Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They yesterday found out which rating band their houses had been placed in for the new tax , which starts next April . |
| 2 | This allowance is very limited — it is available only for married women whose child/children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months . |
| 3 | One of the examples of work in progress discusses research that has been carried out for the European Commission as part of the CORINE Project . |
| 4 | For most sections construction has been carried out for the Regional Council by teams employed under the Special Measures Programme of the City of Edinburgh District Council , with financial support from the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 5 | Similar analyses have been carried out for the other major journals , and the full results are available in Will 1991 . |
| 6 | Other work on assessment of costs and benefits of such data have been carried out for the French government by Professor Didier ( 1990 ) . |
| 7 | As a result of some 40 sub-projects involving all the Member States ( and often several groups within each one ) , databases of topography , soils , water resources and quality , biotopes , atmospheric emissions , climate , soil erosion and administrative boundaries have been built up for the whole Community and can be interrelated ; other data sets ( such as land cover , derived from satellite imagery ) have already been compiled for some of the Member States . |
| 8 | No-one 's wanted to have a punt and we 've been scrambling about for the odd winner . |
| 9 | To most people the term Gatt means very little but the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which 108 countries have been wrestling over for the past six years is vital to fair trading throughout the world . |
| 10 | Right , that 's why you 're going out for the whole evening , for the water eh ? |
| 11 | Then you can tell me some more about that book you 've been buried in for the past week . " |
| 12 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 13 | Ramped Craft Logistic and mexeflote rafts had been arriving regularly throughout the night , continuing the build-up of vehicles and ammunition Which had been going on for the past two days . |
| 14 | The families are heading off for the only place where they can make a living these days : the jungle area of Chapare in Cochabamba. province . |
| 15 | The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games . |
| 16 | ‘ Both of them play have represented Denmark at under-21 level while Morton has been called up for the senior squad . |
| 17 | John told her that Mick , who had finished his examinations for Higher School Certificate , had been called up for the Royal Air Force . |
| 18 | A short while after the alert had been called off for the missing officer , a CID friend contacted me to see if I could help with their ‘ enquiries ’ . |
| 19 | The show had been set up for the little jockey but maybe , at some time in the future , Mrs Butler would be interested . |
| 20 | Thus , in the vital days before September 1939 , not only had prime arrangements been undertaken in connection with aircraft and tanks , but the organisation had been laid down for the ready assembly of ambulance trains and casualty evacuation trains and , through the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers ' Consultative Committee , which was formed in the abortive crisis of September 1938 , to advise the Railway Executive Committee on matters pertaining to Railway Workshops , rolling stock and electrical undertakings . |
| 21 | I 'm sticking up for the little bless him . |
| 22 | This type of analysis can be carried out for the whole country showing that there are a number of areas which are prominent in the consumption of the imported goods and which may have been developing centres of political and economic power ( Huggett forthcoming ) . |
| 23 | The functions , including in particular those to be carried out for the direct benefit of individual members of the public , such as social services , may require the borrowing of money and do require the recruiting and employment of many men and women to work for the council . |
| 24 | Similar ideas for features , visits and events could be thought up for the remaining areas . |
| 25 | Three year rolling service agreements are to be drawn up for the other directors and senior employees as set out in Appendix II . |
| 26 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 27 | We have to ensure that people who deserve to be locked up for the public good are locked up . |
| 28 | ‘ Unfortunately , something came up — a trouble-shooting mission that required Adam 's special diplomatic talents — I 'm afraid he 's going to be tied up for the major part of the weekend . |
| 29 | Four hundred aircraft will be flying in for the International Air Tattoo at R-A-F Fairford , the biggest airshow in the world . |
| 30 | ‘ I guess you 'll be getting back for the Soviet visit , now . ’ |