Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Board has been criticized for over-concentration on economic development at the expense of social development ( Carter 1974 ) . |
| 2 | Those who eschewed colour and decoration , like Spurgeon , and built what were really mammoth meeting-houses with a Greek front , were criticized for lack of taste and for concentrating too much on the preacher . |
| 3 | Sociolinguists who present their data using the simple graphs and frequency tables popularized by Labov in his early work have often been criticized for lack of statistical sophistication . |
| 4 | The study has been criticized for incompleteness of data , but it was a major step forward , and the results obtained were so positive that further research was stimulated . |
| 5 | Despite a long tradition of education , there is still a lack of qualified teachers : in 1986 almost 400 teaching posts were not filled for lack of trained applicants . |
| 6 | I half slept , then woke as we sped by the rest house where we had stopped for juice on that first visit to Al Ain . |
| 7 | We left after breakfast on the Monday and stopped for lunch near Montdidier . |
| 8 | Some papers later reported that he had stopped for tea at the Ritz but this unlikely frivolity was angrily and officially denied . |
| 9 | Admiral Lord Nelson is said to have stopped for tea in the local Anchor Hotel on his way to join the British Fleet at Trafalgar . |
| 10 | The rain had not stopped for days on end . |
| 11 | In addition , five smaller grants were received for studies by individual members of staff , totalling £9,500 . |
| 12 | Finance for books , previously received for students aged 16 to 18 from the local authority , is likely to become a less frequent feature of the scene , and its absence will have a particular impact in those areas that have adopted a system of wholly tertiary colleges . |
| 13 | You may keep travel and subsistence expenses paid during jury service , but as your normal salary will have been paid in your absence , any payments received for loss of earnings must be made over to the Company . |
| 14 | I refer to your fax of 16 February 1993 concerning the return you have received for completion from the Local Government Chronicle . |
| 15 | This means that the extra payments received for overtime beyond the scheduled week are earned at an earlier stage in large firms . |
| 16 | The doctor refused to give her more sleeping tablets but scribbled a prescription for tranquillizers , which were increasingly prescribed for women like Clare , with symptoms of anxiety in stressful situations such as poverty , divorce , or bereavement ; women with marital problems and women who were out of work also found them helpful , although the pills did nothing to resolve the problem responsible for the initial anxiety . |
| 17 | A time should be prescribed for exercise of any option , though that could be extended by subsequent agreement and the court would readily imply a reasonable time if none were in fact specified . |
| 18 | such additional requirements as may be prescribed for admission to particular courses of study |
| 19 | Corticosteroids would not usually be prescribed for people with Aids , since their immune response is already suppressed , but recent reports suggest they can reduce the inflammatory process associated with PCP . |
| 20 | There was a heap of sales catalogues from all over the world to be sifted through , magazines to be trawled for items of interest … |
| 21 | However , the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment , which reviewed the matter thoroughly in the early 1950s , and later law-reform committees have accorded preference to the ‘ general principle ’ that ‘ persons ought not to be punished for consequences of their acts which they did not intend or foresee ’ . |
| 22 | It is true that if Mr. Tully fails to comply with the order of Buckley J. he could be punished for contempt after a hearing in open court and subject to review by an appellate court . |
| 23 | Continuity was assured by the performance becoming enshrined in a religious ritual which could never be broken for fear of offending the gods . |
| 24 | Capriati has been courted for months by IMG , whose promotion , coupled with success on court , will bring their teenage client millions of dollars . |
| 25 | Such large quantities of water have been diverted for irrigation of the crop that the rivers which once ran into the sea no longer reach it . |
| 26 | He was an honest man : differences between the two quartos are very real , and they point to an obvious conclusion — that The Fairy Queen first staged in 1692 was significantly altered for revival in 1693 . |
| 27 | Accounting policies which if altered for consistency with the purchaser 's policies would have a material effect on the earnings or net assets of the target . |
| 28 | Is the contract on " written standard terms " if the terms are held on a word processor and one term is altered for dealings with a particular customer ? ( b ) A business regularly contracts on terms prepared by its trade association : are those terms its " written standard terms " ? ( c ) A business makes individual contracts by telephone , or other instantaneous communication , but incorporates its normal terms of business into the contracts by express oral reference , or by a course of dealing ; are the terms then " written standard terms " ? ( d ) Are terms " standard " on the first occasion they are used ? ( e ) A business has negotiated a set of terms for use on all contracts with a particular customer . |
| 29 | His Pakistan team-mate , paceman Wasim Akram , re-signed for Lancashire in a five-year deal worth around £250,000 . |
| 30 | More than five million people have registered for part of the government 's remaining stake in British Telecom . |