Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr North , whose conviction in the Iran-Contra scandal was dismissed by a federal appeals court , is widely expected to run for the Senate as a Republican from Virginia . |
| 2 | The abbreviation is widely held to stand for ‘ Buy Thermal Underwear . ’ |
| 3 | Mr Marshall 's fair used to come for the feast weekend and , in 1914 , he again contributed to the effort by offering to play sacred music on his fairground organ after the Sunday church services , with a collection for the hospital funds . |
| 4 | The most common type of instrumental argument relies , as a reason for recognizing the validity of consent , on the facts that the agent has the best information to judge whether it is best to create the right or not and that he is sufficiently motivated to act for the best . |
| 5 | Whilst , over the years , there has been a considerable amount of work on costing such flows , a more important question from the point of view of planning is the fact that the home ( exporting ) authority is compulsorily required to pay for such flows whilst having no control over them ( Brazier , 1986 & 1987 ; Mullen , 1986 ) . |
| 6 | The cost method is generally used to account for interests of less than 20% . |
| 7 | Religion is thus allowed to speak for itself . |
| 8 | It is of course very difficult for the eye to register detail when it is not trained to look for it ; it is only when true students of the Gothic , like the elder Pugin , begin to distinguish the styles of different periods , that the buildings of the past really come into focus in the novel . |
| 9 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 10 | The appeals panel is not expected to rule for several months . |
| 11 | In cases in which pain and suffering is not expected to continue for life the court has to form a view as to how long it is likely to continue . |
| 12 | The M two motorway remains closed between junctions five and six and is not expected to reopen for several hours . |
| 13 | It should be noted that although the total population over 65 is not expected to increase for the remainder of the twentieth century , this is due to a projected fall in the numbers aged 60/65–74 ( by 5 per cent between 1981 and 1991 ) combined with a rise in the numbers at older ages . |
| 14 | Could he use his influence with the Secretary of State for Defence to persuade him to hand over the Ministry of Defence buildings so that the money that the Scottish Office has allocated is not used to pay for them ? |
| 15 | Those who are ‘ wise ’ may keep to one purpose , but the implication is that such wisdom is not allowed to exist for very long . |
| 16 | Although he is currently with the Halifax , as an existing borrower he is not allowed to apply for the fixed rate currently on offer from this society . |
| 17 | Where this option is taken up , the intermediary ( the UK company in the example above ) is not required to account for the acquisition tax in the member states of arrival ; but it must : include the supply on its UK EC sales listing , quoting the VAT number of the customer in the member state of delivery ; and issue a tax invoice containing all the information required for an intra-EC supply endorsed ‘ VAT : Art 28c(E) ( 3 ) applies ’ . |
| 18 | The IWC is not required to work for more humane killing methods , but it can do so by virtue of the fact that it can recommend particular catching methods that are better than others . |
| 19 | The head porter or head receptionist is usually authorised to sign for registered mail . |
| 20 | These may be trying times for estate agents but Croome Court 's still expected to go for one and a half million pounds |
| 21 | The council is also empowered to ask for details of any unusual part of the project to prove compliance with the Building Regulations , eg special foundations for building on doubtful ground . |
| 22 | A London Irish player from Western Samoa , second row Mata'afa Keenan , is also expected to declare for Ireland and thus become eligible for the Exiles . |
| 23 | For larger loads the time taken to reach the first step position is longer and therefore the time between successive step commands is automatically adjusted to allow for the slower rate of acceleration . |
| 24 | UK Birmingham-based IMI 's Uniplex Ltd office automation software outfit will next week announce the appointment of Margaret Gymer to the post of director of international services : she 'll head a new service and support unit the company is starting to look after that side of the business , which is now said to account for some 20% of the company 's revenue . |
| 25 | ( IRAS , incidentally , is now expected to last for 11 months , until Boxing Day , with a 2 per cent chance of surviving into 1984 . ) |
| 26 | It is now estimated to sell for Yen 25 million ( £110,000 ; $200,000 ) . |
| 27 | He is now qualified to play for England and is tipped to do so . |
| 28 | Even when possessed of high ability he is often forced to settle for the position i on the catastrophe surface . |
| 29 | In fact many institutions express this as a recommendation , albeit a strong one where the commitment is obligatory , and averaging over two or three years is often permitted to allow for varying circumstances . |
| 30 | Since the whole database is regularly copied to tape for recovery purposes the archive will also be secured by the same operation . |