Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of sisters whose objectives and aims and struggles I support quite fully and been in fact fighting for those aims . |
| 2 | Daren Foster , coming to the end of his present contract , and Steve Bastien are in effect competing for one place . |
| 3 | Now unit six is very likely to come up in the exam so when you do this test for Monday you are in effect preparing for the exam . |
| 4 | The security source added : ‘ Customs are checking to see if these men are in fact registered for VAT . ’ |
| 5 | This should be contrasted with the position where the debenture are not qualifying corporate bonds , where the base cost of the shares in Target is rolled into the base cost of the debentures , so that no gain falls into charge unless the debentures are in fact redeemed for more than their ( lowered ) base cost . |
| 6 | My own ferrets are in fact retained for working purposes — but I would have to admit that , yes , they are probably pets too . |
| 7 | Over the past few years , Dr Anthony Hall , an expert in tropical medicine , has compiled a dossier of patients who he claims have entered Britain ‘ pretending to be tourists , students or refugees ’ but who are in reality coming for free medical care . |
| 8 | After receiving my version of the working drawing , Mr. phoned to say that the drawing did not have sufficient detail , and that another Mr. from the Glasgow office would be in touch to ask for a clarified drawing . |
| 9 | They may be in front leading for you . |
| 10 | We have never been to Treasury to ask for funds for more than 20 . |
| 11 | You will have to apply para 41 if you are to equity account for the associate in accordance with standard practice . |
| 12 | Althusserians subsequently placed much emphasis upon the ‘ epistemological break ’ , and were in turn castigated for being unable to explain how it occurred . |
| 13 | The provisions as described on p. 38314 , however , were in fact adopted for the ( separate ) emergency mechanism of the Prague-based CSCE committee of senior officials . |
| 14 | The guns were being shipped to Jordan , although their end-user certificates were false and they were in fact destined for Iraq . |
| 15 | Why , when animal teeth were available and were in fact used for necklaces by the simple process of perforating their roots , did men go to the trouble to carve beads from solid ivory ? |
| 16 | The French were in fact asking for 270 billion francs and it was hard to see how the distinction could be made between helping to improve the French position in Europe and the position in Vietnam . |
| 17 | The book raised a storm of controversy , and two of the authors were in fact tried for heresy ( though finally acquitted ) . |
| 18 | Throughout these years the powers of monarchy were in effect exercised for the advantage of ascendant magnate factions who enjoyed supremacy at court and aroused widespread hostility in the country . |
| 19 | ‘ Samantha and Leanne were on heart monitors for about three days after it happened . |
| 20 | What would you do about that if you were at court acting for your client ? that paragraph from the earlier comments . |
| 21 | capital allowances — which I think he may want — it could have a damaging effect on the quality of investment decisions , which are at present made for good , sound , commercial reasons ? |
| 22 | The Queen 's speech at the opening of parliament is of course written for her by the government of the day . |
| 23 | The preamplifier 's normal volume control is of course used for all routine listening-level adjustments . |
| 24 | It is of course taken for granted that the loading is such that always so that the response is given by equations ( 8.11 ) ( 8.13 ) . |
| 25 | Most of the weight is of course accounted for by Berilia , Tubul , Great T'Phon and Jerakeen , the four giant elephants upon whose broad and star-tanned shoulders the disc of the World rests , garlanded by the long waterfall at its vast circumference and domed by the baby-blue vault of Heaven . |
| 26 | Law 's in possession looks for Colin Moore in the middle , hand ball . |
| 27 | The disparity in the results revealed by these and various other surveys is in part accounted for by the use of different definitions of ‘ owner control ’ . |
| 28 | Each generation of workers is in effect paying for its predecessors ' pensions , in the confident hope that the next generation will pay for theirs . |
| 29 | Thus the full-time worker is in fact working for less than 200% of the total time . |
| 30 | Young Mr Nilsen is in fact going for a 14-day trial at Sheff Utd right after Norway 's match tomorrow . |