Example sentences of "is [verb] for [prep] [art] [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 | However , it seems that leave is refused for between a quarter and a third of all AJRs , and this might suggest that the leave requirement is performing some other function such as keeping the number of pending AJRs down so that the delay between the granting of leave and the hearing is not too great . |
| 7 | Much more vigorous action than is provided for in the Bill is needed . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The exceptional importance of the legislature in the American system is provided for by a constitution that makes Congress the ‘ first ’ branch of government ; endows it with the legislative power ; gives it control over the purse strings ; allows it a considerable role in the making of foreign policy ; and makes senior executive appointments subject to its approval . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 : |
| 12 | The stop has been in position for many years and is provided for within the parking arrangements and controls within the area . |
| 13 | The same kind of escape ( or enlargement , if you look at the process in a favourable light ) is allowed for in a discussion of half a century ago in which the thesis that all novels contributed to a sense of escape from the artificial complexities of civilisation was turned to a commercial purpose . |
| 14 | This peculiar quality of solid , clenched abstraction appears in phrase after phrase — " compactness " dwells within the " " compression " " of Horatian metres ; but as soon as a translator attempts to transpose him into English quatrains , things go askew and adrift , because every compression is paid for with an expansion . |
| 15 | The training is paid for through a performance related technical levy . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Investigators will examine every royal building that is paid for by the state . |
| 18 | So the expensive electronics is paid for by the cable company . |
| 19 | The staff , familiarly known as graders , are employed by the Commission , although their work is paid for by the Intervention Board . |
| 20 | It is paid for by the Environment Department . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | This will be the case if , for example , you are asked to perform the same job at the same rate of pay but at a different office or factory and the move is catered for by a mobility clause in your contract . |
| 23 | equity shares issued as part of a business combination which is accounted for as a merger . |
| 24 | Equity shares issued as part of a business combination which is accounted for as a merger , and leases have been excluded from the scope of the FRED as the Board did not wish to reconsider accounting for business combinations or for leases at this time . |
| 25 | Deferred taxation is accounted for to the extent that a liability or an asset is expected to crystallise . |
| 26 | This built-in tendency towards stalemate is accounted for in a number of ways . |
| 27 | The deficit is accounted for by a shortfall of barrister registrants , particularly in the QC and senior junior categories , and a reduction in sponsorship and exhibition income caused by the recession . |
| 28 | This is accounted for by a 9% rise in orders ; a 5% increase in hardware shipments and 16% increase in software and services — including equipment . |
| 29 | Another third is accounted for by the goods shipped by foreign firms in America to their home country . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |