Example sentences of "be [verb] [conj] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he had been kidnapped or for some reason forced to adopt another identity , in which case he could be trusted to reappear , several reigns later , cover himself in glory and inherit the throne . |
| 2 | All seams are taped and for general use the jacket appeared to be more waterproof than it was breathable . |
| 3 | says explaining why he had come to earth Jesus told the Roman governor Pontius Pilate , will thus I 've been born and for this purpose I have come out of the world that I should bear witness to the truth , but what particular truth was Jesus sent to earth to make no man , first just about his heavenly father , he taught his followers to pray that his father name be hallowed or hell holy and he prayed , I have made your name manifest to the man you gave me , also he said I must declare the good news with the kingdom of God , because for this I was sent forth , so what truths did Jesus come to er , to tell ? |
| 4 | The courses offered at Edinburgh consequently seek to reflect a subject that is complex and evolving , and allow for different interests to be pursued and for different emphasis to be given to the historical and descriptive sides of the subject . |
| 5 | A communiqué issued as the summit closed on March 11 confined itself to expressing " deep pain over the tragic developments " in the Gulf , and calling for UN sanctions against Iraq to be lifted and for post-war reconstruction to begin . |
| 6 | 8.3 To make payments following disclaimer If this Lease shall be disclaimed and for any reason the Landlord does not require the Guarantor to accept a new Lease of the Premises in accordance with clause 8.2 the Guarantor shall pay to the Landlord on demand an amount equal to [ the difference between any money received by the Landlord for the use or occupation of the Premises and ] the rents [ in both cases ] for the period commencing with the date of such Disclaimer and ending on whichever is the earlier of the following dates : |
| 7 | The electric pumps deliver fuel to the carburettors ready for starting and , on a cold day , the primers should be used although for some reason these are wired closed on Juliet Uniform and one has to pump the throttles a few times before firing up . |
| 8 | When trying to relate the global structure of this solution to part of the Schwarzschild space-time , it should be emphasised that for this class of colliding plane waves the coordinate is not periodic but covers the full range . |
| 9 | What had enriched the rich was not their insulation from imports ( rich countries do , in fact , import massively all sorts of goods ) but their success in manufactured exports , where higher prices could be commanded than for Third World raw materials . |
| 10 | There is a much larger search space to be explored than for certain input . |
| 11 | In terms of OECD good practice , all of the principles for new areas are followed except for full segregation and those for child safety are adopted too . |
| 12 | With this system two main speakers were positioned as for conventional stereo , and there were two subsidiary rear speakers stationed to form something like a square . |
| 13 | In the spring we were all working hard to prepare for the June exams , when we were told that for that year , because of the war , examinations would be abolished . |
| 14 | No such abnormalities were found except for one man with end stage renal failure from ureteric obstruction undetected in infancy , in whom the presenting sign was proteinuria rather than high blood pressure . |
| 15 | The condition is broken if for any reason ( undisclosed to the buyer ) the seller does not have the right to sell the goods . |
| 16 | The hypothesis is advanced that for one set of parents the baptism is a religious ritual , whereas for the other it is a social one . |
| 17 | Elimination is incurred as for normal showjumping |
| 18 | In South East Thames Regional Health Authority about 0.96% of the NHS spend is on research and development , of which only 0.03% is recorded as for primary care . |
| 19 | Excavation work has been suspended except for intensive investigation of the Casa degli Amanti Castati in the Insula of Menander . |
| 20 | Possibly it was thought that for this reason , amongst others , she would not be suspect by our controls . |
| 21 | Now that cape , it would be raining on it all night , and we had no means of drying it so that cape was left on a hanger in the house and the next coat was taken and that was worn but for some reason it seemed to be always raining on nights and you had coat wet and you came to go out it was still damp . |
| 22 | It was deserted except for one man lounging in a comfortable chair under the shade of a tree , an empty glass on a table at his side . |
| 23 | Her skin was tingling and for some reason or other her face felt flushed . |