Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had once embraced the world with her enthusiasm , laughed at life , had been filled with compassion for those less fortunate , and what was she now ? |
| 2 | ‘ I now have a wonderful little boy who is absolutely perfection , ’ she says , ‘ I know I might have had another wonderful child but I would have been riddled with doubt for most of its life . ’ |
| 3 | However , unconsciously I must have been riddled with remorse for so neglecting my duties . |
| 4 | Marx 's work on class has been examined in detail for the following reasons . |
| 5 | Existing ESA payments are calculated as compensation for not intensifying production . |
| 6 | Again , taking South Hams as an example , applicants are placed in queues for one of five housing sub-districts and also in one of five groups according to family size , marital status and number of children . |
| 7 | Even her departure had been delayed for weeks for want of the funds necessary to fit out her ship and escort . |
| 8 | Moreover , the fact that the embassy had already been delayed in Dover for a fortnight had cost him 14,000 crowns even before these further disasters . |
| 9 | Yes , I 'm afraid Mike Kirkham has been delayed in Prague for today , so Nigel Spackman , who 's a member of our Committee and is a deferred pensioner is taking his place and Les Taylor is the Secretary of our Maxwell Pension Action Group . |
| 10 | Sidonius Apollinaris ' lines et te Massiliensium per hortos sacri stipitis , Arbiter , colonum ( Carmen 23. 155–6 ) " You , Petronius , who in the gardens of Marseilles were the worshipper of the sacred tree-stock " are given as evidence for the Massaliote origins of Petronius . |
| 11 | Twitchit 's actual substitutes , Rose and Beef , are given as substitutes for Dorning . |
| 12 | Detail of normal oocytes , and oocytes showing a variety of anomalies , are given in papers for mouse by Speed ( 47 ) and Speed and Chandley ( 48 ) and for the human by Speed ( 25 ) . |
| 13 | Anthropologists , in turn , have attempted to argue that , for example , the transition from brideservice , in which labour is performed by the prospective groom , to bridewealth , where objects are given in exchange for the bride , marks a significant difference in the development of a phenomenon whereby objects may stand for human labour , with the implication that this is the first stage towards the conditions of property and alienation as we know them today ( Strathern 1985 ) . |
| 14 | The fenoderee possess phenomenal strength and are favoured by farmers for helping with heavy agricultural tasks , in particular they are famous for their skill and thoroughness in harvesting crops , and have been known to thresh a barnful of corn in one night . |
| 15 | Women will no longer accept that they are relegated to the kitchen or are treated as machines for the production of children . |
| 16 | Certain persons who would not otherwise be customers are treated as customers for the purposes of the COB Rules . |
| 17 | Because of the underappreciation of asthma in elderly people such patients are treated with antibiotics for their respiratory infections but are left to suffer the dyspnoea and hazards of their respiratory obstruction . |
| 18 | That was not altogether surprising given that , as a KGB officer who had been posted to London for six years , it would be astonishing if he had not . ’ |
| 19 | Less has been heard from mothers for many of whom maintenance is their only chance of getting off benefit . |
| 20 | The route is named Veni Vedi Vici and has been ogled by climbers for years , who doubted its plausibility . |
| 21 | ACCOUNTANTS handling the liquidation of a North-East nursing home company have been inundated with offers for the business . |
| 22 | Recruitment consultancy Michael Page Group has been inundated with applications for the £65,000-a-year post as marketing director for a South-East service sector company . |
| 23 | Angela has been fascinated by antiques for as long as she can remember . |
| 24 | The answer is none of these things have been undertaken as strategies for the church . |
| 25 | To consider that matter at a point of time when the child has been placed under protection for several weeks , first by a place of safety order and then by one or more interim care orders , would , as pointed out by Bush J. in M. v. Westminster City Council [ 1985 ] F.L.R. 325 , 340 , defeat the purpose of Parliament . |
| 26 | Parker , signed from Nottingham Forest nearly 12 months ago , has been placed on stand-by for England 's qualifying clash against Norway at Wembley . |
| 27 | The plantation director was standing on an upturned crate that had been placed in position for him beneath the light , and despite the early hour he was already wearing his customary pitch helmet , the sleeves of his bush shirt were rolled high on his brown muscular arms and he was bare-legged in shorts , heavy jungle boots and short thick socks . |
| 28 | Whilst computing was the cowboy contractors in in order for our members to keep their jobs hours have been cut , bonuses have been cut and arrangements for a working year have been changed and many many other things have been altered in order for people to save their jobs within local authority services . |
| 29 | Two patients developed an acute psychosis : the first , who had just finished therapy , required intensive psychiatric care for two weeks ; the second , who had been treated with interferon for three weeks , fell and fractured the acetabulum . |
| 30 | June Smith 's daughter , Tracey and her children have been treated in hospital for shock . |