Example sentences of "it is [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is elected for a five-year term by a system of proportional representation . |
| 2 | An awareness of old history encourages caution when it is appropriated for a contemporary cause . |
| 3 | It is calling for a radical overhaul of coastal protection and flood defence planning . |
| 4 | It is calling for a public education campaign to bridge the gap and help people prepare for caring in advance . |
| 5 | It is looking for a new European manufacturing site somewhere cheaper than Germany , but , in the interim , all manufacturing will be done at its Sunnyvale plant . |
| 6 | Siemens AG has now acknowledged that it is looking for a strategic partner for its troubled Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG , which is facing growing woes over the next couple of years now that the German economy is plunging into what threatens to be deep recession . |
| 7 | And that 's what 's threatening to people , because it is looking for a direct response ; it 's looking to form a dialogue . |
| 8 | It is looking for a 60 year franchise that could be terminated by the Government at 10 year intervals . |
| 9 | The mainframe may be moribund , but if so , the South Korean government has not heard about it : it is looking for a foreign partner to build mainframes locally from 1997 , Reuter reports from Seoul . |
| 10 | Often this has been because THE new housing market has been buoyant and it has been acknowledged that this market can not be missed as , at best , it is lost for a CONSIDERABLE time . |
| 11 | A DEC spokesman explained Jenkins ' appointment by saying that , although the company will continue to support such non-standards as SCO Unix , it is striving for a single Unix thread built around OSF/1 . |
| 12 | It is acceptable to use the same name as someone else if it is used for a different class of goods or services to the ones for which the first mark is registered . |
| 13 | With regard to plants s.4(3) will be satisfied if it is picked for a commercial purpose . |
| 14 | I therefore think that [ the ] motion is out of place at this time and that it is proposed for a certain purpose . |
| 15 | The city seems like it is preparing for a masked ball . |
| 16 | It is heading for a thumping loss of more than FF700m ( about £85m ) this year and if you believe all the doomsters and gloomsters , the vultures are already circling over the lovable animated characters created by the legendary Walt Disney . |