Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bill also bans another common practice that seems set to become as emotive as quotas : ‘ race-norming ’ , in which the score on federal employment aptitude tests is adjusted upwards for blacks and Hispanics . |
| 2 | Though matte painting was and is favoured largely for economy — it reduces travel or set building or both — handcrafted painting is at times capable of effects that are beyond photography in terms of atmosphere , imagination and invention . |
| 3 | It is intended particularly for media professionals , clergy and others from the churches with a special interest in issues relating to communication , and those preparing to teach communication and media studies . |
| 4 | The course is intended especially for media professionals , clergy and those preparing to teach communication in schools , universities and theological seminaries . |
| 5 | Table 3 is intended solely for use in the 800 literature main class , and Table 4 for use in the 400 language main class . |
| 6 | Stage 3 is recommended only for research topics ( e.g. special study options , or extended essays ) or out of personal interest in a particular topic . |
| 7 | The program is designed exclusively for Windows and runs happily in conjunction with Delrina 's Winfax Pro and the other leading Windows-based fax programs . |
| 8 | Trace is designed principally for high-friction , metalled roads , where it predicts probable cornering forces based on the steering angle , engine speed and amount of grip available . |
| 9 | He said : ’ It is designed mostly for London and turns reality on its head because it is dealing with late trains . |
| 10 | Called Double Drain , the board is designed primarily for use on vertical walls and structures in areas where there is a high water content in the ground . |
| 11 | This work programme is designed primarily for use in preparing circulars , rather than for making recommended offers . |
| 12 | The series is designed especially for teachers and anyone involved in teacher-training . |
| 13 | This three-way classification is my own and is adopted mainly for convenience of exposition . |
| 14 | THE BRITISH government is looking eagerly for signs of economic recovery but is may not have noticed that the quickest way of discerning increased industrial activity is not to look at it , but to listen . |
| 15 | It is made annually for eminence in organic chemistry and includes a monetary prize of £2000 . |
| 16 | The work previously published by Andrews & Evans ( 1983 ) on mammalian carnivores is expanded here for comparison with the avian predators , and the conclusion of these authors that small mammalian carnivores are not significant contributors to the fossil record is sustained by the more detailed work . |
| 17 | This report is written primarily for funders , such as local authorities , Government , trusts and businesses , and describes the importance of Black and Ethnic Minority Local Development Agencies in developing black voluntary action . |
| 18 | The book is written specifically for engineers and engineering undergraduates to present this computational technique as a practical tool in engineering , keeping the mathematical content to a minimum . |
| 19 | At Prague airport , Anderson is searched thoroughly for Hollar 's thesis but nothing is found ( scene fifteen ) , the explanation being , as Anderson reveals to an indignant McKendrick once they have boarded the plane ( scene sixteen ) , that he has hidden it in McKendrick 's briefcase . |
| 20 | On the prototype the l.e.d. outputs from IC2 and IC7 terminate on 10-way header strips ; this is done purely for convenience in the later interconnections stage and you can , if you wish , simply connect ordinary outgoing wires or ribbon cable at these points for later connection to the various l.e.d.s . |
| 21 | You can begin by identifying different reading skills : skim or rapid reading , concentrated reading , information gathering , and reading which is done purely for pleasure and entertainment . |
| 22 | The opera has been finished two years ahead of schedule , but for productions of this scale that time is needed just for design and casting . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's used mostly for conventions , and occasionally for events such as this , as well as cabaret and supper-theatre runs . ’ |
| 24 | The text is enclosed here for information , in case local organisations are approached about it . |
| 25 | More of a knock at the back door than a storming of the castle gate perhaps , but something is going right for Jon Solly . |
| 26 | Chelsea did n't deserve maximum points but very little is going right for Leeds this season . |
| 27 | Although they are welcome as an attempt to rationalise clinical practice , we believe the bulletin and leading article to be greatly misleading in implying an overperformance of surgery since it starts from the premise that grommet insertion is performed predominantly for hearing loss , which represents only one debilitating symptom of the many that glue ear may produce . |
| 28 | He 's waiting outside for Patrick . ’ |
| 29 | Mail order is used predominantly for clothing , but also for leather goods , sports goods , small electrical appliances and the like . |
| 30 | ( a ) 25% to 50% of library users use the catalogue ; ( b ) students account for the greatest proportion of the user population ; ( c ) the catalogue is used predominantly for known-item searching and use increases with users ' educational level ; ( d ) public library users do more subject searching than academic library users . |