Example sentences of "be [verb] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women , because of the nurturing and caring roles allocated to them , the responsibility they are given for the well-being and happiness of children and of men , are much more likely to be taught the value of submitting to one 's fate and considering the needs of others before their own . |
| 2 | She hardly listened to Mr Lessing 's explanation ; the tutor was his cousin , who had been intended for the Church but proved to have divergent views from his bishop , and had resigned . |
| 3 | I am allowing for the fact that , in a substantial number of cases , investigations could not be concluded , and many complaints were withdrawn . |
| 4 | Bales had been arranged for the jury as they had been on the night of the fire . |
| 5 | The invisibility that threatened her drove her to perform to attract attention , so she had done well at school , been picked for the hockey and the swimming teams . |
| 6 | Partly I am mesmerised by its spinach-green tanks and cowling , its red pulleys , dogs and levers , its greasy leather belts , its twitching , glittering blades , stink of hot oil , petrol , exhaust … and partly I am praying for the chance that something — I 've no idea what , but just something — may go wrong … so that I , Jimbo , the firstborn , may step into the breach and save the day . |
| 7 | She told The Universe , the Catholic weekly : ‘ I am praying for the family and I feel very sorry for them . |
| 8 | Contrary to ( uninformed ? ) views sometimes expressed it is acknowledged that physical geographers are respected for the contribution that they can make — when they do make a specific contribution . |
| 9 | A charter of Charles the Bald in 875 exempted the peasants of St-Philibert , Tournus , in Burgundy from market dues " whether they are trading for the abbey or for themselves " . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I felt foolish that I had n't been prepared for the fact that his skin would be so bad or his teeth so deteriorated . |
| 12 | There is no point in simply applying lower speed limits on residential roads if the drivers have not been prepared for the fact that they must slow down . |
| 13 | It had been destined for the pinacotheca but the dealer had had a soft spot for Charlotte . … |
| 14 | However , the High Court of Justiciary considered the supply of excisable liquor outwith the permitted hours where an extension of the permitted hours had been granted for the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor to persons taking a table meal , and the liquor had been supplied to persons who had not requested or been provided with a meal . |
| 15 | ‘ For here we do not have an enduring city , but we are looking for the city that is to come , ’ says the writer to the Hebrews . |
| 16 | Parliamentary time has been made for the Bill and for amendment of the 1984 legislation . |
| 17 | Recommendations have been made for the legalisation and declassification of items formerly kept secret ; for their cataloguing ; their display on exhibition and the calculation of losses incurred by both parties . |
| 18 | In my view a good case has been made for the view that the learning processes involved in the formation of mating preference of humans have been subject to natural selection during the course of evolution . |
| 19 | They have set up an AIDS task force , which has been searching for the bug that causes the disease ; they suspect a virus . |
| 20 | It had been argued for the defendant that the payments had been made voluntarily to close the transaction , but Lord Reading held that payment under the type of pressure he had described was not so made . |
| 21 | Euro competition chief Sir Leon Brittan has been pushing for the guide since a survey found British cars were an average 59 per cent dearer than the cheapest Continental prices . |
| 22 | We 're staying for the party and we 're spending the night here . ’ |
| 23 | But er , frequently the animals are used for the research and there 's no pain involved at that time and they are killed humanly before the research actually takes place . |
| 24 | Protein-based products are used for the maintenance and reconstruction of the inner and outer layers of the hair and are particularly beneficial on chemically damaged hair . |
| 25 | So far £40 has been offered for the ball and £5 for the framed picture . |
| 26 | No fee has yet been agreed for the player but it is expected to be in the region of £35,000 . |
| 27 | The 3½m budget has been agreed for the project and the first phase of the programme , costing approximately £500,000 , is due to be completed soon . |
| 28 | And so the lines had been drawn for the battle that still raged , feminists and FAMILY glaring balefully at each other over the dying body of the welfare state . |
| 29 | Cells in North Yorkshire have also been used for the operation and there are currently 28 prisoners locked up in the region 's jails . |
| 30 | Nato has also been used for the neck and fingerboard and while the overall appearance of the SW213 wo n't compete with more expensive instruments it 's quite good enough for a 100 quid guitar . |