Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The situation has been eased slightly for my parents since a community nurse has been visiting Jennifer , but I must admit I 'd rapidly been coming to the conclusion that something else would be needed very soon . |
| 2 | The mines had suffered disruption since July and 220 workers had been dismissed earlier for taking industrial action , and according to the managing director at least two weeks ' production had been lost . |
| 3 | At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off . |
| 4 | The differential impact of national and industry environmental forces upon the structure , process and outcomes of industrial relations have been examined empirically for the important metalworking industry across five countries . |
| 5 | ‘ The tackle from behind has been stopped here for a long time , but they were doing it all night and getting away with it . |
| 6 | ‘ If you were brought up in Brixton or Hackney , and have been stopped regularly for no reason by the police , you are bound to view them with a bit of hatred ’ … . |
| 7 | Stars are queueing up for treatment at Holby Hospital — the setting for the controversial BBC series Casualty . |
| 8 | Does he agree that the fact that so many parts of the country are queueing up for ESA status is a tribute to him and to the usefulness of such areas ? |
| 9 | The military style great coat , which we featured a couple of weeks ago , is probably THE single item fashion victims are queueing up for . |
| 10 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 11 | Does the television studio , in which a group of academics are gathered together for a discussion on an ‘ academic ’ issue , count as an academic setting ? |
| 12 | Despite all the money the Politicals had been siphoning off for years , a very sore point with the rest of us , they claimed to have no material on the terrorists beyond a few isolated descriptions and photographs . |
| 13 | Punishment , by several indications swift and far-reaching , has been meted out for incompetence , not insubordination . |
| 14 | The star of the festival is Hans Rey … a stunt rider who can do anything and everything with a mountain bike … he 's been flown in for the classic … |
| 15 | The star of the festival is Hans Rey … a stunt rider who can do anything and everything with a mountain bike … he 's been flown in for the classic … |
| 16 | Final output targets are determined at the outset and input requirements are calculated precisely for each stage of manufacturing , including those bought from outside subcontractors . |
| 17 | At this time of day , however , when law and equity have been joined together for over 70 years , principles must be reconsidered in the light of their combined effect . |
| 18 | For simplicity , the data are given only for every third year from 1973 to 1985 . |
| 19 | Suggestions are given below for preparation and study of rock faces , slices and slabs , and the way in which these preparations support examination of thin sections in a broad-based approach to sedimentary petrography . |
| 20 | The final " Dawn " sequence then has the effect both of a reprise , closing the musical form , and of an ironic comment on the human tragedy which , when it is taken out of the public arena into the privacy of Grimes 's mind , actually passes out of the consciousness and memory of those who , only a few hours before , have been clamouring loudest for its execution . |
| 21 | Where it has n't , the farmers are using generally for storage areas , that sort of thing a and access . |
| 22 | Here various common disease or symptoms are listed alphabetically for ease of reference . |
| 23 | The commands and statements are listed alphabetically for ease of reference , they are not separated into 2 sections . |
| 24 | The expediter — ‘ Joy ’ — was the envoy of a client of mine : the Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines ( CDCP ) , a local company my bank had been courting unsuccessfully for years . |
| 25 | Some employees have been sacked just for being HIV positive . |
| 26 | Toleration as wide-ranging as this would not have been acceptable in England , where hostility to Roman Catholicism had been building up for seventy years since Mary Tudor 's attempt to wipe out Protestantism . |
| 27 | During recent years , demand has been building up for greatly increased facilities for full-time substitute care . |
| 28 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 29 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 30 | The tower was demolished by lightning in 1821 and since the present Abbey clock tower was erected on the site in 1822 the papingo has been placed there for every contest . |