Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind most widely favoured for jewellery , at least in the west , was a delicate pale pink , but in and around Hawaii a black variety might be used for this purpose , and the Chinese were particularly keen on deep red coral for their carvings . |
| 2 | The fifth , sixth and seventh words are the most widely favoured for deletion . |
| 3 | Some of those who have been successfully treated for candidiasis will still have residual problems due to food intolerance . |
| 4 | In fragile Edinburgh Pentlands , Malcolm Rifkind , the Transport Secretary widely tipped for defeat , stormed home with an increased majority . |
| 5 | Although some Catholics ( and fewer Protestants ) voted for the socialist platform of Paddy Devlin or the militancy of Bernadette McAliskey ( née Devlin ) , most voted for Hume . |
| 6 | Everett was duly interviewed for suitability in a hall in Shepherd 's Bush on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 7 | I sat on a log among the shadows of creatures now extinct and others long since departed for pasture in the south . |
| 8 | This brother-in-law was eventually hanged for highway robbery . |
| 9 | A lot of accidents occur on slides , for instance , which are mostly designed for use by seven to 12-year-olds , but which in practice are used more by preschoolers . |
| 10 | If you are being honest with yourself and with her and you really are terribly pressed for time , you will never be short of concrete reasons to give , and she will find these much more acceptable and less hurtful than vague excuses , provided , of course , that your overall treatment of her is one of care and not neglect . |
| 11 | It made the marketing of Palestinian goods inside Israel subject to a licence that in practice was only given for produce , like olives , which was not produced by Jews in commercial quantities . |
| 12 | It seems rather ironic that Stratford Mill , which was better placed for access to the transport system and a water supply , should be the first to go . |
| 13 | The belief underlying such proposals is that many older people are only referred for treatment at a late stage of dependency when treatment is less effective and more expensive . |
| 14 | CIRCULATION of documents apparently intended for board members and senior executives of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association has fuelled speculation that the professional game 's governing body has ‘ wasted the golden years of snooker and not planned properly for the future . ’ |
| 15 | There were also four lumps of silver apparently intended for circulation . |
| 16 | The Constitutions of Archbishop Oda of Canterbury ( 941 – 58 ) , apparently intended for recitation , told King Edmund to obey his bishops , and insisted that he rule justly . |
| 17 | Migration and fertility decline are alternative escapes from population pressure in societies sufficiently developed for mortality to be declining ( as in eighteenth century France ) and can to some extent substitute for each other ( Davis 1963 , Friedlander 1983 ) to relieve population pressure ( Woods and Smith 1983 ) . |
| 18 | Known as the champagne tea and highly regarded for afternoon drinking . |
| 19 | It also runs practical residential courses on the environment for schools and is constantly consulted for advice and information by industry and individuals . |
| 20 | According to Sikilo , a remote sensing station would cost $15 million to $20 million , with a further $1 million annually added for running costs . |
| 21 | Walking to the station , past the brightly-lit boutiques , cinemas , remainder bookshops and tatty souvenir stalls , all decorated for Christmas and building up to the January sales , she found herself having to think about what had happened to her . |
| 22 | In the course of the last five thousand years a wide variety of stones other than jade have been highly esteemed for jewellery , insignia , seals and the embellishment of personal weapons . |
| 23 | Each canister of Actomite reliably reduces the threat of House Dust Mites in an average sized room and is especially recommended for use in bedrooms . |
| 24 | They stared at him , for he had only reported for work half an hour earlier . |
| 25 | Salomon 's radically different Adventure 7 boots , using even more ski boot technology , are still eagerly awaited for test . |
| 26 | The school in which they work is a building especially designed for teaching ’ . |
| 27 | The clubs are fitted with the exclusive 45″ lightweight Carbolite graphite shaft which was especially designed for use with this oversized metal head . |
| 28 | The sole unit is Hanwag 's new Supergrip SAS 13 , especially designed for comfort and safety . |
| 29 | A practical system of colour photography had been eagerly searched for right from the beginning . |
| 30 | A practical system of colour photography had been eagerly searched for right from the beginning . |