Example sentences of "[to-vb] [been] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One shuttle tanker , Polikon , was reported to have been hit for the fourth time and written off as a ‘ constructive total loss ’ ( CTL ) . |
| 2 | A further 40 Sendero guerrillas were said to have been killed for the loss of three policemen dead and 20 wounded on Sept. 27 during an attack on a police post in Nuevo Progreso , San Martin department in the Upper Huallaga valley , the country 's major cocaine producing area , a Sendero stronghold . |
| 3 | I would love more people to be aware of the sometimes painfully beautiful music that Gál wrote , but ( and I do no injustice to his shade ) I would n't try to convince anyone of his stature on the basis of the music for mandolin and piano recorded here : it seems to have been composed for the sheer enjoyment of the players — well-tuned , amiable , and slightly unmemorable stuff . |
| 4 | Oracle7 , Sybase , Ingres and Informix are said to have been tuned for the 1000 . |
| 5 | To some extent the East Anglian lands seem to have been exploited for the benefit of the northern retinue , and the same attitude can be seen in the use of some of the de Vere lands to endow Gloucester 's new college at Middleham . |
| 6 | To some extent the East Anglian lands seem to have been exploited for the benefit of the northern retinue , and the same attitude can be seen in the use of some of the de Vere lands to endow Gloucester 's new college at Middleham . |
| 7 | A much more radical proposal was under active consideration ( Home Office , 1999d ) shortly before the guide-lines were issued , though this appears to have been shelved for the time being . |
| 8 | Despite the widespread feeling that there had been a victory for parental rights , many of the Dewsbury parents claimed to have been acting for the sake of their children . |
| 9 | Their clothes were an abrasive barrier between them , and her hands were as urgent as his as she peeled off the same black dress she seemed to have been wearing for the past century . |
| 10 | These objects are actually made of brass , but are believed to have been used for the weighing of gold dust ( fig. 9.4 ) . |
| 11 | New Zealand was amply supplied with basalt , greywacke and argillite , each of which is known to have been used for the adze blades used to shape the timbers required for canoes , houses and defensive works . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , perhaps because of the procedural problems outlined above , Article 100A(4) appears to have been used for the first time only in 1992 , in relation to German legislation banning the use of PCP ( pentachlorophenol ) despite the fears expressed at the time the Single European Act was signed that it would destroy the Court 's achievements in this sphere . |
| 13 | In some cases , these may represent the personal belongings of the dead person , but many of the grave goods , such as food and coins , seem to have been buried for the benefit of the dead person in the after-life . |
| 14 | Eventually English Heritage joined with the National Heritage Memorial fund offering to buy the house and asking for no funding from the government ( although possibly in the long term , additional monies would have had to have been found for the running of the house ) . |
| 15 | There was the Crown Colony system which seems to have been designed for the business of not getting things done . |
| 16 | Amiss recalled a discreet chamber tucked away at the back of the building which appeared from its decor and its furniture to have been designed for the entertainment of a compliant lady . |
| 17 | He can count himself lucky not to have been blamed for the bounce by his political masters . |
| 18 | A regular flow of books and short stories followed , among them : The Mystery of the Sea ( 1902 ) ; The Jewel of Seven Stars ( 1903 ) , a tale of Egyptian reincarnation ; The Man ( 1905 ) , a melodrama ; Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving , in two volumes ( 1906 ) ; Lady Athlyne ( 1908 ) , a romance ; Snowbound ( 1908 ) , a collection of short stories ; The Lady of the Shroud ( 1909 ) , which reached its twentieth edition in 1934 ; Famous Imposters ( 1910 ) , which included the story of the Bisley Boy , believed by some to have been substituted for the future Queen Elizabeth in childhood ; and finally The Lair of the White Worm ( 1911 ) , in which he revived the legend of a gigantic serpent capable of assuming human form . |
| 19 | With sufficient manipulation of the rota , it would be possible to arrange for the work-force to have been working for the same number of hours at different times of the day — condition ( 2 ) . |
| 20 | I was scheduled to be a member of that crew and had been issued with my kit , overseas bag etc and was delighted to have been chosen for the ‘ jolly ’ , but someone ‘ pulled rank ’ and took my place , thus saving my life and losing his . |
| 21 | The gunman is believed to have been waiting for the women and chidren to come out of the shop . |