Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of accidents occur on slides , for instance , which are mostly designed for use by seven to 12-year-olds , but which in practice are used more by preschoolers . |
| 2 | Like her father Elizabeth could only pay for war by resorting to forced loans , benevolences , and various other devices that proved unpopular in the long run , although , to her credit , she never debased the coinage . |
| 3 | The courts were only retained for recreation by a concerted public campaign , which resulted in the District Council acquiring the land through a Compulsory Purchase Order . |
| 4 | An epidemic of infertility caused by widespread toxic contamination means that known ‘ breeders ’ are herded together and eventually selected for insemination by the powerful . |
| 5 | Hendaye is not a town to dwell on , being easily outdone for charm by its partly walled Spanish equivalent of Fuenterrabia , facing it on a slight rise across the water . |
| 6 | I describe the proceedings here , however , because they raise questions about the willingness of the GMC to protect patients from forms of diagnosis and treatments which have not been sufficiently validated and about its lenient attitude to a doctor who persistently touted for business by attracting the interest of tabloid journalists . |
| 7 | A third printer , normally reserved for use by the Computer Group , may be made available to lexicographers in the event of the breakdown of one or other of these units . |
| 8 | The Millbank paper-mill and its equipment were eventually offered for sale by auction in October 1804 , thereby ending the possibility of England challenging the European paper industry by using more easily available materials for making paper . |
| 9 | The largest company employing disabled people in Britain is Remploy , which is run as a profit-making business , but equipped with machinery specially made for use by the disabled , and supervisors who are trained to help the disabled staff cope . |
| 10 | The massive figure of Christ , heroic and muscular even in death , is unflinchingly presented for contemplation by the viewer , surrounded by the mourning Virgin , St John and two holy women . |
| 11 | Burglars who raided a training centre for the mentally handicapped in Lynn Street , Hartlepool , stole a £150 go-cart specially adapted for use by the trainees . |
| 12 | His reputation as a right-hand batsman , a strong on-side player , and deceptive medium-pace bowler was such that he was early earmarked for advancement by both his county and country , being twelfth man twice for England in 1938 , appearing as Hammond 's vice-captain in the 1946-47 tour of Australia before succeeding to the England captaincy in 1947 , then succeeding Brian Sellers as Yorkshire 's captain the following year . |
| 13 | CREAM cake king Chris Liveras has stirred up a lot of controversey since he decided to build a cake factory the Preston Farm site once earmarked for development by the Ministry of Defence . |
| 14 | When the marsh has built up to an elevation such that it is covered only by the highest tides , it is usually reclaimed for pasture by building a simple embankment around it . |
| 15 | The Tampax Teen Talk Line is a series of six advice lines , specially recorded for Tampax by well-known ‘ agony uncle ’ Phillip Hodson . |
| 16 | Despite its problems ( see page 1 ) OSF says it is still shooting for self-sufficiency by 1994 . |
| 17 | This bears one humbucker and a single coil pickup , both designed for Eggle by Kent Armstrong . |
| 18 | For example , narwhal were traditionally hunted for food by the Inuit Eskimoes of the eastern Arctic region of Canada , who ate the outer layer of meat and skin ( muktuk ) and some of the red meat , and fed the remainder to their sled dogs . |
| 19 | The terms upon which the adjournment is granted will probably provide for intimation by advertisement being given , or publicity being made , at the expense of the applicant or objector . |
| 20 | The duration of the offline run set in option 9.2.0 may be updated to stop offline , if , for example , the unit is urgently required for use by another process . |
| 21 | We are often contacted for advice by other hospitals . |
| 22 | Originally compiled for use by members of COMNET , an international network of documentation centres on communication research and policies , the thesaurus will shortly be available in both printed and electronic formats in English , French and Spanish . |
| 23 | The rest had been so well prepared for work by their previous sixteen years of socialisation that they found few problems . |
| 24 | Even common sense will tell you that children under a variety of other social stresses are scantily equipped for life by a five hour programme . |
| 25 | The tutor is comprehensive in this subject and is well suited for use by students or lecturers as course material . |
| 26 | Few species have adapted so closely to their particular rivers as caddisflies , stoneflies , and mayflies , which , in their turn , have been cunningly imitated for bait by generations of fishermen . |
| 27 | The patients were consecutively referred for surgery by the same gastroenterologist ( OK ) , thorough investigations before operation objectively confirmed gastro-oesophageal reflux , all operations were performed with standardised technique by one surgeon , and all revisional oesophageal surgery in the region was done at our hospital . |
| 28 | 612 where it was held that a defendant had been validly committed for trial by justices notwithstanding that they had previously embarked on a summary trial but decided before the summary trial was concluded that in the circumstances they should not deal with the case and should commit the defendant for trial . |
| 29 | Most important are the non-partisan character of questioning and deliberation , the high level of expertise on sub-committees ( now being increased by the addition of new life peers with direct experience of the Commission , the Council of Ministers , or the European Court ) , the reliance on expert outside evidence and specialist advice and the production of a single report , initially prepared for deliberation by clerk or adviser to the sub-committee . |
| 30 | This is most recognizable in the theory of ‘ base and superstructure ’ , effectively generalized for culture by Plekhanov ( translated 1953 ) . |