Example sentences of "[vb pp] for by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ADEMA captured 76 of the 116 seats voted for by the internal electorate ; 13 seats were reserved for Malians abroad . |
| 2 | Two years later the tax was extended to include Nonconformist registrations — a move petitioned for by the Dissenting churches themselves , who welcomed the official sanction of their records . |
| 3 | Some members of the Committee moved that the school stay open , on the grounds that short-term financial gain would not be compensated for by the long-term loss to the community . |
| 4 | The even more rapid decline in the two-party vote in Britain is to some extent compensated for by the increased vote for the smaller parties since the 1970s , but in the United States the proportion of the electorate mobilized by the parties is almost certainly even smaller because of the growing number of single-issue pressure groups in recent years . |
| 5 | Any loss in emotional or dramatic range , however , is generally compensated for by the fearsome intensity of the vision that results , and the compelling stylishness with which it is communicated . |
| 6 | This was the outcome of changes in population growth and its age distribution which were only partly compensated for by the marked increase in female participation ratios , especially of those in the 25–60 age groups [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 7 | While some forms of employment in the area have declined ( for example , in the railway workshops ) , they have been more than compensated for by the high technology boom and its associated distribution and service industries . |
| 8 | The lack of a lock on the one and only toilet was compensated for by the frosted glass panels in the door . |
| 9 | H pylori was stained for by the modified Giemsa method . |
| 10 | It was the special contribution of the ILEA , and in particular of the advisory team headed by Mr Leslie Ryder , that it considered what types of ancillary personnel were called for by the new methods , and their training and enter.relationships . |
| 11 | Thus to is used with the infinitive both for the lexical and grammatical meaning it brings into the context : its lexical meaning of an approach to the infinitive event from a position before is called for by the relative position in time of the extra-infinitival spatial support with respect to the position occupied by non-ordinalized person at the beginning of the infinitive 's event ; its grammatical meaning as an establisher of a relation where the inherent mechanism of incidence is inoperative is called for by the fact that the event can not otherwise be represented as incident to the extra-infinitival support since the latter is not already situated at the beginning of the event , i.e. is not within the confines of event time . |
| 12 | Storms had wrecked the Spanish fleet on the shores of West Ireland , and the refugees had been welcomed and cared for by the Irish people . |
| 13 | I know now , although I think I knew at the time , why one was so cared for by the ordinary people of Bury in 1941 . |
| 14 | Along the road we were ably supported and cared for by the ubiquitous Ian Godwin ( no , do n't let him map read ! ) and the effervescent Liz Roberts ( in charge of silliness and peanut butter and banana sandwiches ) . |
| 15 | Some small but particularly beautiful areas of woods , cliffs and islands are preserved and cared for by the National Trust . |
| 16 | By the end of November over 5,000 people were estimated to have left Haiti , of whom some 3,500 were being held aboard United States vessels or at US bases , and over 1,000 were being cared for by the Cuban authorities . |
| 17 | The sun had pierced through the mist , and they were not believing their good luck at being alive , and being cared for by the beautiful colleens . |
| 18 | There are currently 79,000 children and young people being cared for by the local authorities in the U.K. and half of them are looking for foster homes . |
| 19 | One is mounted on top of the power supply , and two are spoken for by the floppy and hard disk drives , so you 'd be in trouble if you wanted to fit more than two peripherals . |
| 20 | The section retains the types of licences provided for by the 1959 and 1962 Acts , and introduces two new types recommended by Clayson ( paras . |
| 21 | In the unlikely event that we fail to provide you with the services as confirmed to you by us at the time of booking or they are not of a reasonable standard , then we accept responsibility whether caused by our employees , agents or suppliers , save that ( i ) we shall not accept responsibility or liability for death , bodily injury or illness caused to you or others named on your booking form , except as set out below and ( ii ) we limit our responsibility or liability in respect of carriage by air , sea or land to that provided for by the relevant international conventions in respect of such carriage . |
| 22 | ( b ) We accept responsibility for death , bodily injury or illness caused to your or others named on your booking form by the negligent act or omission of our employees , agents , suppliers or sub-contractors or of their employees or agent acting within the course or scope of their employment ( other than that of air , sea and land carriers performing any domestic internal or international carriage whatsoever where we limit our liability to that provided for by the relevant international conventions in respect of such carriage ) . |
| 23 | Hence by 1914 a large proportion of one of the largest groups traditionally provided for by the Poor Law had been substantially removed from direct association with it . |
| 24 | This is a specialized form provided for by the Limited Partnership Act 1907 . |
| 25 | As provided for by the international Climate Change Convention , the government is committed to stabilizing carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000 . |
| 26 | Registered Designs are provided for by the Registered Designs Act 1949 , amended by the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 . |
| 27 | Unless an appeal under the Act is provided for by the particular section , or a right of appeal is available derivatively from another section , any appeal is incompetent ; e.g. 5.64 , extension of permitted hours ; Sloan v. North East Fife District Council Licensing Board , 1978 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 62 . |
| 28 | And remember , they are all products of Pakistan 's domestic cricket competitions , which are competed for by the commercial organisations and regional teams which have always been condemned by Imran — who for the last decade had not played domestic cricket in Pakistan . |
| 29 | Will the vast sums of money which are being asked for by the Governing Bodies of Sport mean that they will price themselves out of the market or will television continue to pay as they compete for audiences ? |
| 30 | If PP is set outside the range allowed for by the selected format , it is taken as 9 . |