Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The compartments were referred to by the ordinal numbers from 1 ( apex ) to 5 ( base ) and the labelling index calculated for each compartment . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , the pattern of reasons given for such a selection tends to be highly personal and particular , with emphasis being placed mainly on the objectification of personal relations , for example , with deceased friends and relatives . |
| 3 | The answer given by the courts in this instance is ‘ yes ’ to both questions , but the reasons given for these conclusions are less than satisfactory . |
| 4 | The reasons given for these sales are that the Museum has limited storage space in its present building , and that the works in question have not been on exhibition for some considerable time , or duplicate existing holdings . |
| 5 | Among the reasons given for this conclusion were that the system imposes long delays in obtaining foreign exchange for essential imports , thus putting a brake on exports ; that the rate of exchange was not adjusted sufficiently ; and that in the absence of retention rights the exporters had lost their motivation for exporting . |
| 6 | The two main reasons given for this were that it was too ambitious and it was too far removed from bureaux experience until too late in its development . |
| 7 | Reasons given for this included a 10 per cent fall in production as compared with the same period in 1990 , lower than expected revenue from taxes , the cost of social compensation for price rises , high wage settlements , and the conflict between the republics and the centre which was preventing the implementation of unified financial policies . |
| 8 | Reasons given for transnational participation are : continuity of research to overcome shortfalls of younger scientists entering the field in view of the imminent retirement of many senior scientists and to provide advanced training . |
| 9 | A thank you letter received from St. Clare 's Hospice for a cheque given for two hundred and eighty pounds . |
| 10 | Some idea of how badly the police were treated is given by the reports of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner which show that roughly one-in-four of London 's policemen were assaulted each year — 3,444 cases were reported in 1899 , for example , when the constabulary strength was 13,213 men and 1,949 sergeants — as police authorities pressed for firmer measures in assault cases . |
| 11 | Glottochronology is a technique developed for spoken languages which has a basic assumption that languages change at a relatively steady rate . |
| 12 | At the other end of the scale there are ambitious research projects undertaken for methodical demonstration purposes . |
| 13 | Four HNC trainees were recruited and training plans developed for offshore duties in the instrumentation field . |
| 14 | – This means that the outer G forme was removed from the press part way through — printing stopped for some reason — and someone dropped it , scattering the letters everywhere . |
| 15 | N-plant leaked for five hours |
| 16 | There was a small silence ; then Jennifer asked a question about one of the meetings listed for next week in the area . |
| 17 | We report here 2 cases of opportunistic infections occurring after 3 months and 6 weeks , respectively , of IFN given for chronic viral hepatitis C in intravenous drug using seropositive patients . |
| 18 | A two-year part-time course intended for medical graduates interested in medical and radiation oncology . |
| 19 | Indeed , local ozone depletion rates in the lower stratosphere inferred from the AASE observations were in excess of 1% per day , approaching the values calculated for extended periods in the Antarctic . |
| 20 | At Winfrith , a range of skills developed for nuclear modelling and inspection were adapted for use by the offshore oil industry . |
| 21 | He immediately cuts himself off from those ambitious city men who try ‘ to win the palm , the oak , or bays , ’ emblematic of the rewards given for artistic , political and military achievement . |
| 22 | Four of Africa 's most talented peoples — the Ibo , the Bamilike , the waChagga and the Bugunda — have all had their innovative talents circumscribed for many years . |
| 23 | The fall in pocket money received for this age group contrasts with a rise from £1.40 a week to £1.48 shown in a Halifax survey of the under-12s last month . |
| 24 | Is not that because many Tory Members are up to their necks in money received for commercial lobbying of one sort or another ? |
| 25 | The London County Council ( 1961 ) had wanted a New Town at Hook , in Hampshire , planning a compact settlement designated for universal car ownership and complete pedestrian segregation , but Hampshire County Council preferred major town-expansion schemes at Andover and Basingstoke , and the proposal failed to come to fruition . |
| 26 | As he noted at the time , new houses intended for single families were subdivided into tenements on their first letting , for the very poor simply could not afford to pay their landlords a realistic return on their investment . |
| 27 | Acts undertaken for another purpose and not in order to consent can constitute consent if undertaken in the belief that they will confer a right or impose a duty and if the fact that they are undertaken with such a belief is the reason for them having this result . |
| 28 | Conditions could be imposed on the planning permission which would overrule the general permission given for such a change in use by the Use Classes Order ( Class 11 is ‘ use as an office for any purpose ’ ) . |
| 29 | The futuristic Sparc90 is a design for a low-cost single-chip Sparc chipset intended for embedded applications . |
| 30 | A sample of all juvenile cases referred for criminal behaviour in one calendar month in two police force areas collected and followed up to examine the decisions taken about them . |