Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Telephone numbers are given for information and stockist details |
| 32 | The coastal towns are expanding in their hinterlands rather than along the waterfront , and disused industrial areas are favoured for development . |
| 33 | To the west of York a 3,000 house development has been mooted for Acaster Malbis , a disused airfield . |
| 34 | A CABINET seat has long been mooted for Virginia Bottomley , who is unique in managing to elicit praise and admiration even from the die-hard male chauvinists in her party . |
| 35 | The recently written Piano Concerto in C , K.503 , may also have been intended for performance there , but none is recorded . |
| 36 | She turned from Schmidt and said , ‘ My husband … ’ then immediately turned back , as if unaware of the other car , making it seem that her remark had always been intended for Schmidt . |
| 37 | Such a performance can only have been intended for entertainment in a programme of venationes and gladiatorial combats . |
| 38 | They have been radiocarbon dated to about the 9th or 10th centuries AD and seem to have been intended for use in ceremonies associated with an important priest . |
| 39 | Gloucester claimed that the weapons had been intended for use against him , a story that he was later to use in an attempt to have the captured Woodvilles executed , although Mancini comments that no one took it seriously . |
| 40 | Gloucester claimed that the weapons had been intended for use against him , a story that he was later to use in an attempt to have the captured Woodvilles executed , although Mancini comments that no one took it seriously . |
| 41 | Much of this would have been intended for re-export , rather than directly for consumption , but as half of England 's total exports by this time were re-exports rather than domestic products the commercial community suffered enough of a loss to show why the English had to be far more concerned about command of the sea than any other country except the Netherlands , and also how fragile that command was before 1700 . |
| 42 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
| 43 | As many as 300,000 people , many of them farming families who have flooded in from the villages , are clamouring for survival . |
| 44 | Faced with such evidence , supermarkets are clamouring for information to label their goods ’ environmentally sound ’ , and there is an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling for a ’ chlorine free ’ paper industry ( Sweden already makes 95% of its soft paper without the aid of chlorine ) . |
| 45 | GPs have cottoned on to it and are clamouring for beds . |
| 46 | The nation has always been aware of its pre-eminent position , and proud of a moral ascendancy in the political sphere which has been sustained for centuries . |
| 47 | All these files are listed for cursor selection if the file is in the current directory . |
| 48 | Those of you who are listed for morning 'phone calls from the wardens — please notify them if you are going on holiday . |
| 49 | Although earning power is , in effect , a franchise , it has never been recognized for balance sheet purposes … , except in the limited extent of purchased goodwill . |
| 50 | The Guildford Four have been canvassing for Jeremy Corbyn in Islington . |
| 51 | To some degree they had already been catering for children with special needs . |
| 52 | ‘ Well , he has been caddying for Harley in Europe , and he did win one tournament and finished equal second in the other . |
| 53 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 54 | As is often the case , some last-minute idea blossoms while what had seemed a brilliant solution and been pondered for ages falls quite flat . |
| 55 | Aldicarb , a pesticide used to control mites and nematodes that damage crops , has been withdrawn for use on bananas . |
| 56 | I erm think that that is quite useful research that has been undertaken for government , and it it has been carried through , er as I 'm sure everybody is aware , into the U K strategy for sustainable development , the consultation period of which is just concluding , erm I wo n't take you any more of the panel 's time to read that quote as it 's written in my in my statement . |
| 57 | The technique is best suited to hydrothermal systems older than 100 million years and has been proven for deposits as old as 1800 million years . |
| 58 | They are competing for plum roles and staking their claim to be the No 1 box office attraction . |
| 59 | East European countries are thus competing for the best western companies just as western companies are competing for contracts . |
| 60 | Schools throughout Langbaurgh are competing for Telethon 's dustbin derby by collecting plastic bags for recycling . |