Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not the kind of stuff some maudlin adult has deemed lovely for the kiddies but proper music , full of the sort of challenges which are really encouraging to meet , and robust enough to stand constant repetition . ’ |
| 2 | For the growing number of northern Europeans who wish to spend their expanding leisure time in warmer climates , public transport has replaced private for the weekly retreat to the country . |
| 3 | As such , an oppression of women that is not in any essentialist sense pre-given by the logic of capitalist development has become necessary for the ongoing reproduction of the mode of production in its present form . |
| 4 | Novell has become famous for the way it manages its relationships and believes that relationships are the way to conduct business . |
| 5 | The British extreme right has also been particularly plagued by schism , exacerbated in part by political failure , after it has become impossible for the party to hide inherent divisions and tensions among its leaders . |
| 6 | Advertising by manufacturers has become notorious for the extravagant but contractually ineffective commendation of goods . |
| 7 | No wonder that the thin 40kg ( 851 b ) Spectra has become universal for the plethora of medium-size stunters . |
| 8 | The woollen industry was important here in the Middle Ages but , in more recent years , Shepton Mallet has become well-known for the production of cider and perry . |
| 9 | This farming systems has proved self-sustainable for the past 2,000 years and has altered little except that summer ( wet season ) rice crops were once combined in the same fields with winter ( dry season ) legumes , whereas the winter crop is now wheat . |
| 10 | There the trail has gone cold for the moment . |
| 11 | If , however , you find that time has run short for the last answer , the best course is to reduce the answer to bare note form , using as many key headings as possible and abbreviating freely . |
| 12 | To this gloss on the idea that even a thief should have to screw his courage to the sticking-place , Johnson adds the argument that if all else he had written were lost , Shakespeare should have become immortal for the way in which he shows Macbeth ‘ distinguishing true from false fortitude in a line and a half ’ : In Johnson 's footsteps , these roads across Scotland 's shoulder become Shakespeare country . |
| 13 | ( c ) It must have become impracticable for the consumer to identify the actual producer ( s. 2(3) ( b ) ) . |
| 14 | Between 1629 and 1638 Grosvenor was imprisoned in the Fleet , having become liable for the debts of his brother-in-law , Peter Daniel esquire . |
| 15 | With infinite delicacy forget-me-nots and rosebuds , croci and oak leaves are chiselled out of native lime ( grown in the grounds of the palace itself ) and slotted into ancient floral compositions which , but for a discarded cigarette in the grace and favour flats above , could perhaps have remained undisturbed for the next 300 years . |
| 16 | By section 59(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1987 the event upon which a bank was deemed to have become insolvent for the purpose of compensation becoming payable was the making of the winding up order rather than the presentation of the petition . |
| 17 | Earlier , things had looked black for the visitors as Farnham moved into the lead after just 14 minutes . |
| 18 | It had looked promising for the tourists as openers David Boon and Mark Taylor batted confidently for the first hour to put on 38 . |
| 19 | The Board , he pointed out , had met monthly for the past two years , and controlled the work of the College . |
| 20 | He was conscious on admission , explained he had felt unwell for the last few days and had intended seeing a doctor today . |
| 21 | But Graham Robertson , McKenzie 's counsel , told the court yesterday that the report emphasised that his client came from a stable background in the west of Scotland and had felt lonely for the two years he had lived in Dunbar . |
| 22 | Charles admired the skill with which the old pro conveyed an air of ease and relaxation , of the company having been one happy family , of the great fun he had had rehearsing for the show . |
| 23 | By 1916 Rasputin 's influence at court had become intolerable for the old guard Russian aristocracy . |
| 24 | By the mid-seventeenth century it had become normal for the wealth of the old people to be transferred to the next generation when they retired , perhaps in their sixties , but for the retired couple to retain houseroom in the family home ; and in order to make disputes less likely , these retirement arrangements were increasingly recorded in deeds . |
| 25 | By the last decade of Edward III 's reign it had become customary for the contracts of service to specify how the gains of war were to be divided . |
| 26 | She could hardly believe he had gone — he had seemed set for the night — and , to her consternation , the flat seemed empty and cold without his disturbing but magnetic presence . |
| 27 | He had been boxing in South Africa for three years and , according to boxing historian Gilbert Odd , had remained unbeaten for the first two years ( 1978 , pp.18–19 ) . |
| 28 | He had remained subdued for the rest of the evening , glancing at Tom and looking away . |
| 29 | The bulldozer which had stood dormant for the past two days coughed into life and rumbled towards the prison gates . |
| 30 | Outstanding is the black chalk and charcoal head by Piero , once in the collection of John Skippe and spotted by Ms Ganz in a private collection where it had lain unattributed for the past thirty-five years . |