Example sentences of "be [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 The overall award went to the Chesham Building Society but because the awards were based on performance over the last 10 years , the Royal Bank should soon be pitching for the top spot .
32 ‘ Cricket must now be the only sport in which you can be punished for the same offence twice and , who knows , maybe three times if he appeals !
33 You must be punished for the wicked thing you did ’ ( The Times , 15 September 1991 ) .
34 You may be recalled for a second interview or apply to the same place some time in the future .
35 ABERDEEN 's Stewart McKimmie , who has not played a first-team game for seven months because of a knee injury , could be recalled for the Scottish Cup , quarter-final replay with Clydebank , at Kilbowie Park , tonight .
36 Their own consensual efforts to deny and suppress them would then be exposed for the deceitful sham they have always been .
37 Can you say why the intervention must be stopped for the second baseline ?
38 Eight months earlier he made an abortive attempt for the title , then held by the Frenchman Franck Nicotra , only to be stopped for the first time in his professional career .
39 When measuring success and failure , the standard referential communication approach to the problem is to carry out a task analysis to determine which critical features need to be communicated for a successful outcome .
40 As the science of the nineteenth century advanced in analytical skills , it became increasingly possible to tie down results to specific plants and the chemicals therein , until a pure chemical could be prescribed for a particular symptom .
41 The ‘ Santa Specials ’ are the first to be arranged for the British Rail main line in the area for quite some time , and a first for the North Warwickshire Line between Hall Green and the Shakespearean town of Stratford-upon-Avon .
42 Together with previous data showing a similar location for the small molecule binding sites in adrenergic receptors , these results suggest that there is a general transmembrane binding site for small molecules in G-protein-coupled receptors , and that non-peptide antagonists can be developed for the analogous domain in other peptide receptors .
43 Bernard Moing , Univel 's regional marketing manager for Europe says , ‘ we 're not expecting any returns on UnixWare until the first quarter of 1993 , and then the take up will be limited for a further period . ’
44 Yet the redefinition of factors which need to be considered for a fuller understanding of politics and power have not gone nearly far enough : they are still confined to the world of public politics and the struggles for power in the public arena .
45 Also , the scale of the problems tends to be smaller ; for example , there are , typically , far fewer anaphors than phonemes in a sentence , and fewer focused candidate referents for a pronoun than ( in a large-vocabulary application ) candidate words to be considered for a given portion of speech .
46 The whole child , within the context of family and school could be considered for the first time , not just the offence .
47 Richard Wilcock indicated that he did not wish to be considered for the new Editor position but continued to perform admirably and responsibly until another Editor had been installed .
48 ‘ Would you care to explain to the committee why you are considering the UK in your short list of countries to be considered for the new investment proposals .
49 Those who would like to be considered for the 1992 placement should send their curriculum vitae , together with a covering letter explaining why they feel they would benefit from the scheme , and enclosing samples of written work , to Chemistry in Britain at the RSC , Burlington House , Piccadilly , London W1V 0BN .
50 A Palace spokesman said : ‘ The letter is a forgery but we will not be pressing for a criminal inquiry .
51 But the results of discontinued operations will be disclosed for the first time .
52 Insurance premiums will eventually be dropped for a low-risk company , but the benefits are even greater , and more rapidly felt , for companies opting for self-insurance .
53 He even asked to be dropped for the fifth Test .
54 But child benefit is to be frozen for the first time in two years .
55 Be that as it may , what are the problems that need to be solved for a European currency union to be created ?
56 His news was too important , too wonderful to be contained for a single instant longer .
57 Shilton could not be blamed for the 2–0 defeat and made one superb tackle , denying Angell 15 yards outside his box .
58 His unspoken message was : ‘ If you do n't do a deal with me , you will be blamed for the economic chaos that will result . ’
59 The phase of shock and somatic distress is normally followed by a restless searching , mixed with anger and irritability towards the deceased , and any one else who might be blamed for the present distress .
60 If a single economic statistic can be blamed for the recent slide towards panic it is the balance of payments figures .
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