Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Curtis told the police when arrested : ‘ I 'd like to be recognized for making the planet a better place to live in . ’ |
| 2 | There are modern history books which ostensibly focus on periods of great social change but the reader could be forgiven for reaching the conclusion that there have been no social changes which have involved/ affected women . |
| 3 | Younger natives in the audience were made distinctly restless by an unadorned programme of traditional Indian dance , while even un-jaded oldies could be forgiven for finding the storybook tones of the play more testing than they should be . |
| 4 | As was noted in Chapter 4 , this view can be criticized for over-stressing the importance of local social relations , and for a rather restricted view of how these relations are translated into policy . |
| 5 | Consequently , sociological positivism can be criticized for giving the impression of setting out to demonstrate scientifically the truth of an approach which seemed already to have been assumed in the way the terms were defined . |
| 6 | ( The examiners are asking you to show that you have a view and can justify it , whatever it is ; they are not asking to be attacked for holding the view outlined in the question , which they probably do n't hold anyway . ) |
| 7 | Well , there was the battle of Jenkins ' ear , in which some eastern lot had to be sorted for mutilating the head of the unfortunate Jenkins in the same way as the Pakistanis modify cricket balls . |
| 8 | There was no doubt that a custodial penalty was needed , and the sentencer could not be blamed for taking the view that he had to impose a sentence of immediate custody . |
| 9 | Children who were required to go out to work at fourteen , that is , the great majority of British teenagers , could hardly be blamed for assuming the right to lead their lives as they saw fit . |
| 10 | D'Indy may be excused for missing the point of Rameau 's ‘ tied ’ and slurred crotchets : only in our own time has it been realised that these denote the kind of tremolo recently studied by Stewart Carter . |
| 11 | This year 's theme , in the year of the Columbus commemorations , presented some dealers with difficulties , but , as one observed , ‘ Strictly speaking , not much was American in patronage before 1776 , so we may be excused for stretching the definition ’ . |
| 12 | The Easter Triduum is set out as will be expected for celebrating the mystery of salvation . |
| 13 | The BHRCA is to be applauded for taking the initiative on this issue , but if the joint congress is to receive the whole-hearted support of other leading organisations , it is important that no single ‘ lead organisation ’ should take ownership . |
| 14 | When , on 25 March 1859 , the tsar announced the principles on which Russian local government was to be based in the future , he acknowledged that provision had to be made for involving the public . |
| 15 | It is frequently said that like changes have not been seen since the invention of the printed book but a good argument can be made for comparing the IT revolution with the invention of writing itself . |
| 16 | A similar procedure should be adopted for transferring the deceased from the removal vehicle to the embalming theatre . |
| 17 | Conditions can be imposed for regulating the development or use of any land under the control of the applicant , whether or not it is the land to which the application relates , so long as there is a definite relationship between the object of the condition and the development permitted . |
| 18 | As marriage partners view themselves with regard to the prospect of being loved there is something to be said for considering the phileo model . |
| 19 | Unless , therefore , we decide to resist the proposal , however strong may be its supporters in the House of Commons , there is much to be said for taking the initiative and inserting in the Bill , as introduced , a clause for the abolition of the death penalty . |
| 20 | While this ambiguity worried socialist doctrinaires , there was something to be said for leaving the question open , since nobody actually knew how capitalism would respond in practice to a determined reforming government , and meanwhile the ambiguity would tend to maximize the breadth of support for the programme . |
| 21 | There 's a lot to be said for making the trench in autumn , chucking in household waste all winter and replacing the soil in spring . |
| 22 | There is much to be said for continuing the practice of reading to children right through the later primary years , letting them hear the cadences of book language and , where possible , letting them follow the text as well . |
| 23 | There is nothing to be said for propounding the philosophy of history if you do not know the date of the Battle of Waterloo . |
| 24 | This year 's income may be a poor indicator of a household 's true economic spending power , and there is something to be said for basing the tax assessment on property values . |
| 25 | With the domestic revolution of the past three decades , our family emotions have certainly thawed , but there is still something to be said for resisting the tendency to involve children in every aspect of the parental life . |
| 26 | Sometimes fresh cow-dung would be collected for plastering the house , for rituals , or for sealing the clay fermentation jars . |
| 27 | 1773 " To be levied for finishing the Church yeard Dyke of Kilchoman and the Remainder thereof to be applied towards building the Church yeard Dyke of Kildalton with future collections , till the same be Completed . " |
| 28 | 1773 " To be levied for finishing the Church yeard Dyke of Kilchoman and the Remainder thereof to be applied towards building the Church yeard Dyke of Kildalton with future collections , till the same be Completed . " |
| 29 | The funds deposited with the EMCF can be used for supporting the currency grid of exchange rates between member countries as well as the provision of medium-term credit facilities . |
| 30 | Which would you choose ? ( 3 ) There is now a rumour that the family has another house , which may be used for organizing the syndicate , in addition to/ instead of the house you are observing , but you do n't know the location of the other house . |