Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [noun prp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the fact that the embassy had already been delayed in Dover for a fortnight had cost him 14,000 crowns even before these further disasters . |
| 2 | Ironically his former club are competing with Middlesbrough for a play-off place but there can be no doubt that , despite the Kevin Keegan and Denis Smith events of recent months that Middlesbrough are the team of the moment . |
| 3 | They are joined in Brighton for the first time by LONDON NEW MUSIC . |
| 4 | In contrast to its substantial commitment to the archiving of quantitative survey data the national ESRC Data Archive , ensuring the permanent availability of the most significant material for future research , no policy has been developed by ESRC for the depositing of important qualitative data . |
| 5 | Two years before , an opera-ballet , La Liberazione di Ruggieros after Ariosto , by Caccini 's daughter Francesca ( 1587–c. 1640 ) , had been given in Florence for the benefit of the future Wladyslaw IV of Poland . |
| 6 | Methadone has been prescribed in Edinburgh for the past few years in an effort to control the spread of AIDS by offering people an alternative to injecting drugs . |
| 7 | But the harsh reality is that if I had n't been picked by England for the tour to India , I would have struggled to make ends meet this winter — I do n't know what I would have done . |
| 8 | Commerciality has been granted by Pertamina for a gas development in the Madura PSC [ LASMO 12.58 per cent ] . |
| 9 | ‘ Britain 's influence is much weaker and countries are looking to Germany for a lead , ’ he said . |
| 10 | My husband has not paid the community charge which has been operating in Scotland for a year . |
| 11 | He says even though his company as been operating in Spain for the past 10 years , it has found it difficult to establish a market there . |
| 12 | At Benjamin Rhodes , there are new paintings by Simon Edmondson ( 17 June-7 August ) , who has been living in Madrid for the last twelve months and previously showed with Nicola Jacobs . |
| 13 | The three had been sentenced in June for an attack in February on RCD offices in which an elderly security guard was killed [ see pp. 38026 ; 38122 ] . |
| 14 | ANDREW GREEN , of Warrington A.C. , and Brenda Walker , a former Liverpool Women 's 10k winner from the Isle of Man , have been selected by Britain for the IAAF World Marathon Cup in San Sebastian , Spain , on October 31 . |
| 15 | You do n't miss a day off school just because you 're going to France for a day |
| 16 | Four thousand troops and airmen have been drafted into Abingdon for the excercise codenamed Roaring Lion . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ We have been waiting since April for the sentence but another man could do this . |
| 18 | There are also optional cards that are offered by Toyota for the K858 , all in multiples of 12 stitch repeats . |
| 19 | Hundreds of New Age vehicles are heading for Stonehenge for the weekend , but they 'll be turned away and could head north into Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire . |
| 20 | ‘ So this king , ’ wrote Sir Thomas Gray , ‘ led a gay life in jousts and tourneys and entertaining ladies , until the lords who had been disinherited in Scotland for the cause of himself and his predecessors made supplication to him that he would restore to them their inheritances which they had lost on his account and allow them to take their own measures . ’ |
| 21 | André and I are going to Monaco for the evening . ’ |
| 22 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 23 | Johnson was highly ranked but had been based in England for a few months under ten years . |
| 24 | General Manager Dick Field has been based in Luanda for the past three-and-a-half years . |
| 25 | The desire to outshine others provoked extravagance , such as that shown by a Marquise who wrote to a friend : ‘ I have been invited to Compiègne for a week so I have sold a mill ! ’ |
| 26 | The former Soviet Republic of Turkmenistan is planning several projects to modernise its telecommunications system and agreement has been reached with Turkey for the installation of a 200-line telex exchange , and NEC Corp and Mitsui & Co are working to modernise existing telecommunications in the country ; the Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications is also looking into buying in payphones that will be able to handle international calls . |
| 27 | Fred has been employed at Dubbingtons for the past twelve years . |
| 28 | As the management will be aware , Fred has been employed at Dubbingtons for the past twelve years . |
| 29 | She says the bed bookings fall appears to indicate people are coming to Oxford for the day or perhaps staying with friends or relatives . |
| 30 | A Brownie Pack from Ironbridge are coming to Applewick for a Pack holiday ! |