Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of these compounds are widely used in industry for cleaning and degreasing metals , for dry cleaning , and for processing leather . |
| 2 | The central issue which underlies the continuing pattern of human rights violations is that members of the armed forces are rarely brought to justice for the crimes they commit and therefore act with impunity . |
| 3 | In each of these appeals it has been rightly accepted by counsel for the contemnor that the hearing below of the committal application was impeccable , that the sentence imposed for the contempts of court found proved can not be criticised and the committal order properly specified each of the contempts for which the contemnor had been sentenced . |
| 4 | When you ask him for leave to serve him on this mission he will welcome it as the solution to his anxieties , for even if you are only gone from Kinsai for a time , it will seem to him that you do not mean to impose upon his favour . ’ |
| 5 | About a hundred works will travel from Paris , many of which are normally kept in storage for conservation reasons . |
| 6 | A tougher variety known as ‘ hardy green turnips ’ are generally sown with rape for autumn and winter grazing . |
| 7 | Large groups of workers are already covered by legislation for the prevention of accidents and ill-health at work . |
| 8 | Only er , only , they 're only paying for lunch for those that they have to pay for lunch . |
| 9 | You 're also looking for value for money . |
| 10 | For every pair of tickets purchased , you will receive a free cassette/CD , entitled Flowers in Music , which has been specially compiled by Music for Pleasure , a division of EMI Records ( UK ) . |
| 11 | Ltd. ( 1988 C.A. ) a 20-month-old Fiat was held to be unmerchantable because , unknown to the buyer , it had eight months earlier been totally submerged in water for over 24 hours and had consequently been treated as a ‘ write off ’ by its insurer . |
| 12 | The paintings are usually left on display for three months , then one or two are replaced . |
| 13 | HOSPICE staff are still appealing for furniture for their newly opened office at Harewood House , Harewood Hill , Darlington . |
| 14 | The gladioli were staked in gaudy ranks and the sweet peas had been assiduously kept in bloom for a month to provide the maximum quantity of flowers for the house . |
| 15 | He added : ‘ I want you to know you are both going to prison for a very long time . ’ |
| 16 | High protein foods are also needed in conditioning for spawning , especially for hen fish , and after spawning to restore condition . |
| 17 | Practical examples are also provided of design for production equipment including NC machine tools which are human centred . |
| 18 | These recordings are already available on cassette and are now issued on CD for the first time , the first disc is an ADD transfer , but the digital remastering is wholly natural with not artificial brightening of the treble response — as too often happens — and so those who admire warm analogue sound will find this disc wholly to their taste . |
| 19 | The Amiga is already supported by a large body of games software which can be easily transferred to CD-ROM for sale to CDTV owners . |
| 20 | I 'm just passing on gossip for what it 's worth . ’ |
| 21 | For example , facilities like swimming pools , water sports , chair lifts etc. require maintenance and sometimes have to be temporarily withdrawn from use for such work to be done . |
| 22 | Romantica will be completely refurbished in time for your holiday in 1990 . |
| 23 | Manpower calculates that the average period for which a person works for it ( presumably the average of all spells of employment ) is four months , although it also points out that " many " temporary " workers have been continuously employed by Manpower for several years and three and five year service awards for temporaries are a frequent occurrence " ( Manpower , 1985 ) . |
| 24 | If Honecker is convicted , the majority of the population are implicitly absolved from responsibility for dutifully casting their single-party ballots every year in the GDR 's showcase elections . |
| 25 | Earlier , on Aug. 31 , 1989 , the non-executive President , Wee Kim Wee , had been unanimously re-elected by Parliament for a four-year term . |
| 26 | The largely vertical tears , ranging from 20 to 60 cm in length , were successfully repaired in time for the opening of the exhibition . |
| 27 | Finally , the slides were weakly stained with haematoxylin for one minute before dehydrating and mounting in Xam ( BDH , Poole ) . |
| 28 | Two Dutchmen , Hans Guyt and Willem Beekman , were eventually sent to prison for six weeks over this protest . |
| 29 | A joint venture between English Nature and London Zoo 's Invertebrate Conservation team has resulted in Britain 's most endangered bush cricket , the wart-biter ( Decticus verrucivorus ) being successfully reared in captivity for the first time . |
| 30 | Landlords not only were assessed on their directly occupied land but were constantly calling for relief for tenants , for whom increasing poor rates were setting a ceiling for rents . |