
17 An encouraging development is that the opportunity has been given for a submission to be made in early autumn on behalf of the preserved railway movement to the House of Commons Select Committee which will be dealing with the Government 's privatisation proposals .
18 Free kick has been given for a foul on Oldfield .
19 Capital approval has also been given for the building of a new warehouse at Telford which will link together the soup and cereals factories and is due for completion next spring .
20 Thus , when Ludendorff arrived at his new headquarters at Marienburg , orders had already been given for the mass of the Eighth Army to form a half-moon facing southeast , toward the centre of which' Samsonov , urged on by telegrams from Jilinski , was now marching his weary men .
21 Mr. A. Harman , confidential clerk at the brewery , wrote to Whitbread saying that the Attorney-General ( Spencer Perceval ) had stated that he knew of no security having been given for the sum of money in Mr. Whitbread 's will .
22 Approval has now been given for the acquisition of the building .
23 Two further reasons have been given for the establishment of government-owned newspapers or for the taking over of existing privately owned ones .
24 PERMISSION has been given for the erection of a replacement dwelling at 65 Ashurst Cottage , Fairview Road , Headley Down .
25 PERMISSION has been given for the erection of a stable block at Ashlea House , in South Town Road , Medstead .
26 Contracts had already been given for the erection of grandstands and a tented village .
27 Before the second Dutch war they argued for parliamentary control of the revenue destined for the war , and during the session of 1666–7 Garway was in the forefront of the group 's attacks on government corruption , proposing a statutory committee to examine the accounts of the money which had been given for the war with the Dutch .
28 Invariably the cases studied had been referred for a variety of concerns and worries about the children but there was no unequivocal evidence that the children were abused according to any definition .
29 Dozens of street musicians have been competing for the title of Britain 's best busker .
30 Brewers have been competing for the title of Best British Beer at the industry 's own version of the Oscars .
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