Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do n't have at least two acres for the first horse and at least one per subsequent animal sharing the land , you have n't got enough for satisfactory winter keep and should be looking for an alternative . |
| 2 | Toffler-junkies should be prepared for an intellectual placebo . |
| 3 | SCOTTISH cereal farmers should be prepared for an increase in their growing costs , particularly for chemicals and to a lesser extent for fertilisers , as a result of successive devaluations of sterling since the United Kingdom 's departure from the exchange rate mechanism . |
| 4 | The contributors regularly asserted that a university was not a democracy , and that academic study should be reserved for an elite by concentrating attention and opportunity only upon students endowed with " unusual gifts " . |
| 5 | And that means you should be aiming for an outfit that suggests smartness and efficiency rather than one that screams ‘ sack me ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Friendships should be side-lined for an investigation . |
| 7 | Is it therefore not essential that this new site should be used for an additional reading unit ? |
| 8 | The very fact that Nicholson should be nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor spoke for itself . |
| 9 | Gratitude for the invitation to pay a brief tribute to Jim Byam Shaw on his retirement from active participation in the affairs of his famous firm must be tempered for an old friend by reflection on the difficulties that any such tribute involves . |
| 10 | Sometimes colleagues may read my signals wrongly ; they think that , because I wear short skirts and I 'm not afraid to let the conversation get personal , I must be looking for an affair . |
| 11 | We must be prepared for an ironic result — that the reduction of US military spending will lead to an increase in Japan 's defence spending . |
| 12 | But even then , such estimates do not take into account certain types of income which must be included for an accurate picture . |
| 13 | So we might be looking for an ornamental dagger , then ? ’ |
| 14 | Harry believed it , too , and pity from Isambard was something he could not and would not bear ; the mere thought of giving his enemy that satisfaction made his jaws set desperately to prevent the emergence of even one word or sound that might be mistaken for an appeal . |
| 15 | It assumed that models of rehabilitation valuing people through work , which had been established at such hospitals at Netherne , could be applied for an indefinite period with all patients being potential benefactors . |
| 16 | Whatever we do for Lent could be done for an intention or our families . |
| 17 | At first glance it could be mistaken for an ornately carved stool , its black and white surfaces for a kind of sculpture . |
| 18 | No doubt he could be forgiven for an inadvertent omission , but women more than most know that life , like history , is made up of inadvertencies . |
| 19 | Both poems could be read for an underlying lesbian attraction , though such an argument would be difficult to sustain since Cloe and Silvia are both praised for their ability to win young men 's affections . |
| 20 | could be used for an essay which is an answer to the question Assess the contribution made by Ralph Ellison 's Invisible Man to the development of African-American fiction . |
| 21 | And here for example you might have the recreational mind , healthy mind and body the existential , the person who as much as anything may be looking for an experience based on meditation , er religion , this sort of thing . |
| 22 | For example , arrangements may be made for an NSPCC officer or a health service professional to see the child . |
| 23 | An exporter to reduce his foreign exchange risk may borrow in the currency of his expected export receipt or an importer may require a currency loan to pay for imports which may be re-processed for an overseas market . |
| 24 | He points out that they are negative or affirmative orders and that the Standing Orders of the House lay down that such matters may be debated for an hour and a half after 10 o'clock . |
| 25 | When a detained person is charged with or informed that he may be prosecuted for an offence he shall be cautioned in the terms of paragraph 10.4 above . |
| 26 | If at any time after a person has been charged with or informed he may be prosecuted for an offence a police officer wishes to bring to the notice of that person any written statement made by another person or the content of an interview with another person , he shall hand to that person a true copy of any such written statement or bring to his attention the content of the interview record , but shall say or do nothing to invite any reply or comment save to caution him in the terms of paragraph 10.4 above . |
| 27 | Although pain and dysphagia suggest the diagnosis of intramural haematoma , symptoms may be mistaken for an oesophageal perforation , a myocardial infarct , or a dissecting aortic aneurysm . |
| 28 | If an F-type candidate is identified in time by his teacher , he may be entered for an F-type examination and may thus at least be saved from getting a G grade or worse . |
| 29 | The Activities Book , although linked to the main course , may be used for an independent programme of practical study . |
| 30 | Both measures are retrospective to 1 January 1993 ; that is , export licences may be issued for objects ‘ lawfully and definitively located ’ in a member state on that date , and the restitution procedure may be started for an object unlawfully removed from a member state on or after that date . |