Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am slicing bread for tea when Jancey arrives . |
| 2 | Finally , you are looking to see that you are getting value for money , and getting what you are paying for — area of land , size of rooms , and ( dare I say it ? ) good neighbours . |
| 3 | If you are claiming compensation for damage , please keep the damaged article and its packaging , as we may need to inspect them . |
| 4 | You are allowed relief for inflation ( your local tax office can supply the figure , which is updated every month ) , and you also deduct all expenses such as stamp duty and stockbrokers ' charges . |
| 5 | CHATEAU LAVERGNE MOULIN 1990 ( Asda , £3.35 ) : Really classy , smooth , velvety Bordeaux , the perfect choice if you 're having beef for Christmas . |
| 6 | And at the end of the day you would be into relating what people do in their job descriptions to whether you were getting value for money from those members of staff . |
| 7 | If you were giving outline for building , it would be different . |
| 8 | A couple of times she 's sent money for Easter eggs and school photos . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's having chemotherapy for leukaemia . ’ |
| 10 | And she was ordering stuff for Nana , you know , fruits , sweets , crisps all sorts of things , upstairs and downstairs and chocolates in , you know , she 'd just go up the shops and buy them . |
| 11 | A member of the first Dáil Éireann , 21 January 1919 , she was appointed minister for labour . |
| 12 | The newspaper was demanding that the public be given a good show for their money : ‘ It is still necessary to ask ourselves whether we are getting value for money . |
| 13 | She points to the additional 1.9 per cent which is being offered for growth and argues the more explicit guidelines are there to ‘ make sure we are getting value for money ’ . |
| 14 | And we are making provision for executive housing in our area as well as erm er outside the area . |
| 15 | We were expected to put our hands in our pockets and shell out regardless of whether or not we were getting value for money . |
| 16 | The difficulty with this is that unless there are well-established efficiency measures for the services of the department neither it nor its users will know whether they are getting value for money . |
| 17 | But customers at present have difficulty in knowing whether they are getting value for money . |
| 18 | The buyers of services are becoming more selective , unconcerned about cosy established relationships and anxious to be convinced that they are receiving value for money : competitiveness and excellence are the watchwords for the future . |
| 19 | According to , there are ways to get clients to feel they are receiving value for money in terms of how the service is delivered : ‘ People are impressed by well-produced documentation and plain English in presentation . |
| 20 | But the charities say plans have not even been drawn up to develop the homes and that housing associations have refused to start work on projects until they are promised funding for running costs . |
| 21 | There is little variation by sex or social class in these attitudes , and little consistent variation with age except that the older the respondents , the more likely they are to consider Respect for authority and Discipline and orderliness essential , and the less likely to consider Sex education essential . |
| 22 | The specially-adapted unmarked cars will be compared on a day-to-day basis with a marked police car to see if they are giving value for money . |
| 23 | This is just what we should expect if they are playing Tit for Tat . |
| 24 | Even though independent schools are just as neglectful in the courses which are offered to the non-convergent child as are their state counterparts , at least their parents draw comfort from a feeling that , through their cheque books , they are signalling respect for quality and individualism . |
| 25 | The only other time they 're paid compensation for loss of earnings , is when they 're sick as a result of an injury received on duty , you know Fire Brigade duty . |
| 26 | By introducing a per capita tax , it was the government 's aim to draw every adult 's attention to exactly how much their local services were costing and to encourage them to assess whether they were receiving value for money . |
| 27 | This will act as a yardstick by which industry and local authorities could check they were getting value for money , he said . |
| 28 | Members of suitable quality were needed , but members must feel that they were getting value for money . |
| 29 | The board has lodged five complaints with the LEA and is questioning whether it is getting value for money . |
| 30 | It was called Tit for Tat , and was submitted by Professor Anatol Rapoport , a well-known psychologist and games theorist from Toronto . |