Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He arrived in the West Country after a long train journey from his Cleveland home to admit that the Fedora , ever-present symbol of Crystal Palace 's 1976 FA Cup run , has long since been auctioned off for £1,500 to charity . |
| 2 | It had all been going on for years , Chertro said , and apparently earlier technicians had been doing the same for a long time before . |
| 3 | Unlike trading losses , no mechanism exists for carry back or surrender of capital losses to other group companies , and they can only be carried forward for use by the same company . |
| 4 | In general these texts give the impression that where interpretative principles had already been worked out for legacies , trusts followed them ; and where they had not , much the same principles were adopted for both institutions . |
| 5 | has already been signed up for Crediton Rugby Club . |
| 6 | These steps into a wider world were part of a great process of expansion by western Europe that had already been going on for decades . |
| 7 | These new towns proposed all over the country have been called ‘ a solution in search of a problem ’ by the CPRE — in other words a solution to a non-existent problem , as enough land has already been put aside for people to be housed . |
| 8 | When Menelik founded Addis Ababa in 1889 the countryside had been forested with juniper and wild olive , but these had soon been cut down for firewood and building material , whereupon Menelik announced that he was going to move his capital for the third time . |
| 9 | This sign announced that The Victorian Fitted Kitchen Company would soon be opening there for business . |
| 10 | ‘ Better hurry , or they 'll soon be knocking off for lunch . ’ |
| 11 | To save precious fuel , sheep were occasionally used on the front field instead of a motor-mower to keep the grass in check , though it probably did not matter too much , as for a short period the field could no longer be used anyway for Games , owing to the telegraph poles and other obstacles laid and dug there to thwart landings by German gliders and paratroopers . |
| 12 | She therefore rents her newly acquired property during this period : ‘ My four-bedroom apartment can easily be let out for £1,500 per week gross , which , less Spanish tax and rental commission , works out at approximately £1,000 per week , which covers my community charges and management fees . ’ |
| 13 | Hotel rooms will be smaller than their US equivalents , the park itself is on a smaller scale and , although plans are already being drawn up for Phase Two , incorporating a European MGM Studio theme park , the initial range of attractions wo n't rival Disney World in Florida . |
| 14 | Amber has always been used predominantly for jewellery , but in later times it also served to meet a variety of personal needs such as smoking gear , rosaries and worry beads . |
| 15 | The client would usually be looking secretly for guidance , and would be likely not just to sell out of his Rolls Royce shares , but to reinvest his original £500 with any profit , plus say £1,000 further capital in the stock proposed . |
| 16 | The length of the cable then rests on the staples and can always be lifted off for painting and cleaning . |
| 17 | Today , in the extremely unlikely event of its ever being put up for sale , it would certainly fetch several million US dollars on the open market . |
| 18 | Yesterday , the superlatives were still being tossed around for Arazi , who won impressively at Saint-Cloud on Tuesday to confirm his passage to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby , on May 2 . |
| 19 | Orthodox wooden construction is still being used today for fishing vessels , minesweepers and yachts of up to four or five hundred tons . |
| 20 | However , the majority mood of the house yesterday was running strongly for Mr V.P. Singh . |
| 21 | The plaintiffs were the informers against the keepers of the disorderly house who had first pleaded guilty and then later been called up for judgment and sentence . |
| 22 | The concept of quality of life of older people , particularly in residential settings but also in the community , has been the subject of considerable research and academic interest ( e.g. Hughes , 1990 ) and has also been developed considerably for application in inspection and quality assurance procedures ( e.g. Sinclair and Gibb , 1990 ; DoH , 1989c ) . |
| 23 | More specialised sampling has also been carried out for gold and pathfinder elements ( Edmunds , personal communication October 1989 ) . |
| 24 | Analyses have also been carried out for customers , such as Yorkshire Water plc . |
| 25 | Aid on a similar scale is also being put together for Hungary . |
| 26 | It will all end up in those grim audio-visual departments where it will eventually be auctioned off for peanuts during a cost-saving period . |
| 27 | Ideas have been sought from related organisations and the public throughout the project , and the draft management plan has now been sent out for consultation . |
| 28 | The land had originally been set aside for housing . |
| 29 | If she had still been in love with Finn , Lydia would not now be casting round for ways to entertain herself . |
| 30 | The dedicated comic fan may argue that most publications mentioned so far were written mostly for males — what about comics written specifically for females ? |