Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [vb pp] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Precisely because Stars & Stripes can not match the speed of Kanza and America , Conner 's designers have optimised her for a narrow light air band of 5–8 knots . |
| 2 | And critics of the men inside both black and white communities have criticized them for causing bloodshed . |
| 3 | Economists have taken it for granted that to get round it , creditors will in practice need to get most of the benefit from debt relief . |
| 4 | John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches . |
| 5 | With film this gap is micro seconds though cine photographers have used it for years , flashing whole rolls of film . |
| 6 | With film this gap is micro seconds though cine photographers have used it for years , flashing whole rolls of film . |
| 7 | Corporatism in various forms has a very long history : for example , professional groups such as doctors and lawyers have regulated themselves for centuries ; indeed , voluntary self-regulation is a defining characteristic of a profession and has long been used as a way of avoiding government control . |
| 8 | Police have taken it for tests and an inquiry is under way . |
| 9 | But environmentalists have criticized them for failing to address Southern countries ' real needs . |
| 10 | Many footballers have matched him for decadence but few have lived out their decline quite as publicly as Slim Jim . |
| 11 | The Brazilians are producing lapachol for oral administration as part of a drug therapy for cancer , and the authorities have approved it for clinical trials in humans . |
| 12 | Premonitions have fascinated her for several years . |
| 13 | Some towns and cities have had it for 20 years or more . |
| 14 | Now that MPs have committed him for trial for allegedly ordering telephone-tapping and accepting bribes , he describes the three months of coalition government as ‘ a lamentable political parenthesis ’ . |
| 15 | Now Mr Onanuga 's bosses have suspended him for making up the whole story about Mr Lamont . |