Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the site chosen is in the opinion of the local authority not suitable for the carrying on of an offensive trade , being for example too near to residential properties then consent may be refused , or granted for a limited period or subject to conditions . |
| 2 | After his death many were given away or sold for a few pounds , and he was largely ignored as a painter until in 1987 six examples of his work were loaned to an exhibition entitled ‘ A Paradise Lost ’ at the Barbican Art Gallery , devoted to the neo-Romantic movement . |
| 3 | Use the colourings straight from the tube or bottle , or diluted for a paler shade . |
| 4 | The only practical problem encountered ( apart from cases where the proffered acknowledgement form was ignored , and the seller returned his own acknowledgement form or called for a special negotiation ) was that some sellers ' administrative systems required the issue of their own acknowledgement form before an order could be logged . |
| 5 | However , there are cases ( such as property specially built or adapted for a particular occupier ) where modifications are needed . |
| 6 | This kind of committee can either be permanent or appointed for a special purpose . |
| 7 | On at least a morning a week at ‘ family specialist ’ hotels , children are collected , given breakfast and taken on a trip or entertained for a few hours so their parents can enjoy a morning on their own . |
| 8 | In some cases a relatively low rateable value more than compensated for a high rate poundage ( Blair 1988a:2 ) . |
| 9 | Mallender than struck for a third time when Miandad could not resist one which moved away a little , Stewart gloving it with ease : 64 for 3 . |
| 10 | The Prague meeting was preceded by sharp disagreements between the Soviet Union and some member states , notably Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland , whose representatives spoke openly about the dissolution of COMECON and pressed for a speedier implementation of currency convertibility and the right to trade individually with organizations such as the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 11 | Yachts have been fined for neglecting to fly one in Turkey , and reprimanded for a torn one in Greece . |
| 12 | Terrorism and the Liberal State was published in 1977 , and revised for a second edition in 1986 . |
| 13 | In this way , the dictionary , being a general-purpose source of knowledge designed for use by non-experts , is being used to contribute to the recognition of text that is both highly specific and intended for a specific audience only . |
| 14 | Often written by women and intended for a female readership , the novels are characterized by a blend of sentiment and sensationalism with elements of the fashionable Gothic ; a number of them were translations from the French . |
| 15 | The pilot scheme will involve shops in five selected villages for the first year , and if successful will be extended and developed for a further three years . |
| 16 | For example on 31 March 1991 , Chelmsford prison had a certified normal accommodation of 244 but an actual inmate population of 403 , making nearly 13,000 prisoners were sleeping two or three to a cell ( NACRO , 1991b ) — typically in prison cells which were built in the nineteenth century and designed for a single inmate . |
| 17 | Like the plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs , they were successful and varied for a long time , but all three groups failed to survive the Cretaceous . |
| 18 | In later years the main object was to topple the bull from the town bridge whereupon it would be killed and roasted for a huge supper of ‘ bull-beef ’ . |
| 19 | Some of these programs belong to the Shareware scheme which means that they can be used and evaluated for a few weeks , and you pay the registration fee only if you continue to use them . |
| 20 | Gorbad halted the attack and prepared for a long siege . |
| 21 | He marched the twins in the direction of the nearest station and prepared for a long , boring wait . |
| 22 | In the Chandni Chowk shopkeepers boarded up their premises , buried their treasure and prepared for a long period of unrest . |
| 23 | ‘ XYZ ’ is the perfect kiss-off to everyone who raved against Moose in 1991 with such blinkered zeal , to all the people who sneered at shoe-gazing — a ‘ scene ’ defined , uniquely , by those who hated all of the bands they ill-informedly lumped together — for being one-dimensional and destined for a quick death . |
| 24 | They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time . |
| 25 | Oliver was deeply grateful for this offer of shelter and talked for a long time with his new friend . |
| 26 | Kee told her about his life and talked for a long time about the old Haiti and the people he remembered . |
| 27 | The men and women ( eleven in all ) who met here and talked for a few hours and went their unremarkable ways , were the descendants of the impassioned few Roxborough had gathered around him in the dark days following the failure of the Reconciliation . |
| 28 | ( i ) Of course , when A = Z and ρ is multiplication , the above merely repeats results we 've known and used for a long time . |
| 29 | Corticosteroids , if used for a prolonged period , can cause a type of dependency . |
| 30 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |