Example sentences of "to be [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the onset of Big Bang , deregulation , and the formation of financial conglomerates , the problems posed by conflicts of interest have become accentuated : there is now an increased opportunity for information located within one ‘ arm ’ of a conglomerate to be misused either for the direct benefit of the conglomerate or for favoured customers . |
| 2 | Besides the semi-literate glossies , and the best-selling ‘ page-turners ’ that have to be moved aside for the next over-hyped wave , books appear for sale that are of a quite different kind . |
| 3 | Iago seems to be acting wholly for the others ' good , since , as he challenges us to deny , ‘ this advice I give is free and honest . |
| 4 | ‘ Be prepared to be lost here for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 5 | Obviously , I understand that this course is to be built mainly for the benefit of the people who 'll buy the new houses , but it seems a pity that natural unspoilt countryside should be bulldozed to make way for what 's really just a few rich people 's pastime . ’ |
| 6 | Advise the participating member whether work is to be conducted on a sub-contract basis reporting directly to you or to be conducted directly for the client . |
| 7 | The cast of Her Benny , the dancers in their beautiful costumes , the steel band , the police and dogs , the schoolboys who were a credit to their schools showing how football used to be played just for the game . |
| 8 | Where a writ of summons or an equivalent document had to be transmitted abroad for the purpose of service , under the provisions of the present Convention , and the defendant has not appeared , judgment shall not be given until it is established that — |
| 9 | When a writ of summons or an equivalent document had to be transmitted abroad for the purpose of service , under the provisions of the present Convention , and a judgment has been entered against a defendant who has not appeared , the judge shall have the power to relieve the defendant from the effects of the expiration of the time for appeal from the judgment if the following conditions are fulfilled — |
| 10 | In November 1872 , the Board received an application from Cambridge Medical School for the bodies of paupers who had died in the workhouse , and were without funds or relations , to be sent there for the study of anatomy . |
| 11 | Lenders will want to be compensated more for the risk of default . |
| 12 | After the fourth session of the Hague peace conference on Sept. 26 , attended by the Foreign Ministers of all the republics , Lord Carrington said that the ceasefire seemed to be holding sufficiently for the conference to carry on and to accelerate its work . |
| 13 | She goes to boarding school in Sanderstown , but , ’ with a smile , ‘ always seems to be coming home for the holidays . |
| 14 | Martin Martin notes that on a small rocky island to the south of Skye there is ‘ a great quantity of scurvey-grass , of an extraordinary size , and very thick ; the natives eat it frequently , as well boiled as raw : two of them told me that they happened to be confined there for the space of thirty hours , by a contrary wind ; and being without victuals , fell to eating this scurvey-grass , and finding it of a sweet taste , far different from the land scurvey-grass , they ate a large basketful of it , which did abundantly satisfy their appetites until their return home ’ . |
| 15 | She walked round the house , planning what she would take : this ornament to be packed in a shoe-box stuffed with wood-shavings and placed in the top drawer of that chest , that cane-chair to be left behind for the benefit of the Colonel 's successor , those curtains to be carefully arranged when the time came , with not more than one fold . |
| 16 | I hope this excluded ‘ young ’ Winston Churchill who seems to be doing more for the miners than the opposition parties put together . |
| 17 | If barristers were to be instructed to prepare written briefs , they would need to be remunerated fairly for the work and there would be a resulting rise in costs ( Evershed , 1953 ) . |
| 18 | Does the release need to be angled differently for the different sections of the list ? |
| 19 | In recent years there has been a strong demand for the Galloway from Germany , especially for low-cost meat production on upland heaths and lowland swamps where the typical German dual-purpose breeds need to be brought inside for the winter and need better grazing . |
| 20 | In return the king was granted the tax he sought , a ninth , which was to be used exclusively for the war . |
| 21 | The freeholder demanded a clause in the lease precluding unnecessary noise , to which the company replied that there should be no noise , as the depôt was to be used only for the storage of tramcars . |
| 22 | In general , however , the Single Market seems to be designed more for the producer . |
| 23 | To enable the vehicles to be shown together for the first time , and to celebrate the work of the ‘ Store ’ carriage works , an exhibition entitled ‘ Cobbles and Carriages ’ will be held in the Main Hall at Chambers Street from 5 June — 1 August . |
| 24 | The candidates themselves may have to commit more time to the interview selection process ; the interviewers will have to ensure they leave enough time for discussion between themselves as well as making their own post-interview notes ; time will have to be set aside for the interviewers to meet and finalize their decision . |
| 25 | Tithes were simply proportional taxes levied on the output of the land and herds and used to support the Levites or to be set aside for the poor — widows , orphans , etc . |
| 26 | Compensating this apparent service cut for mentally ill patients was the fact that most of the capital to be set aside for the service developments would be devoted to building the replacement facilities in the community for the two psychiatric hospitals to close . |
| 27 | A new pension scheme was to be set up after the sale of a business , and an actuary was to decide the portion of the funds from the old company 's pension scheme to be set aside for the new company 's scheme . |