Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everett was duly interviewed for suitability in a hall in Shepherd 's Bush on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 2 | I sat on a log among the shadows of creatures now extinct and others long since departed for pasture in the south . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It seems rather ironic that Stratford Mill , which was better placed for access to the transport system and a water supply , should be the first to go . |
| 5 | The belief underlying such proposals is that many older people are only referred for treatment at a late stage of dependency when treatment is less effective and more expensive . |
| 6 | Migration and fertility decline are alternative escapes from population pressure in societies sufficiently developed for mortality to be declining ( as in eighteenth century France ) and can to some extent substitute for each other ( Davis 1963 , Friedlander 1983 ) to relieve population pressure ( Woods and Smith 1983 ) . |
| 7 | Each canister of Actomite reliably reduces the threat of House Dust Mites in an average sized room and is especially recommended for use in bedrooms . |
| 8 | The clubs are fitted with the exclusive 45″ lightweight Carbolite graphite shaft which was especially designed for use with this oversized metal head . |
| 9 | A practical system of colour photography had been eagerly searched for right from the beginning . |
| 10 | A practical system of colour photography had been eagerly searched for right from the beginning . |
| 11 | The family brought every scrap of evidence or information they could find to the RUC , but that much prayed for breakthrough in the case never came . |
| 12 | The rival method of using metal rollers for milling corn had been tried as early as the sixteenth century but was generally only adopted for malt-milling until , in 1834 , a Swiss engineer substituted rollers for the original stones in the reconstruction of an existing mill . |
| 13 | Normally , married women only applied for re-admission to the union and thus to the trade ( which was not granted automatically ) when their husbands had either died or were severely incapacitated . |
| 14 | The emancipation of women , the unsettling social effect of the First World War and some increase in education for the majority of the population all made for revision of opinions and attitudes , towards sex as towards other matters . |
| 15 | While he 's often only known for number of aces he blasts — 929 so far this year — last night his all-round game was on show and he served only six aces . |
| 16 | But the PowerPC-based VME engine is better suited for use in development environments because of its binary compatibility with the RS/6000 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It said : ‘ I 'm much criticised for part of a written order under my signature which includes a sentence that the Yugoslavian nationals were not to be told their destination . |
| 19 | Socialists have long fought for security of tenure for council tenants , so this represents a major gain in the housing struggle . |
| 20 | Women who have only worked for part of their adult lives may not have enough contributions to get a full basic pension on their own record . |
| 21 | Such a view is found in partial form in Calvin , and it surfaces again in the nineteenth century in the thought of both Edward Irving ( who was wrongly convicted for heresy for believing it ) and the great Anglican churchman , F. D. Maurice ( 1805–1872 ) . |
| 22 | On their normal household policy , you are only covered for escape of water from water tanks ( not fish tanks ) , pipes or apparatus , or fixed heating and installation . |
| 23 | Party Rates : … 20 or more full price seats together qualified for reduction of £1.00 per ticket |
| 24 | An epidemic of infertility caused by widespread toxic contamination means that known ‘ breeders ’ are herded together and eventually selected for insemination by the powerful . |
| 25 | The first approach was thus developed for use with existing systems and models , whilst the second must be used in conjunction with a hierarchical geometric modeller and CAD system . |
| 26 | I was generally pressed for time in my few day in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well as it deserved . |
| 27 | I was generally pressed for time in my few days in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well s it deserved . |
| 28 | It was soon discontinued for lack of patronage ! |
| 29 | Alternatively , you could try a labour-saving electrical gadget which should give an even deeper massage , generally designed for use on your hips , thighs and bottom . |
| 30 | Below-the-line advertising , the term generally used for merchandising in stores including in-store promotions , is another case in point . |