Example sentences of "[adj] to be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His time of 46.55secs was a second slower than David Grindley ran in Rome on Wednesday and Grindley is now favourite to be picked for the European Cup later this month . |
| 2 | ‘ Furthermore , I told him either to provide substantive proof of his allegations or be prepared to be sued for defamation of character . ’ |
| 3 | Witnesses willing to be paid for their services would parade outside courthouses . |
| 4 | Consideration should be given to whether the internal advertising of management posts would identify those staff who were willing to be considered for a move to a particular branch at a particular time . |
| 5 | In the absence of any stated preference it will be assumed that the candidates will be willing to be considered for either appointment . |
| 6 | The shrouds are shapeless , almost winding-sheets , and the creases too deliberately crisp to be taken for flannel . |
| 7 | The defeatists felt that the power of the torturers was too great to try to combat ; the purists were too busy discussing semantics to take up the real problems ; the perfectionists thought that the data on human rights was too imprecise to be used for high quality research ; the paradigm thinkers believed that massive political and social changes would be necessary before torture could be stopped ; many other concerned persons were involved in other cases , such as environment , ecology , animal rights , etc . |
| 8 | DeFreitas had been considered fortunate to be selected for the first Test , when he was left out of the original squad but leapfrogged Essex seamer Mark Ilott after Alan Igglesden pulled out injured on the eve of the game . |
| 9 | Two rows of aluminium prefabs look set to be preserved for the nation … as listed buildings . |
| 10 | There are no general regulations in the UK governing the type of medium to be used for archival recording , although some regulations stipulate additional conditions for electronic records ; and certain authorities have the right to require that their approval is obtained before a company relies exclusively on electronic records , for example : |
| 11 | It is agreed that in arriving at a figure appropriate to be rewarded for the care given by the plaintiffs to the date of trial . |
| 12 | Delighted to be taken for another ride in another car , the little boy chuckled . |
| 13 | The principle of learning by doing was familiar to all supervisors , not least Käthe Fischel from Prague , one of the youngsters who was sufficiently self-possessed to be recruited for nursery chores . |
| 14 | " Female comps " were in future to be paid for " inserting leads [ i.e. spacing material ] and justification " . |
| 15 | Defence and prosecution lawyers are giving details of the case before a bench of 3 magistrates who will have to decide if there is sufficient evidence for the accused to be committed for trial to Crown Court . |
| 16 | I was glad to be given for this talk a problem question — animals and the environment . |
| 17 | Under these circumstances the question is whether the existence of this staircase renders the plaintiff 's premises unfit or materially less fit to be used for the purposes for which they were demised , that is , for the purpose of a residential flat . |
| 18 | When allowance is made for the hours needed for sleep and eating and keeping fit and carrying out Union and Society activities , you would be pardoned for thinking that there are not many left to be used for organising a study programme . |
| 19 | Success was supposed to be reserved for those with silver spoons in their mouths . |
| 20 | 1273 ) ; debate was supposed to be reserved for the gerousia which very occasionally is found actually debating , as in the Hetoimaridas Debate of the 470s ( seep.23 ) . |
| 21 | There was a section at the top of Act Two where Joyce is supposed to be auditioning for some American producers . |
| 22 | A voice for moderation and good order — like many others — but his head as bare as the rest when the bricks started to fly , his body as vulnerable to sabre cuts as his father 's , his countenance indistinguishable to those young and possibly nervous soldiers from the real " physical force " brigade they were supposed to be looking for , who had raised everybody 's temperatures by ambushing and stoning a military escort at Salterhebble . |
| 23 | On Saturday Maxim had moved back into Wellington Barracks ; he was supposed to be looking for a new flat to go with his London posting . |
| 24 | whatsername said he they 're not supposed to be looking for a tumour , although that 's what they could be looking for . |
| 25 | In 1976 Dave was supposed to be caddying for Fernandez at the French Open , but Vicente had broken his finger , so he was without a bag — until Manuel Ballesteros asked him if he would like to carry for his brother Seve . |
| 26 | ‘ Chrissie was supposed to be enrolling for a teachers ’ training course all we saw her doing was peeling potatoes and with her hands in the sink for six weeks . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought you were supposed to be leaving for England . |
| 28 | In negotiating this or that pay increase , they must be supposed to be settling for the best terms they can get in all the circumstances of the negotiation . |
| 29 | We are also supposed to be going for a trip down the Whanpoa river to the mouth of the Yangtze , in the company of some other foreign teachers who work here . |
| 30 | Rather than , sort of , go from Manchester by plane what , they decided they 'd drive down and take the car over so we were supposed to be going for a meal and they said , where shall we go for a meal ? |