Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christianity especially has come in for great criticism as being the major religion in the history of Western civilization . |
| 2 | Inspection has come in for much discussion today as a major part of the Bill . |
| 3 | It is on the detail of the recommendations that Cadbury has come in for strong criticism — in particular , over some of the recommendations in the code ( see also this issue , p 24 ) . |
| 4 | But that policy has come in for sharp criticism from monetarists who insist that it has fed the rapid expansion of broad money supply , M4 , and inflamed inflationary pressures . |
| 5 | A spate of airline buyouts , which has touched every major US carrier during the last six months , has come in for growing criticism because of the heavy debt it loads on the companies . |
| 6 | Superficially attractive and officially , if implicitly , condoned by UNESCO , this theory has come in for severe criticism from Western media interests and journalists . |
| 7 | It will also outline the role and operation of the Social Work Services Inspectorate , which has come in for severe criticism since it was set up by the Scottish Office a year ago . |
| 8 | The various caveats expressed in 6.8.4 on the use of statistical techniques by sociolinguists are not as negative as they might seem , since recently the overuse of significance testing in social science research generally has come in for some criticism . |
| 9 | However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action . |
| 10 | ‘ The whole business has dragged on for two weeks already and it looks like going on even longer . |
| 11 | The WRU and its leading 18 clubs are deadlocked over the issue of leagues , with no sign of a thaw in the cold war between the two bodies which has gone on for two years . |
| 12 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 14 | Madam Speaker in view of the fact that the real value of pensions has gone down for many years now following the break . |
| 15 | Against bands of ‘ experts ’ and administrators , he has stood up for sensible methods of teaching and testing . |
| 16 | She 'd saved up for many months . |
| 17 | Bigsun will have come on for High Easter run |
| 18 | ‘ They may have saved up for this holiday for years . ’ |
| 19 | Not everyone unfortunately has children so you may have to cast around for other members of the family . |
| 20 | The company was less a victim of the recession than of the peace dividend , having geared up for military orders which failed to materialise . |
| 21 | Persuading them to adhere to the doctrine of the Church of England , to persevere in that good old way ; … for having set up for Primitive Christianity , he counted Popery as well as Puritanism arrant novelty . |
| 22 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 23 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 24 | Shout , they 'd shout something but er well since we 've been living up here , my mother used to give , the man used to come for the order for the grocery , the baker used to come round , the milk used to come round , they all used to come round at she 'd ha she did n't have go out for heavy loads of stuff to bring in it was all delivered , but when they started some new technique of er of ordering by computer , it 's going to come back to square one again you know , they 'll be delivering stuff in the same jolly old way hey . |
| 25 | So you would n't necessarily have to pay out for these treatments , you see . |
| 26 | But I think , within the next hundred years , the rivers of blood spilt in the name of religion will have dried up for all time . |
| 27 | For this reason they are not so popular with knitters who have standard gauge machines and they do n't seem to have caught on for chunky machines , possibly because they are too thick for the former and not thick enough for the latter . |
| 28 | City directors are understood to have pulled out for financial reasons . |
| 29 | Miss Owada is thought to have held out for one concession : relatively open public relations . |
| 30 | If Attlee had carried on for another year , and the economy had turned round , Labour might still be in power . |