Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adj] for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Older men are usually polygynous ; thus a youth rarely has available for marriage an age-mate female , and he must wait for a younger generation of females to mature before cohabitation with them .
2 After the departure of the United States Navy 12 months ago , Ministry of Defence land at the former Holy Loch submarine base on the Clyde still remains unavailable for development .
3 And a scribbled note eventually gets printed for posterity .
4 Whereas the way now seems clear for development at Colt Hill between now and 1995/96 , despite the lack of schools capacity , the two sites owned by the Regional Council , which the Local Plan will reaffirm for housing development ( viz. East Braehead and Listloaning ) , are to be denied until after 1995 ( well after the projected survival of the Regional Council — thereby constraining the prospect of capitalising on the full value of these assets ) .
5 Bacteria in the root nodules of legumes ( Rhizobium ) have the capacity to fix nitrogen from the air , which then becomes available for use by the host plant in the form of ammonium compounds .
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