Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] for [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Female choice has only properly been tested for in the case of one such character , the long tail of a species of widow bird , and it was confirmed to be operating .
2 As indicated at the beginning of this article sales must not only be paid for by the buyer but the funds must be received quickly by the exporter and the banks are very much involved at this stage through : —
3 The CPRE believes that enough land has already been provided for in the Structure Plans of the south east to meet these requirements and that there is in fact a 38 per cent over-supply of land .
4 ‘ They had just been reconciled for about the 18th time and when work forced them apart he started on the vodka .
5 Unfortunately Freud 's evidence for his propositions was somewhat indirect , being derived from the ‘ memories ’ of adult patients , whose difficulties and characteristics he believed could best be accounted for by the libidinal theory .
6 The dissolution , taking an account of the distribution of assets , should normally be provided for in the partnership deed .
7 Although these figures suggest some recent increase , as des Forges and Harber record only about 40 for the period 1950 to 1960 , this would easily be accounted for by the great increase in regular observations at the coast .
8 Shiloh , now renamed Blackie , is still being cared for at the Bothwellbridge Animal Welfare Centre at Hamilton .
9 In recent years prisons have accumulated increasing numbers of mentally disordered people who at one time would probably been cared for in the old asylums .
10 It will be needed for search purposes , and it will also be called for by the buyers .
11 This can partly be accounted for by the social milieu in which many of them are set , that stereotypically ‘ Cowardian ’ world of elegant hotel bedrooms where the cocktail shaker is always within reach .
12 Most notable was the small but marked increase in delivery time between 13.15 and 14.00 which can probably be accounted for by the gradual build-up of demand at a time when lunchtime rosters have effectively halved the number of bookfetching staff on duty , while a similar increase in delivery times for books requested between 16.45 and 17.00 ( when demand is falling ) is probably attributable to the change in shift and reduction in bookfetching staff which occurs at 17.00 .
13 I point out the difference as many people with mental health problems are now being cared for in the community and I feel that the community needs to understand these people rather than doubly stigmatise them by thinking that they have two illnesses rather than one .
14 If this theory is right , then the presence of tigers in Siberia today is accounted for by the fact that when the ice relented and moved northward again , the tiger , complete with its new stripes , followed in search of fresh fields and new sources of prey .
15 The variation here is accounted for by the differences in the very small number of entrants gaining firsts .
16 High levels of investment will be needed , whichever option is chosen , and the cost will ultimately be paid for by the consumer .
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