Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The project to encourage the otter is being backed by the National Rivers Authority , which is helping to pay for the artificial holt : |
| 2 | The Parliament Act 1911 still recites that ‘ it is intended to substitute for the House of Lords as it at present exists a Second Chamber constituted on a popular instead of hereditary basis ’ and explains the Act itself as a temporary measure pending such a substitution . |
| 3 | The downtown space is intended to allow for more diverse programming than the museum 's main building in La Jolla , as well as increasing exhibition space . |
| 4 | A further adjustment ( the ‘ Assessment of Educational Needs ’ component of the socio-economic deprivation figures , considered below ) is intended to allow for varying requirements for special schooling and remedial teaching for deprived groups . |
| 5 | They will keep this addition , which is intended to compensate for the VAT they can not reclaim . |
| 6 | The present scheme is intended to run for two years , at a cost of £30,000 , until longer-term measures to raise water levels in the area will have an effect . |
| 7 | The club is taking over a second-floor suite of offices on a short-term lease , but it is to continue searching for new premises , almost certainly still in Edinburgh . |
| 8 | An alternative , and in some ways overlapping argument advanced in justification of the doctor is that his duty to his patient , once he has embarked on treatment , is to continue to care for him until he dies . |
| 9 | The Laboratory is catering to demand for local chips from Taiwanese Sparcsystem builders such as Tatung Electronics Co , Datatech Inc , Twinhead Inc , Sampo Inc and Chicony Inc . |
| 10 | In Fig. 11–11 the median voter is constrained to vote for an output combination along 18 of the budget line 12 because otherwise the local authority would set tax rates that left the poorest citizens with a minimum income level lower than that regarded as acceptable ; i.e. they would set a tax greater than 19 . |
| 11 | Each group is to try to negotiate for the release of a child . |
| 12 | Integrated into the Optivity network management system , it 's claimed to allow for management of an entire network including Ethernet , Token Ring , FDDI and Asynchronous Transfer Mode technologies . |
| 13 | It states that sex is not appropriate in every situation where a couple are mutually attracted , or even within a relationship that is expected to last for some months or even years . |
| 14 | The trial is expected to last for two weeks . |
| 15 | Four friends will be keeping pace with him on the ground , carrying all the spares he might need for a flight which is expected to last for a month . |
| 16 | The case will resume tomorrow and is expected to last for at least two weeks . |
| 17 | The hearing is expected to last for three days . |
| 18 | The hearing is expected to last for a number of days . |
| 19 | Mr Goldring told the jury on the second day of the trial , which is expected to last for three months , that Bradley had been put on an intravenous drip but in the early hours of the next morning he shouted out , complaining of pain around the drip site . |
| 20 | Sheriff Andrew Bell adjourned the trial , which is expected to last for two to three weeks , until tomorrow . |
| 21 | He is expected to return for either the home game with Swindon next Monday or the visit to Blackburn 48 hours later . |
| 22 | You 'll get little change from £40,000 for the 300SE , the 500SE is expected to sell for around £60,000 while the flagship 600SEL ( the short wheelbase model wo n't be sold in Britain ) is expected to be close to £80,000 — £22,500 more than the rival 750iL BMW . |
| 23 | Powered by the new 286hp V8 from the 740i and 540i , the automatic-only V8 coupe is expected to sell for 20 per cent less than the V12 850Ci — next year 's renamed and upspecked 850i . |
| 24 | BTG is expected to sell for between £30m and £50m , but could go for as much as £100m . |
| 25 | It is expected to sell for between £150,000–£250,000 . |
| 26 | While the Barcode Battler is expected to sell for just £40 , and software comes free , it could add thousands of pounds to the family shopping bill . |
| 27 | The product is expected to sell for from $17,000 to $30,000 when available in June . |
| 28 | A Dutch canal scene by Isaac Israels is estimated at DFl.80–120,000 ( £25–40,000 ; $40–70,000 ) and a street scene in a Jewish neighbourhood by Samuel Verveer is expected to sell for DFl.40–60,000 ( £12,500–20,000 ; $22–35,000 ) , as is another street scene , ‘ Spui in The Hague ’ by Floris Arntzenius . |
| 29 | A George II ebonised small bracket timepiece by George Graham of London is expected to sell for £10–15,000 ( $18–25,000 ) and a Victorian engraved giltmetal , malachite and lapis lazuli miniature mantel timepiece in the form of a Chiffonier , by Thomas Cole , is estimated at £7–10,000 ( $12,500–18,000 ) . |
| 30 | Fragonard 's ‘ La Visitation ’ , once the property of the Prince de Conti , is expected to sell for FFr800,000–1.2m ( £80–120,000 ; $140–210,000 ) |