Example sentences of "[vb base] be [vb pp] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also reaffirmed was a commitment to protect the environment and to the creation of a new regional ecological order , support being expressed for the Costa Rican government 's proposal calling on the UN to establish a Council of the Planet Earth during the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil in 1992 . |
| 2 | We are reminded that the romance we seek is constructed for the outsider . |
| 3 | No save is allowed for a bolt thrower . |
| 4 | I am , of course , conscious that , as a convert to some important aspects of European integration , I risk being impeached for a lack of consistency ; however , I am always happy to recall the words of Ralph Emerson , who said : ’ A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little statemen and philosophers and divines . ’ |
| 5 | So I ask you to be open minded they may seem a little bit off the wall to start with , but everything that we do is done for a purpose to achieve er what we 're wanting to achieve and what I do want to achieve is by the end of tomorrow is to have given you a system . |
| 6 | They 've been engaged for a year , and it was decided the wedding could take place during August , when there is just routine spraying and pruning to be done , well before the vendange itself , when I can not do without him . ’ |
| 7 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 8 | Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been excused for the moment . |
| 10 | ‘ I feel I 've been taken for a fool . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not a pleasant feeling to find out you 've been taken for a ride by someone you trusted . ’ |
| 12 | They claim they 've been taken for a ride . |
| 13 | ‘ It will be the third time I 've been measured for a blazer — but I missed out on the last two ( matches ) , ’ Lane added . |
| 14 | Look at the times I 've been refused for the forces . |
| 15 | They 've been bought for the fact that all over the country there 's all these holes in the wall and people are putting up shelves , building furniture or whatever . |
| 16 | ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for the sale of the Adidas sporting goods company to Robert Louis-Dreyfus , the chief executive of Saatchi & Saatchi , and allied French investors , a French business paper reported yesterday . |
| 17 | ( The reformulations have been italicised for the purpose of the present discussion ) . |
| 18 | Contracts have been arranged for the supply from other parts of BAe to enable the new company to operate autonomously . |
| 19 | And over 3,400 gun owners have been prosecuted for the loss of firearms through negligence . |
| 20 | Various psychological tests have been devised for the purpose of diagnosing the presence or absence of logical ability but agreement on the relevant criteria has been difficult to reach . |
| 21 | Special air-drying techniques using extended room temperature hypotonic treatments , or shorter hypotonic treatments at higher temperatures , have been devised for the production of extended pachytene chromosomes which can be used for mapping of individual bivalents ( 10–13 ) . |
| 22 | Three more people have been prepared for the surgery , which involves implanting electrodes into the inner ear . |
| 23 | Forms have been prepared for the assessment process , and amendments to the Client Index to support needs assessment are about to be commissioned . |
| 24 | These guidelines have been prepared for the information and guidance of staff in centres preparing and offering the National Certificate in Travel , and should be read in conjunction with the module descriptors . |
| 25 | PREPED Approval listings have been prepared for the package which has been requested for approval . |
| 26 | Costs from more routine accidents build up , and it is these sorts of accidents which have been costed for the HSE study . |
| 27 | Some pits have been reprieved for the time being , but the closure programme may simply be delayed , the price of buying off political defeat being a £500 million subsidy over the next two years . |
| 28 | In addition , rates have been increased for the minority of our policyholders who live in the larger cities because of the soaring number of thefts there . |
| 29 | Syrian forces , Lebanese troops , and militiamen have been poised for a week for an attack to seize the palace . |
| 30 | Syrian forces , Lebanese troops , and militiamen have been poised for a week for an attack to seize the palace . |