Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] be [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games .
2 A joint initiative between BMW and Bolney Motors , it recycles everything in the damaged cars that are sent there for ‘ treatment ’ .
3 Organizations are thus conceived of as purposive social arrangements , as stable social groups with internally differentiated roles that are brought together for some purpose .
4 Perhaps the best known version is Shakespeare 's seven ages of man which is a poetic statement of what had already been received wisdom for centuries and was to remain so for centuries to come .
5 The edit function screen displays eight stave lines and is used mainly for cutting and pasting sections of music as the detail is not sufficient for more detailed editing .
6 Schools actually place orders on the showroom visits and are invoiced directly for these .
7 Meanwhile the other seemed to have finished his duties and was waiting patiently for the movie-person to regain a most equitable composure .
8 We will also increase investment in development and management to ensure we can continue to deliver awards that are recognised internationally for their practical focus on the workplace .
9 He made films that were designed basically for the drive-in movie , to be glimpsed between clinches .
10 They were to act as trainers for bomber gunners and were armoured accordingly for these manned targets were to be shot at — with frangible bullets !
11 Vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients that are required not for their calorific value , which is negligible , but because they help regulate the body 's metabolism .
12 Habré arranged elections and was sworn in for a further seven-year presidential term on Dec. 22 , 1989 , but was overthrown on Dec , 1 , 1990 , by rebel forces from the east under the leadership of his one-time military commander Idriss Déby , leader of the Patriotic Salvation Movement ( MPS ) [ see p. 37907 ] .
13 I ended up going over the falls and being held under for a long time , and thinking there was no way I was going to come up before the next wave came across .
14 If the hour and 25 minutes sometimes drags through moments that are spun out for too long , and through some unnecessary tricksiness with the screens , that 's because it seems Lepage has n't yet quite found what he wants Miles Davis and Jean Cocteau to reveal to him .
15 We must conclude that the time zone niche has not delivered the benefits that were held out for it when LIFFE was established .
16 Mr Baines needed stitches and was kept in for observation after needles from the artificial conifer , wielded by wife Lorraine , became embedded in his scalp .
17 Well if you remember that the Jarrow marches and the general strike were n't very many years erm you know be behind the preparations that were going on for the second world war .
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