Example sentences of "[adv] [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 | I produced sketches and a clay model for ideas , but these were eventually only used for reference when working on the sculpture . |
| 4 | Using a bar code reader and a suitable computer system greatly speeds things up of course , and the books of codes are presumably only needed for reference and checking purposes . |
| 5 | I sat on a log among the shadows of creatures now extinct and others long since departed for pasture in the south . |
| 6 | ‘ It was rash of me to promise when I 'm constantly so strapped for cash . ’ |
| 7 | No amount of modification to any of the existing faiths could ever have the so greatly longed for effect , only a completely new religious concept based on a credible ‘ god ’ can be successful . |
| 8 | Decretal letters , in answer to queries about particular legal points , came to be the major source of declaration during the twelfth century , more numerous than the decrees of councils but not so easily disseminated for use . |
| 9 | Indeed there have been several cases in the press recently of 10- or 11-year-olds being so severely beaten for under-achievement at school that they died . |
| 10 | It was the kind of tragedy that so often called for sympathy — a momentary sympathy and thrill of horror , mixed with shamefaced satisfaction that it had happened to someone else -before one passed on to less disturbing news . |
| 11 | The rest had been so well prepared for work by their previous sixteen years of socialisation that they found few problems . |
| 12 | Lucky child , to be so well cared for while others suffer so much ! |
| 13 | There are many species of ‘ flying ’ squirrels , but none of these is so well equipped for flight as the colugo , their gliding membranes being not nearly so extensive . |
| 14 | Rather than punish him for the attempted rebellion , Henry gave Richard the task of quelling the very Aquitainian rebels from whom he had so recently looked for support . |
| 15 | Hun Sen said that dismantling his government and disarming the SOC armed forces would be unacceptable , and that the UN role should be limited to overseeing elections , with UN troops being only lightly armed for self-defence . |
| 16 | It is not widely used for research outside the military because of the cost of high fidelity simulator time . |
| 17 | Cows and pigs are already widely used for valve replacement in heart operations and in the production of insulin for diabetic conditions . |
| 18 | In many parts of the Asian elephants ' range the slaughter began with the coming of colonial man , who not only shot for sport but also cleared the forest for rubber and other crops and naturally did not want elephants to undo his good work . |
| 19 | The rival method of using metal rollers for milling corn had been tried as early as the sixteenth century but was generally only adopted for malt-milling until , in 1834 , a Swiss engineer substituted rollers for the original stones in the reconstruction of an existing mill . |
| 20 | Erm a park tends to give the impression of being like a memorial park , erm equally it 's not just earmarked for football , which is it could be er seen as just that , the idea was that it would provide facilities for all types of sports and interests throughout the er throughout the area , particularly er girls , I know girls play football but there 's a lot of interest in er sport particularly hockey , and I personally would n't like to see it just dominated by football . |
| 21 | There is also a suggestion that in Britain the elaborate chambered tombs and long barrows , and such structures as Newgrange in Ireland , were not just used for burial but for other purposes as well . |
| 22 | Applicants are not normally called for interview , but those given offers for our courses are invited to visit the relevant Department or School . |
| 23 | Afterwards , the New Zealand captain , speaking softly , confessed he was ‘ devastated ’ , while Gooch , not normally known for emotion , seemed more than a little chuffed . |
| 24 | We consider what old fishing boats , and even vessels that were not specially made for fishing , can be adapted and sent to fish for a year or two . |
| 25 | I hope that the courts of this country will always be vigilant to prevent a misuse of the convention and will not make an order requiring evidence to be given … unless it is clearly established that , even if required for civil proceedings , it is not also sought for criminal [ proceedings ] . |
| 26 | I get it form most of his kind , who remember that I was once a private investigator , and so to them not far removed for law . |
| 27 | Not really built for childbearing — and , after all , a modern feminist , a career-woman , had no place in her life for the bother of children . |
| 28 | On the debit side it must be said that Ventura is not really suited for use on documents where the styles and formats change from page to page ; newsletters and magazines , for example . |
| 29 | He was not , in fact , the first to work with the Longhorns : a blacksmith named Welby living on the borders of Leicestershire and Derbyshire had been attempting systematic improvement of the type using animals from the Derbyshire herd of Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow House , Burton-on-Trent ( a herd which by 1720 was already uniform and impressively well matched for shape and colour ) , and a Mr Webster of Canley , near Coventry , bred animals from the same herd with stock from Westmorland and Lancashire . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure we could let you out for that , McAllister , ’ Dr Neil had said , only for Sally-Anne to murmur modestly that since she was already well treated for time off she could not possibly ask for more . |