Example sentences of "[conj] is [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her first thought was to pick a young teenager 's romance of the kind that is written for fifteen-year-old schoolgirls , but for some reason she found herself instinctively walking past that particular shelf . |
| 2 | They will welcome the support that is given for that process from the centre . |
| 3 | The usual test that is given for this is the Snellen chart for visual acuity , which is well known to anyone who has had a routine medical examination . |
| 4 | It is clear from these brief analyses that the nature and scope of the context that is constructed for each individual poem does not simply depend on the choice of deictic expressions in the text , but rather results from the combined effect of a wide range of variables , including the content of the text as a whole , and the attitudes and experiences that readers bring to the text or develop during reading . |
| 5 | In this range , solutions for some initial conditions tend to one of the steady state solutions whereas those for others exhibit indefinitely the sort of behaviour that is found for all initial conditions when . |
| 6 | Only such a theory can generate rules which can be accepted as having the sort of ethical authority that is required for international law to be taken seriously as the ultimate arbiter of international relations . |
| 7 | If we do this often enough , and most of us do , then these ways of being become habitual and eventually the muscle tension that is required for these unnatural positions becomes fixed into our body . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , some of these recommendations offer the possibility of co-ordinated purpose to user education and also perhaps stimulate the co-operation that is required for further development . |
| 9 | Rigorous stretching exercises and taekwondo go hand in hand , for without pushing the muscles beyond their normal use , the sinews and tendons will not gain the elasticity that is required for dynamic kicking techniques . |
| 10 | PKA represents a single protein kinase A phosphoacceptor site that is required for transcriptional activation ( 7 ) . |
| 11 | The taxpayer : The financial targets set for each agency are designed to be demanding , ‘ so that the taxpayer can be certain that the money that is provided for these services is used in the most efficient way ’ . |
| 12 | Those that do come are small pallid workers , inching their way in long columns across the floor and down the shafts to collect the moist mud that is needed for further building work . |
| 13 | This again is relevant to school tasks since it is near vision that is used for close work such as reading and writing . |
| 14 | This is in clear contrast to the divergence model in Indo-European studies , and as a result of this contrast , the shape that emerges from historical language description ( from ancient times to the present day ) is not so much a pyramidal shape ( with gradual convergence at the top ) as a funnel shape ( the kind that is used for pouring liquids ) , as in figure 3.1 . |
| 15 | Light : Needs very good light over a longer period than is used for other water plants Water temperature : 68°–78°F . |
| 16 | The production of stress is generally believed to depend on the speaker using more muscular energy than is used for unstressed syllables . |
| 17 | In an age where the ability of the land to produce more food than is required for many parts of the world is a fact of life , the argument for organic farming methods has never been stronger . |
| 18 | Light : Requires bright light over a longer period than is required for most aquarium plants . |
| 19 | Readers are reminded that there is far more material given here than is needed for any particular scheme of study . |
| 20 | Poor Pat already thinks he 's been raised from the dead and is destined for some great thing , to help Marcus to save the world ! ’ |
| 21 | Preston this dank October morn has encountered greater hazards and is prepared for more . |
| 22 | The 3270/X software will provide 3270 client capability , with integrated access to other network resources such as Unix , X-Windows applications and standard character terminal applications , and is planned for first quarter 1993 . |
| 23 | The nursery is situated at 79 and 81 Dalkeith Road and is registered for 18 children aged from 6 weeks to 2 years and for 30 children aged from 2 to 5 years old . |
| 24 | Rowland Compliance Testing [ which was formerly known as Power Certification Limited ] has established a substantial portfolio of quality blue-chip customers throughout the country , and is poised for substantial growth . |
| 25 | The company , which has just concluded preliminary talks with 13 potential predators and is poised for big cuts in staffing costs , pledged to try to recover all the money lost through the ISC affair . |
| 26 | For example , a 6-month CD could have a 30-day rollover ; this means that the interest rate on the CD is related to 6-month LIBID and is fixed for 30 days , and will change every 30 days if LIBID has changed . |
| 27 | If the material is not topical and is delayed for some time before being sent out the date should be changed . |
| 28 | It is currently in beta test and is scheduled for general release on HP-UX systems in the first quarter of 1993 , CA says . |
| 29 | The SO17 is octagonal , with a capacity of about 17cu ft , and is intended for bigger gardens . |
| 30 | Fancy Patterns : This really does cover many stitch types and is intended for those patterns that are most often used for single colour work , where the design relies on texture rather than contrasting colours to form the pattern . |