Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martindale is another valley which seems to have altered little for a century or more . |
| 2 | What acts may be considered usual for a firm of solicitors will change with the times . |
| 3 | After all the pressure , United looked good for a win , but then with just 5 minutes to go , they cracked . |
| 4 | Qualities deemed necessary for a man of nobility and learning . |
| 5 | It was always considered necessary for a man to shoulder the main burden of work at a farm the size of ours , and I suppose the main reason why the place is a bit run down these days is because there was no man left to take over when Uncle died . |
| 6 | A mortgage valuation may be considered sufficient for a lending institution able to spread the risk across many loans , and which also has the benefit of the security of each borrower 's income as well as the property . |
| 7 | This was an attempt to retain some of the advantages of the gold standard , since stable rates of exchange were thought to be beneficial to the conduct of trade and other international transactions , and yet adjustments in the exchange rate were deemed desirable for a country facing a permanent payments imbalance . |
| 8 | Situations such as those described by Lewis and Meredith apparently fall within the range of what is regarded appropriate for a daughter who has a sense of filial duty . |
| 9 | See well , you could er I still went with the horse and cart down there on a Saturday , take the meat , still the same I done that for a year or two . |
| 10 | and I have n't seen that for a while |
| 11 | The staff group concerned ( composed of teachers from a middle and a first school sharing a site ) had met weekly for a number of times , when one of them , Mr E , presented eight-year-old Dave , ‘ an infuriating boy , who never listens and who ca n't even copy from the board ; there is nothing one can do with him ’ . |
| 12 | No I have n't seen this for a while yet |
| 13 | He had felt uncomfortable for a moment , the nasty sensation of being watched . |
| 14 | If it is required to positively identify the components , it is recommended that one of the parents is made homozygous for a marker chromosome such as T6 ( Section 5.1 ) . |
| 15 | By the summer of 1967 , when he left the Department of Education and Science for the Board of Trade , £16m. had been made available for a building programme over the next two years , with a further £18m. to follow in 1971/2 . |
| 16 | Tennis courts , Italian bowling , archery and mountain bikes can be made available for a charge payable locally . |
| 17 | It could , she supposed , be made suitable for a nanny , but the nursery would have to be one floor below in what was their present spare room with the extra bathroom . |
| 18 | Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder ( Jazzy for short ) who had some choice anecdotes , such as the one about being buried alive for a couple of days by Hopi Indians as part of an initiation ritual . |
| 19 | ‘ I remember what you said last time you were offered that for a reason . |
| 20 | I had had ten for a meal about two weeks ago , so that is my entertaining DONE for a while ! ! ! |
| 21 | ‘ Mrs E. had no clothes , she has not had any for a year . |
| 22 | I reckon they must 've nearly got enough for a ticket cos they ask quite a few people . |
| 23 | Ant : I 've only got enough for a shirt . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've almost got enough for a playgroup , ’ said mum Karen White . |
| 25 | You have n't played that for a bit have you ? |
| 26 | After the Restoration , pursuing his erstwhile reversion on Edmund 's behalf , he was pronounced unfit for a tellership , but he kept out of trouble until 1671 , when he was sent to the Tower on suspicion of involvement in the conspiracy of Colonel Thomas Blood [ q.v . ] . |
| 27 | Later in the day she was busy again when the Intelligence Officer informed her that it had become necessary for a UDR soldier and his family to move from their present house . |
| 28 | Modifications made , the cannon was pronounced ready for a mission on August 15 to Vitry en Artois . |
| 29 | To give an example , a company was found responsible for a hoist accident at a power station in Kent in 1978 in which four people died and five were seriously injured . |
| 30 | Michael Steel , assistant director of Medical Research Council 's human genetics unit in Edinburgh , said the Scottish data had proved important for a number of reasons . |