Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THERE is something to be said for a government creating horrible problems for itself . |
| 2 | I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you inside out know his ways and how to cope with them but never ever put yourself at his mercy by marrying him . |
| 3 | Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out . |
| 4 | On the other hand , there is not much to be said for a speciality in women 's media because the field is too broad and general . |
| 5 | To condition hardboards , leave them in the room where they are to be fixed for a minimum of three days . |
| 6 | Sent to Pipe to be prepared for a Gold Cup campaign , he indicated abundant potential when strolling home in a handicap at Wincanton on Boxing Day . |
| 7 | To give you another example , the initial design for the Dalek had to be prepared for a Monday morning meeting . |
| 8 | With opinion polls depicting a nation uncertain about its future and sceptical of political leaders , an estimated 100m votes are expected to be cast for a president , 35 senators , new House of Representatives , a dozen governors and countless state and local leaders . |
| 9 | It also prevents discoloration of icing by the cake if it is to be kept for a while . |
| 10 | In Bill Larnach 's view , too many students came ( and perhaps still come ) to university to seek , as it were , a badge , a qualification that would enable them to be accepted for a job . |
| 11 | The laws of Ine and Wihtred contain one clause in common concerning the need for a stranger to shout or blow his horn if straying off the trackway if he did not wish to be mistaken for a thief . |
| 12 | Whilst under the protection of a sympathetic government the balance of power had unquestionably shifted perceptibly towards the lower classes , landlords and employers remained sufficiently strong and confident to be poised for a counter-attack should the political climate change . |
| 13 | We are tempted , perhaps , to associate them with what they are of , or what they represent , and hence to remove them from where they otherwise would seem to be , and hence to be lost for a location to which to assign them . |
| 14 | It was Sir William Fleming , Sir Daniel 's son , ( Sir Daniel having died in 1701 ) who drew up a lease during 1703 reserving one-seventh as Royalty and requiring at least four able workmen to be employed for a minimum of six months in every year . |
| 15 | He is reported to have invited himself to lunch with the Mayor of Bodmin , but firstly asked his worship for a gallows to be erected for a hanging . |
| 16 | It is not user-friendly and leaves a lot to be desired for a software support product — rather surprising considering that the DSP32C is a very impressive device . |
| 17 | It is to be hoped they will be bombarded with complaints in an endeavour to have the increases revoked and for consideration to be given for a reduction of the already high charges . |
| 18 | Thus in calculating the date to be given for a hearing ( Ord 7 , r 10(5) ) , an additional seven days must always be allowed where postal service is effected . |
| 19 | The five guerrillas , armed with rifles and dynamite , shot dead a photographer who volunteered to be exchanged for a hostage , the middle-aged wife of the hotel manager . |
| 20 | There were to be three more co-opted Governors , to be appointed for a term of five years , but none was to be appointed until the original " life " Governors gave up their seats . |
| 21 | Anglesey meanwhile , have two debutantes in their line-up one of them the first RAF Valley player to be selected for a decade . |
| 22 | The Government has had a Cabinet committee looking at ways of reducing unemployment but its recommended package is not due to be announced for a couple of weeks . |
| 23 | The Government has had a special Cabinet committee looking at ways of reducing unemployment but its recommended package is not due to be announced for a couple of weeks . |
| 24 | This enabled car 11 to be extracted for a farewell tour in January 1963 , but it never went back , and so was preserved for posterity . |
| 25 | The amendment by an expatriate Scot , George Cunningham ( Labour , Islington ) , by ensuring that a 40 per cent vote of the electorate ( not simply of those voting ) would have to be achieved for a devolution bill to go through and for a repeal order not to be tabled , made devolution , at least for Wales , virtually an impossibility . |
| 26 | The children were given no explanations , no assurances ; only the oldest of the nine , a fifteen-year-old boy , was told they were to be questioned for a day . |
| 27 | And it can quickly produce a list of signs that need to be altered for a relief route or during a major road repair . |
| 28 | Substitution of manufactured exports for domestic grain imports permitted the population to be fed for a century , beyond the capacity of domestic agriculture , without a reduction in fertility or a rise in mortality . |
| 29 | The time span which is likely to be required for a generation of more effective large-scale entrepreneurs to evolve is considerable . |
| 30 | Easter is with us and it is good to be reminded for a while about the eternal religious traditions , such as a really stupid controversy . |