Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set a massive 440 after being dismissed for a paltry 96 in their first innings , the champions showed their pedigree by reaching the target with four wickets to spare . |
| 2 | Three weeks ago another prisoner in Durham , with the same surname , was found hanged in his cell after being mistaken for the alleged killer . |
| 3 | Criticism arrangement and pointed out that William Hay had only been elected the first DUP mayor after being nominated for the fifth time . |
| 4 | He 's supposed to be staying at a children 's home , but he spent last night in police cells after being arrested for the thirtieth time — for breaching bail conditions . |
| 5 | Greg 's medal came in 1990 , when he achieved the distinction of being selected for the British senior world championship eight in the same year . |
| 6 | It is the combination of being told for the first time that you have coronary disease with the need for an emergency procedure , for example , an angiogram . |
| 7 | A vast new illegal industry came into being to cater for the continuing thirst of the nation . |
| 8 | The new school came into being to provide for the increasing numbers of Methodist children in Edenderry . |
| 9 | Wintle got back to intercept Boobyer 's pass to Proctor , but was dispossessed and Ieuan Evans crossed on the right before being recalled for an earlier knock-on . |
| 10 | Wintle got back to intercept Boobyer 's pass to Proctor , but was dispossessed and Ieuan Evans crossed on the right before being recalled for an earlier knock-on . |
| 11 | He played in last summer 's first Test against Pakistan — getting a first ball duck — and was dropped again before being recalled for the final two Tests . |
| 12 | He was flown from Edinburgh to Manchester airport before being taken for a tearful re-union with his mother 's parents . |
| 13 | It seems to be gone for a long time . |
| 14 | Although , since she 'd once experienced the so-called ‘ real thing ’ — a wild , tempestuous tide of overwhelming emotion and desire , which had brought her nothing but misery and unhappiness — well , maybe there was something to be said for a warm , calm and friendly relationship … ? |
| 15 | Finally , there may be something to be said for a non-exhaustive list of situations in which consent will be negatived . |
| 16 | There 's a lot to be said for an up-market Scottish education but in retrospect you can come away with some pernicious ideas , particularly the idea that thought is superior to action . |
| 17 | There is perhaps something to be said for the continued use of the term student from the motives that led the Greeks to call the Furies the Eumenides , " the kindly ones ' , in the hope that the use of a flattering name might induce them to live up to it . |
| 18 | Eighteenth-century politics have long had an unsavoury reputation , and although in the case of Scotland much of that reputation can be traced to the persuasive , but not strictly accurate , writings of Henry Cockburn and other Whig reformers of the early nineteenth century , it must be conceded at the outset that there is something to be said for the received account . |
| 19 | There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions . |
| 20 | In instrumental terms there is much to be said for the informal approach . |
| 21 | There is something , at least , to be said for the old order : ‘ Educational injustice enabled people to preserve their illusions , inequality of opportunity fostered the myth of human equality . ’ |
| 22 | It would have given her an excuse to be searching for a particular room , but she had been so frightened … |
| 23 | In January 1973 the Scottish Education Department , on behalf of the four Central ( Art ) Institutions , formally approached the CNAA with a proposal for their Associateship and Diploma courses to be recognized for a classified degree in art and design . |
| 24 | However , they mean that the pilot has to be prepared for a possible launch failure or cable break on every flight . |
| 25 | A complete list of art objects lost between Germany and Russia during and after World War II is to be prepared for a new , German , state-funded foundation which will aim to help both countries to regain their lost or displaced art works . |
| 26 | What is needed is a willingness to be open to fresh possibilities — to be prepared for a constant voyage of exploration . |
| 27 | I had warned my men overnight to be prepared for an early start , and a little before sunrise , leaving them to pack up and follow me , I said good-bye to my friends at Dalkania and started on the two-mile climb to the forest road on the ridge above … . |
| 28 | That shows that both the president 's National Party ( NP ) and the ANC intend to be prepared for the first non-racial elections for a constituent assembly ; it is also a clear sign that both of them are sure that they can convince the other parties that the path they have laid down is the one to follow . |
| 29 | Anyone going beyond silent forms of disaffection had still to be prepared for the worst from the servants and supporters of a regime now in extremis . |
| 30 | But we have to be prepared for the unexpected . |