Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 2 | Upton won their first game since the opening day of the season when they routed Winnington Park for 64 the season 's lowest score with groundsman Alex Kegg taking 4–18 after Upton had been dismissed for a modest 128 . |
| 3 | The purpose of an audit mark or stamp on clients ' documents is twofold : it provides evidence that the document has been examined for a particular purpose ( which should be clear from the audit file ) ; and it helps to avoid the document 's being re-presented as support for a duplicate entry . |
| 4 | The main advantage of panels is that they provide feedback over a period of time , which increases the reliability of their responses compared with people who may have been stopped for a brief interview outside their local supermarket , for example . |
| 5 | A LIFEBOAT crew has been honoured for a daring rescue on the Cleveland coast . |
| 6 | The Redcar crew have already been honoured for a daring rescue earlier this year . |
| 7 | The quantities for most of the meals on the following pages are given for a single portion . |
| 8 | She had been intended for a respectable life . |
| 9 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 10 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 11 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 12 | You would have been forgiven for a knowing smile then , but now acid rain is no laughing matter . |
| 13 | Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years . |
| 14 | A barricade of flagstones prised up from the floor had been erected for a final stand and the Collector , snatching a moment to look back towards it , was dismayed to see that the other party was already behind it , thus leaving himself and his men exposed on the flank . |
| 15 | standing committees which are formed for a particular purpose on a permanent basis . |
| 16 | In addition aid money from the food programme , which by 1989 was worth $1,300 million per year to Iraq in loan guarantees , was channelled through the Atlanta branch of the Italian-owned Banca Nazionale del Lavoro , officials of which had been indicted for a separate multi-million dollar fraud involving arms for Iraq in 1989 [ see pp. 37425-26 ] . |
| 17 | Emission standards are designated for a large number of pollutants or combinations of pollutants and may be applied to individual or specific groups of emitters . |
| 18 | It is suggested that the use of general dictionaries may be insufficient to recognise text taken from more esoteric domains or documents that are intended for a specific audience . |
| 19 | Moving right up to date , Johnny is now signed to Virgin 's Point Blank label , and his first release — titled ‘ Let Me In ’ — has already been nominated for a Grammy award . |
| 20 | THE MAN whose effort and vision was behind the creation of Theatr Clwyd has been nominated for a top award . |
| 21 | The front leg then lifts into a roundhouse kick and drops in such a way that the hips are cocked for a powerful reverse punch . |
| 22 | London Ambulance Service workers claimed the system crash last October led to people 's deaths , but yesterday 's document said an examination of 26 cases considered by coroners ' courts showed the LAS had not been blamed for a single death . |
| 23 | Of course , it should be remembered that s3 subjects the terms to which it applies to a test of reasonableness , and where individual terms have been varied for a particular customer ( situation ( a ) ) , or where the terms have been approved by a trade association ( situation ( b ) ) or negotiated between the parties ( situation ( e ) ) they are more likely to satisfy the test of reasonableness . |
| 24 | Will he further confirm that he and his right hon. and hon. Friends in the Scottish Office have been recommended for a Scottish tourism award for their determination to self-destruct in Scotland ? |
| 25 | The homogeneity of the three groups has been reported for a wide variety of preoperative variables including age , sex , type of fluid , allergy , seasonal variation , radiographic determination of the size of the adenoids and postnasal space , and duration of preoperative loss of hearing . |
| 26 | Comparable findings have been reported for a dichotic listening task with children ( Harter-Craft , 1981 ) and for adult dual-task performance ( Hicks , 1975 , but see Wolff and Cohen , 1977 ) . |
| 27 | The two British fighters have been tipped for a multi-million pound British showdown since Bruno 's boxing licence was renewed 14 months ago , and the prospect gathered pace last week when Lewis was crowned WBC champion . |
| 28 | The move marks a first step into Europe by Tesco , which has been tipped for a Euro deal for some time . |
| 29 | If what he says in the scum book is true then how could we let that happen , surely Blackburn could have been squeezed for a goodly 3 squiddlys . |
| 30 | He said Thompson had been involved in a traffic accident in which he had suffered a head injury and been concussed for a short time . |