Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , even those studies where there does seem to be a clear relationship over a number of data points at different arousal levels ( e.g. Courts , 1942 ; Stennett , 1957 ; Bolanger & Feldman , described in Malmo 1959 ) can often be criticized for the possibility that the task used to induce arousal actually requires greater levels of attention at higher levels of arousal itself . |
| 2 | * We marched for about two hours then stopped for the night and ate fish the Indians had caught in the river while they were waiting for us . |
| 3 | ( Not least is Cold Comfort Farm to be treasured for the fact that an American literary critic took it straight , commenting that some of the characters were overdrawn . ) |
| 4 | Other major subjects painted for the frieze and included in this exhibition are ‘ The Scream ’ , ‘ Death in the Sickroom ’ , ‘ Vampire ’ , ‘ Madonna ’ , ‘ Jealousy ’ and ‘ The Dance of Life ’ , each illustrated by one or several oil paintings and the related lithographs or woodcuts . |
| 5 | It is on a much smaller scale than those held just after the Second World War when animals and livestock were included and a show ring was erected for the horse and pony events . |
| 6 | ft. building was erected for the machinists and cutters as well as for garment distribution . |
| 7 | With the aid of friendly Maoris , rough shelters were erected for the people and their belongings . |
| 8 | The Labour party cloaks under expressions such as ’ attack on civil rights ’ the fact that such people have not registered for the tax and have been indulging in tax avoidance , a practice for which the Labour party still shows some sympathy . |
| 9 | Bales had been arranged for the jury as they had been on the night of the fire . |
| 10 | The conference was being arranged for the Founders and regional activists to meet the newly arriving senior staff . |
| 11 | I 'll tell him what we 've already arranged for the week and find out if there are any special requests or queries . |
| 12 | Before the second day rehearsals the producer has written or arranged for the script and the appropriate announcer for this particular programme . |
| 13 | A number of reasons are often given for the origin and growth of the Euromarket , they include the following : |
| 14 | No location is given for the event and the original tale concerns the defence of the country and the erection of a brass wall around the whole of England . |
| 15 | no , I 'd voiced my concern and I understood the instruction had been given for the brochures or for that particular part of the brochure to be withdrawn and |
| 16 | Women , because of the nurturing and caring roles allocated to them , the responsibility they are given for the well-being and happiness of children and of men , are much more likely to be taught the value of submitting to one 's fate and considering the needs of others before their own . |
| 17 | It is a basic but rarely articulated feature of the modern economic system that the highest pay is given for the work that is most prestigious and most agreeable . |
| 18 | The assets would be shown in the balance sheet , and tax relief given for the depreciation and interest charge shown in the accounts . |
| 19 | No official reason was given for the dismissals but commentators interpreted them as adding to the shift of power from the police to the Army . |
| 20 | First of all , new languages were developed for the scientist and engineer who did not want to learn basic code . |
| 21 | If life has developed for the enjoyment that it brings , and it started with the existence of a single cell , then it is reasonable to suppose that the single cell was capable of the detection of an extremely small measure of ‘ pleasure ’ which it could experience by satisfying some ‘ desire ’ . |
| 22 | Numbers and commentaries upon them lay at the heart of the Robbins Report , although there was much else besides : the scale of research undertaken for the Report and the quality of the statistical analyses were unprecedented . |
| 23 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 24 | It was not intended for the man or woman at the receiving end but for the author 's fellow elitists . |
| 25 | She hardly listened to Mr Lessing 's explanation ; the tutor was his cousin , who had been intended for the Church but proved to have divergent views from his bishop , and had resigned . |
| 26 | • One senior Mercedes-Benz executive admitted the vulgar V12 badge on the C-pillar of the S-class was a triumph of marketing over design and quickly added that it was a delete option intended for the Japanese and Americans . |
| 27 | Next in line is the ErgoLite range of four desktop computers , intended for the business or home user that wants a cheaper product . |
| 28 | They were favoured for the job because of their rapid loading , the cars hardly needing to stop ! |
| 29 | Pop was no longer a community of youth as it had been in the sixties , nor a means of changing society , but a meaningless marketing exercise which deserved to be exposed for the charade that it was . |
| 30 | When the day for her departure arrived nobody could be heard for the weeping and wailing of the girls . |