Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continuous variable weight for height expressed as standard deviation score was adjusted for in the analysis of lung function . |
| 2 | We calculated the possible effect of birth weight for a given age of gestation on FEV 1 using the example of two children of 38 weeks ' gestation with the same attributes adjusted for in the analysis but one having a birth weight of 2500 g and the other 3500 g . |
| 3 | This has , of course , been recognized for over a century . |
| 4 | Losses which can be claimed for under the Act are death , personal injuries and any loss of or damage to property ( s. 5(1) ) . |
| 5 | Another possibility is that there could be a relationship between this inflammation and infection with Helicobacter pylori , although we are unable to confirm this from our study , since the organism was not specifically looked for in every case . |
| 6 | Nothing fancy is looked for in the way of bait and tackle : it 's the basic hook , line and worm . |
| 7 | Finally , it seems also to be a taken-for-granted principle that in human affairs where there is order there is something corresponding to a rule to be looked for in the background of the actions which appear as orderly . |
| 8 | Project members are normally overseen by a Steering Committee , representing relevant expertise that is not to be looked for within the institution itself . |
| 9 | New shares are applied for on the expectation that the issue will be underpriced and hence a profit might be made on the difference between the immediate market price and the issue or striking price . |
| 10 | ( A new test must be applied for from the N.E.C. for each re-take . ) |
| 11 | Following our telephone conversation today I write to confirm that Nether Wyresdale Parish Council will discuss the entertainment licence applied for by the Priory Cafe Scorton at their next meeting on Thursday 18th March . |
| 12 | Itinerant craftsmen have been argued for on the basis of the use of bronze models for the production of two-piece clay moulds ( Werner 1970 ; Capelle and Vierck 1971 ) and Hines views travelling craftsmen as the most suitable explanation for the dispersal of ornamental metalwork ( Hines 1984 ) . |
| 13 | The maximalist interpretation is more promising , and the views to be argued for in the rest of this essay explore and develop it . |
| 14 | There will be a single budget which we 've always argued for in the management committee the head of centre will and this is very important and I hope members are clear the head of centre which is the head of the Moat Centre which is the proposed under the amendment will be appointed within this financial year , will be appointed out of the existing budget . |
| 15 | The reef , described by the World Conservation Union as more diverse than Australia 's Great Barrier reef , has been threatened for over a decade by the proposed building of a second airport for the island . |
| 16 | Edward would come and live on Grace , which would save the rent he was paying on his rooms at present ; the girls , once they were not being prayed for at the grotto , would agree to go back to the nuns ; and with Tilda at school she could go out herself and look for a job . |
| 17 | It would have been selected for on the basis of our ability to kill certain animals for food and to avoid being killed by other animals . |
| 18 | If you 're a single parent and sick of being written about as a problem , rather than written for as a reader , One Parent Plus ( Jane Ward , Optima , £4.99 ) should be a refreshing change . |
| 19 | At the time of writing the only categories are see , go , stop and syntax ( syntax words are words like " in " , " of " and " and " , which would not be indexed or searched for in a subject search system , but which can possibly be used to modify the weighting of other words in a search request ) . |
| 20 | The resulting strings produced by applying the rules are searched for in the lexicon in the normal way . |
| 21 | As Davy wrote later , John Buddle , the mine inspector , convinced him that , ‘ as far as ventilation was concerned , the resources of modern science had been fully employed ; and that a mode of preventing accidents was only to be sought for in a method of lighting the mines free from danger . ’ |
| 22 | In discussing Holy Communion , Hooker turned gladly from theories of transubstantiation to remind his readers of the fundamental truth that ‘ The real presence of Christ 's most blessed body and blood is not to be sought for in the Sacrament but in the worthy receiving of the Sacrament . |
| 23 | Be prepared for off the subject remarks — put in to perk up the interview , or comments like ‘ so you all prance about in leotards , then ? ’ |
| 24 | This is not to diminish Sacrosanctum Concilium , which ranks with the Constitutions on the Church , on Scripture and the Pastoral Mission of the Church as one of the major documents of Vatican II , but at least as much as they — and perhaps more so — it had been prepared for during the pontificate of Pius XII . |
| 25 | He thought of his wife and child whom he had not seen for over a month . |
| 26 | However , whereas for the 55–59 age-group the fall in unemployment was compensated for by an increase in employment , as well as in sickness and disability , for the 60–64 age-group early retirement increased more substantially than employment . |
| 27 | The Great Northern Hotel may make way for the new concourse but its loss will compensated for by the refurbishment of the grade one-listed St Pancras Hotel . |
| 28 | Eisner and Nowicki suggest that the occasional missed meal is more than adequately compensated for by the preservation of the web . |
| 29 | To some extent they are compensated for by the availability of a wealth of clinical material , and by the experience of working in urban and rural communities . |
| 30 | Hence the loss of areas 3 + 5 to the UK is more than compensated for by the remittance of profits from Germany , as area 10 is greater than areas 3 + 5 . |