Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What acts may be considered usual for a firm of solicitors will change with the times . |
| 2 | After all the pressure , United looked good for a win , but then with just 5 minutes to go , they cracked . |
| 3 | Qualities deemed necessary for a man of nobility and learning . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | He had felt uncomfortable for a moment , the nasty sensation of being watched . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Tennis courts , Italian bowling , archery and mountain bikes can be made available for a charge payable locally . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . ] . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Modifications made , the cannon was pronounced ready for a mission on August 15 to Vitry en Artois . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The Health Study included 1455 children aged 6–59 months , who were monitored weekly for a year . |
| 21 | The Revolutionary Tupac Amarú Movement ( MRTA ) was believed responsible for a car bomb which exploded outside the residence of the US ambassador during the night of Feb. 11-12 , killing three policemen and injuring several other people . |
| 22 | the city that 's gone Japan-crazy for a week . |
| 23 | BARNET COPTHALL dethroned Leeds , who had remained unbeaten for a decade , for the men 's Mycil British Team Club Championship in Sheffield , while Portsmouth Northsea , pressed all the way by Nova Centurion , won the women 's title for a second year by just three points . |
| 24 | At yesterday 's private hearing in the High Court Kevin Maxwell was officially declared bankrupt for a record £406million . |
| 25 | Children 's Bonus Bonds , D issue , will turn £100 into £154.60 over five years and FIRST Option Bonds guarantee 6.5 per cent clear of basic rate tax on sums of £1,000 or more which are left untouched for a year . |
| 26 | What is not clear , even now , is whether another fort was established in the vicinity before the construction of nearby Stanwix on Hadrian 's Wall or whether the Carlisle position was left unguarded for a time . |
| 27 | Marek was knocked unconscious for a minute or two . |
| 28 | If you have parts of the allotment which can be left uncultivated for a time , try smothering the weed with black plastic sheeting . |
| 29 | After a while they were left alone for a bit and then a Black Maria turned up . |
| 30 | ‘ So if you can come up with a way of going down there , past the guards , up to the house , into a room or two , and being left alone for a couple of minutes while I secure the devices — OK , you 've got what you want . ’ |