Example sentences of "[coord] [be] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 To nine patients out of ten she was the first hospital sister with whom they had been confronted , and the great majority , when they walked , were pushed , or were carried for the first time through the double doors of our main entrance , were very apprehensive and trying to hide the fact .
2 If in our plans we hope for the best and are prepared for the worst then we should be ready for anything in between .
3 Consequently very different prices can be and are charged for the same or similar things .
4 ‘ But we continue to study it and are looking for the right vehicle . ’
5 Adobe Systems Inc has licensed its PostScript software to Sony Corp so that it can offer a new software Raster Image Processor based on the Configurable PostScript Interpreter to be integrated into its existing News Unix workstations that drive output devices and are targeted for the Japanese market .
6 If you like night life and are heading for the Far East , do n't go to Japan .
7 To carry all that baby gear and be prepared for the small crises babies present us with so frequently , there 's nothing like a really good changing bag .
8 ‘ I want to win the junior at Wembley and be selected for the junior team for Brussels and then go into seniors and win the world championship at seventeen and be selected for the Olympics before I 'm twenty-one . ’
9 Perhaps those who came in repentance and were prepared for the running waters of Jordan to flow over their heads in judgment were thought of as undergoing the judgment of God in symbol so that they would not have to undergo it in its awful reality on the Day of Judgment .
10 ‘ On the 20th July we reached the 26th degree of S. Lat. , and were visited for the first time by the Cape petrel .
11 In Trinidad , West Indies were without Richards and were led for the first time by Desmond Haynes .
12 ‘ The Tasmanian Devil ’ has claimed over 350 victims in all quarters of the United States in the last year , and is noted for the savage ingenuity of his frenzied attacks .
13 When a healthy black person seeks employment and is tested for the sickle-cell anaemia gene , then is refused employment because there may be an extra risk under certain conditions , this is unfair .
14 The child must type the sentence with the words in the correct order , and is rewarded for the right answer by the picture coming to life — John jumps on his bike and cycles to school .
15 Griffin is hoping to run in the London Marathon and is aiming for the Olympic marathon in Barcelona .
16 This analysis is similar to that of shareholders ' funds and is required for the same reasons .
17 Mechanical woodpulp is acidic and is used for the cheapest types of paper like newsprint or certain types of cartridge paper .
18 The award scheme was launched in 1978 and is sponsored for the seventh consecutive year by American Express .
19 Since then he has toured and recorded extensively , and is known for the strong blues influence in his ballad and up tempo playing .
20 The Ben Hird Sword commemorates his seventy-two year association with the event , and is awarded for the greatest number of hits by a longbowman .
21 Its cost was £5,000 per car and was destined for the twelve sun saloons and six of the 1937 railcoaches , although these never materialised .
22 Here again the core of the work probably dates from some time before ( late 1745 ) and was expanded for the 1747 event .
23 The plaintiff lived in Totteridge and was evaluated for the poor rates by the assessors for Hatfield .
24 It moved northward through France from the Mediterranean coast and was recorded for the first time in Britain at a site in Hampshire , in March 1961 .
25 FRANCE 'S conservative op-position routed the ruling Socialist Party in yesterday 's first round of the general election and was heading for the biggest landslide victory this century .
26 Mowbray was frustrated over Achilles tendon and ankle injuries , and was suspended for the last game when Celtic suffered an embarrassing home defeat to Hibs .
27 Let us hope for the best but be prepared for the worst .
28 But be prepared for the unexpected — what you thought was impossible may not be !
29 JANSHER KHAN narrowly avoided a ban but was fined for the second time in six weeks by the International Squash Players Association yesterday — and lost ranking points which may cost him his world No.1 spot .
30 There is a poem by his friend Philip Larkin , entitled ‘ Letter to a Friend about Girls ’ , which was never published during Larkin 's lifetime but was retrieved for the Collected Poems of 1988 .
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