Example sentences of "is [verb] for [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each cylinder head ( ‘ pot ’ ) is individually cleaned and is readied for its own route through the system . |
| 2 | Carson opens up on Gipsy Fiddler in the high speed five furlong dash and Gispy Fiddler 's trainer Jonjo O'Neill is looking for his first win of the season . |
| 3 | No doubt people must study management or business ; but until they cross the boundaries of the social or economic sciences — until the knowledge becomes such as is sought for its own sake and organised to illuminate human life and history — management and business studies are not education ; and then they are management and business studies no longer . |
| 4 | This is done for its own sake but it is found that the primary sufferer will quite commonly seek treatment through his or her appropriate Anonymous Fellowship within a few months of the family member seeking his or her own recovery . |
| 5 | And the forty five feet is needed for his braking distance giving the overall of seventy five . |
| 6 | Paul Ride is paying for our Prime Minister 's inept penny-pinching . |
| 7 | No animal derivatives are used , and instead of the usual whitefish meal , herring meal is preferred for its higher content of N3 and N6 polyunsaturated acids that aid Koi digestion . |
| 8 | His ambition , of course , is to challenge for his old place in the second row of the Irish scrum . |
| 9 | All you have to do is look for your own number er if you if you have hopefully you 've kept a record of the assignments where you 've earned bonus and you can claim it as soon as that number is published . |
| 10 | The clinics will have to make up the difference with funds from the Länder , thereby ensuring that the money is used for its intended purpose . |
| 11 | It is noted for its healthy lake air and well organised holiday facilities . |
| 12 | S. Frediano , 1112–47 , which is similar , is noted for its striking mosaic on the gable façade ; the church shows a Byzantine and Roman influence . |
| 13 | The Channel View Restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine and carefully chosen wines . |
| 14 | It is noted for its high proportion of ex-civil servants : ‘ They are young chaps who by and large have contacts in the Civil Service and have a jolly good grounding of how the system works , ’ he says . |
| 15 | India is noted for its high quality interpretations of traditional Persian and Anatolian compositions ; and Pakistan produces some similar items , in addition to those in its more distinctive Mori Bokhara range . |
| 16 | The construction industry is noted for its high rate of liquidations . |
| 17 | East Anglia is noted for its imaginative village signs . |
| 18 | Zeelenberg is noted for his technical ability and Dunlop take particular note of his apres-riding thoughts . |
| 19 | Piffetti is noted for his technical perfection in the application of complex marquetry of ivory ( sometimes carved in three-dimensional relief ) , mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell to furniture with elaborate forms . |
| 20 | Along with Erzulie , the goddess of erotic love , Ghede is noted for his unpredictable obscenity , behaviour which his acolytes imitate at secret rites where they raise the dead , fly through the air and supply love potions and death spells to those who desire them . |
| 21 | ROLY-POLY comic Mel Smith is set for his biggest role yet — playing disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell . |
| 22 | Similarly , C. H. Herford , in addition to being described as " the most accomplished English scholar of his age " , is praised for his institutional contribution as " the successful head of the great school of English at Manchester " . |
| 23 | Halket , a staunch Jacobite , is remembered for his satirical lyric : ‘ Whirry , Whigs , awa' , Man ’ , and for his fine song ‘ Logie O' Buchan ’ . |
| 24 | Sabine Grzimek is known for her exciting treatment of surfaces . |
| 25 | At the mouth of the Patuxent River on the bay 's western shore , there is a dollop of land called Solomons that is known for its commercial fishing community — the bay 's watermen ’ . |
| 26 | The government is trying to improve fruit and vegetable production , and recently the kiwi fruit , which is known for its prolific yield and good export price , has been introduced . |
| 27 | His work is known for its theatrical style and creative use of shadows . |
| 28 | Wilko ( ex teacher ) is known for his deep thought and intellectual ways … and so is cuntona ( amonsgt other things ) . |
| 29 | Berge is known for his fierce defence of Saint Laurent . |
| 30 | Mr Heseltine is known for his hard work and mental and physical stamina . |