Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [art] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stood there , breathless , as the steps came nearer , stopped for a moment outside then turned up the corridor . |
| 2 | The second option is to sell the property along with the company but ensure that the price received for the company fully reflects the range of values for the assets . |
| 3 | In light of the prohibitive estimates received for the fencing off of the play area and the laying of rubber slabs around the sand pit the nursery staff have decided to go ahead with their own restricted plans . |
| 4 | However , with 75 minutes gone , Hearts scored a quite superb ‘ goal ’ which was disallowed for an offence not immediately apparent . |
| 5 | She looked at him , for a moment all sarcasm wiped from his features , the eyelids calm as a corpse , arranged for a laying out , the unusual pallor of his skin like mica in the dark , but the seraphic vision lasted only a fraction of a moment , and the glint came back into his eyes and the twist to his mouth , and he said , slapping her on the side of her breast with a playful cut , ‘ Fantastic . |
| 6 | More than 200 special guests gathered for a dinner nearby . |
| 7 | The data gathered for the exercise clearly reflect the now very considerable research strength and performance that we possess . |
| 8 | Thus when the dried food is gone , a favourite delicacy is given for a job well done . |
| 9 | It is for this reason that the horse reared for the market-place seldom has the charm , intelligence , and friendliness of the horses bred for personal pleasure . |
| 10 | She expected him to keep looking over his shoulder to make sure that all the fuss was not intended for the man behind . |
| 11 | Bull was always , first and foremost , a virtuoso both of technical invention and obviously of performance , even in compositions probably or certainly intended for the organ where he appears as the direct heir of Preston and Blitheman . |
| 12 | A popular edition is a version of a text intended for the general rather than the academic reader . |
| 13 | But New Zealand farmers could not be better placed for the day when ( if ) other rich countries lower barriers to food imports and abolish farm subsidies . |
| 14 | With production set to double by 1995 and against a background of firmer oil prices , we are well placed for the decade ahead . |
| 15 | This is designed for the situation where it may be necessary to make the shares of a departing employee or director available to attract replacement management . |
| 16 | There is , therefore , a danger that the assessment is carried out solely to determine the diagnosis and that treatment is designed for the diagnosis rather than for the child . |
| 17 | For the most part , however , these systems were of limited range , designed for the battlefield rather than for strategic use and more suitable for targets in Khuzestan than Tehran . |
| 18 | Or do the nuclear powers-that be believe that they have won for the world not only peace in our time , but peace for a million years and more . |
| 19 | The very fact that Nicholson should be nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor spoke for itself . |
| 20 | He won further prestige when he was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for Twilight of the Gods in 1963 . |
| 21 | Yet rehabilitation was only expected for a minority about 25 per cent — of all the children in the study . |
| 22 | I doubt whether the introduction of Water Lilies can be blamed for the problem either . |
| 23 | Waugh himself ca n't be blamed for the wrenching out of a context that might have helped us to understand whether he is referring to unhappy women , rendered so by not being content with their lot , or men , who are now being forced to lend a hand with the Hoover . |
| 24 | No one person can be blamed for the tragedy just as Lear can not be all the victim nor all the instigator . |
| 25 | Out of 300 women , both married and single , interviewed for the survey about four out of five of those who had strayed never confessed to their infidelity . |
| 26 | Dell expects fiscal 1994 sales of between $3,400m and $3,700m and net profit of between $3.30 and $3.75 a share , compared with the $2.59 on sales of just over $2,000m reported for the year just ended . |
| 27 | Magilton was then booked for a foul on Much but with time running out , United continued to press forward . |
| 28 | Since then she had sometimes looked for the moon again in that dark , usually empty space but had never seen it . |
| 29 | Recommended for the artist inside you ! £99.99 |
| 30 | But this is also an intelligent toddler : its list , including the likes of Terry Pratchett , Robert Swindells , Jean Ure , Jacqueline Wilson and Ian Beck , is certainly right , and given a couple more successful years is surely destined for a position very near the top of the class . |