Example sentences of "is [verb] for [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing fancy is looked for in the way of bait and tackle : it 's the basic hook , line and worm . |
| 2 | Its omission from the exhibition is compensated for by the inclusion of two later versions ( 1896 , Goteborgs Kunstmuseum and 1907 , Tate Gallery , the only painting by the artist in a British public collection ) . |
| 3 | She will insist that no immediate decision is called for on the modernisation of Lance . |
| 4 | ‘ I can spare you half an hour before my presence is called for in the refectory . |
| 5 | Thus to is used with the infinitive both for the lexical and grammatical meaning it brings into the context : its lexical meaning of an approach to the infinitive event from a position before is called for by the relative position in time of the extra-infinitival spatial support with respect to the position occupied by non-ordinalized person at the beginning of the infinitive 's event ; its grammatical meaning as an establisher of a relation where the inherent mechanism of incidence is inoperative is called for by the fact that the event can not otherwise be represented as incident to the extra-infinitival support since the latter is not already situated at the beginning of the event , i.e. is not within the confines of event time . |
| 6 | Much more vigorous action than is provided for in the Bill is needed . |
| 7 | The agreement has now been reached and erm that is provided for in the amount the Council has for pay and price increases , and when we yesterday the Council agreed to cash limit it 's inflationary provision that was exclusive of teachers ' and lecturers ' pay , so that is secured , the cost is secured . |
| 8 | This explains why English has recourse to a preposition , a word whose function is to establish a relation between two words when no mechanism of incidence is provided for by the words themselves , in order to make the infinitive incident to a support situated outside its event time . |
| 9 | The direct effect of such provisions is provided for within the United Kingdom by section 2(1) of the European Communities Act 1972 , in the following terms : |
| 10 | The stop has been in position for many years and is provided for within the parking arrangements and controls within the area . |
| 11 | The primary state sector , the ‘ national schools ’ , is paid for by the state , but is effectively under the control of the churches , with a local priest or minister as manager . |
| 12 | Investigators will examine every royal building that is paid for by the state . |
| 13 | So the expensive electronics is paid for by the cable company . |
| 14 | The staff , familiarly known as graders , are employed by the Commission , although their work is paid for by the Intervention Board . |
| 15 | It is paid for by the Environment Department . |
| 16 | Caring is a costly business , and even though there are other benefits available , such as attendance allowance for the person being cared for , and also grants to help with alterations and improvements , a great deal of extra expense is paid for by the carers themselves — for example , special diets and extra heating . |
| 17 | Deferred taxation is accounted for to the extent that a liability or an asset is expected to crystallise . |
| 18 | Another third is accounted for by the goods shipped by foreign firms in America to their home country . |
| 19 | Although the parish register was badly damaged by fire , there still exists the Bishop 's transcript of that register in which Leapor 's baptism is recorded on 16 March 1721 ( the apparent discrepancy is accounted for by the change from old to new style calendars in 1752 ) . |
| 20 | Much of this turnround is accounted for by the decision to close the Bar Practising Library at the end of 1991 and by the disposal of its assets . |
| 21 | £30 million of the board 's money is accounted for by the CERN subscription , and a further £10 million goes on salaries and maintenance , leaving only £5 million for capital investment in vital equipment tailor-made for experiments at CERN and other laboratories . |
| 22 | Approximately 50 per cent is accounted for by the profit and loss account and the other 50 per cent by the three balance sheet measures . |
| 23 | The variation here is accounted for by the differences in the very small number of entrants gaining firsts . |
| 24 | If this theory is right , then the presence of tigers in Siberia today is accounted for by the fact that when the ice relented and moved northward again , the tiger , complete with its new stripes , followed in search of fresh fields and new sources of prey . |
| 25 | Part of the fall is accounted for by the pattern of transactions between Britain and the EC , but part must also reflect the cost of British borrowing from overseas investors . |
| 26 | Gearing is still high , but about £4 million is accounted for by the group 's taking houses in part-exchange , particularly in the Midlands , where 60 per cent of all sales involve part-exchange . |
| 27 | Where the conditions for merger accounting are satisfied the investment in shares in group undertakings is accounted for by the merger method of accounting . |