Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [adj] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also goes in for creative self-plundering by way of rhetorical and dialectical self-parody . |
| 2 | Leaving Colonel Doughty-Wylie in charge of the Legation , he set off for Dire Dawa by caravan on 4 May and arrived in England on 15 June . |
| 3 | Those councils which wanted to could make up for lost grant by increasing rate levels , and many did so , so that overall levels of spending did not fall significantly . |
| 4 | It was not only other ancient literature that was opened up for new understanding by the Renaissance : the Bible too began to be read with new eyes , eyes no longer focused simply by the authoritative teaching of the church . |
| 5 | Several of the issues just outlined will be given special attention in our last chapter , which will look at the wider horizons opened up for Protestant theology by the ecumenical movement , the encounter with other faiths , and the development of science . |
| 6 | Surely it had been a joke , prompted by the dreadful heavy seriousness of Dwight Kronweiser and the overreverent attitude to Walter taken up for public reasons by Viola . |
| 7 | Also , there are three sites that have been put up for public consultation by the Gipsy Working Party and that 's Rockhill Farm at Chipping Norton , the airfield at Chiltern near Burford , and Standlake . |
| 8 | It is Coward who is singled out for specific blame by Durgnat , his screenplay compared explicitly/dismissively to women 's romance fiction as if that , by itself , was a confirmation of worthlessness . |
| 9 | But he also disclosed that the 11 BR employees singled out for specific criticism by the Hidden inquiry would face disciplinary action , ranging from reprimand to suspension or dismissal . |
| 10 | However , it was not on the priority list of 20 rivers singled out for urgent action by the National Rivers Authority . |
| 11 | To Lan 's astonishment her father signalled for her to approach the altar next ; as she was the youngest she had expected to go last , but her father was clearly singling Kim out for special treatment by allowing her to precede him . |
| 12 | Miles and Bell , along with Andy Gregory , were signalled out for special praise by Monie , who was gaining his eighth major trophy in under three seasons at the club . |
| 13 | The hardest hit Americans included Ed Ruscha , Donald Sultan and Frank Stella though Anthony Grant at Sotheby 's stresses that demand has already bounced back for top works by Julian Schnabel and others badly mauled in 1991 . |