Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These Accounts are drawn up for a period of 52 weeks ended on 27th March 1993 and the comparative figures stated are in respect of a period of 52 weeks ended on 28th March 1992 . |
| 2 | Although the accounts are drawn up for the benefit of the proprietors or shareholders of a business , the primary objective of such accounts could be said to establish the amount of tax due to the Inland Revenue . |
| 3 | At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off . |
| 4 | Plans are going ahead for the proposed course — arrival on the Friday 16th May — start 17th May and end 23rd May — departure Saturday 24th May . |
| 5 | The programmes are noted particularly for the high quality of choral singing . |
| 6 | Activities and programmes are organised primarily for the benefit of juniors . |
| 7 | It has been said , in the first place , that they are used to throw into relief the particular property in the noun phrase which is of interest to the speaker ; that is , that adjectives are used postnominally for the sake of emphasis . |
| 8 | Contour maps for estimated inversion based on the shale velocity and the vitrinite methods are shown here for the central Southern North Sea ( Sole Pit area ; Figs. 9 and 10 ) . |
| 9 | Statistical methods are described separately for the continuous variables ( knowledge , attitudes , and beliefs ) and discrete variables ( smoking behaviour ) . |
| 10 | A disgruntled father whose two sons have been on several skiing fortnights feels school trips are run primarily for the teachers ' convenience . |
| 11 | Now that 24 hour pressure recordings are used increasingly for the investigation of disorders of oesophageal motility in patients with chest pain of undertermined origin , it is important to have a better understanding and a more precise characterisation of the non-deglutitive and non-peristaltic motor activity of the normal oesophagus . |
| 12 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 13 | The Disabled Drivers Association has been helping disabled people since 1948 , and all donations are used explicitly for the benefit of disabled people . |
| 14 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 15 | At Highlander , workshops of this sort of cultural exchange play a critical role in reaching across the natural human barriers which we can expect to find when a number of different people from widely different communities , cultural backgrounds , and economic and social circumstances are thrown together for a weekend to discuss their common problems in an attempt to find solutions . |
| 16 | High expectations are set up for the client to gradually learn to achieve deep feelings of heaviness and relaxation throughout the body . |
| 17 | Then it is back to monthly meetings as the money begins to come in and ideas are put forward for the following year . |
| 18 | So all the excavations are filled in for the sake of tidiness , and all the bolt-holes and entrance holes are filled in to help assess what 's been left . |
| 19 | Banks are competing fiercely for a share of the slower-growing market . |
| 20 | The families are heading off for the only place where they can make a living these days : the jungle area of Chapare in Cochabamba. province . |
| 21 | WIGAN ATHLETIC 'S mysterious new owners are standing by for an instant bonus — a third found FA Cup-tie at Old Trafford and the Pounds 100,000 minimum windfall it would bring in . |
| 22 | ’ Pluralist ’ reforms are promised vaguely for the future . |
| 23 | Under English evidential law , specific provisions are laid down for the submission and use of computer records in court . |
| 24 | Does the television studio , in which a group of academics are gathered together for a discussion on an ‘ academic ’ issue , count as an academic setting ? |
| 25 | Confusingly , the same terms are used also for the plant communities of these regions . |
| 26 | Could it be that the stripes are intended not for the eyes of lions but for the eyes of other zebras ? |
| 27 | Meals are eaten communally for the most part and we will meet together regularly for worship times . |
| 28 | Accommodation and flights are reserved only for the use of passengers named on the Booking Allocation . |
| 29 | The publicity the film attracted in Cannes followed Nicholson back to America where it was due for New York opening in July which , as Karen Black told me later , was an odd time : ‘ It was a college film and so it goes on release at exactly the same time as the colleges are closing down for the summer and everyone is going home . ’ |
| 30 | As we have seen , he argues that trade union government will be relatively centralised where agreements are drawn up for an industry or an entire country , and will be relatively decentralised where they are regionally- or plant-based . |