Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a rule of thumb , a pre-sensitised board can be exposed for between 5 and 10 minutes using an ordinary UV light box . |
| 2 | For a start there were no agreed criteria for subdividing the cerebral cortex into regions , and criteria were not destined to be developed for about another century . |
| 3 | ( 14.3 ) This equation must now be solved for with initial data defining the approaching waves given by and . |
| 4 | Section 2(3) provides that in considering the common duty of care , the circumstances include the degree of care and want of care which would ordinarily be looked for in such a visitor . |
| 5 | For example , in an article aimed at secondary headteachers , Ross ( 1987 ) identifies huge shortfalls between the aims described in the National Criteria for the GCSE art and design and music examinations , and what the assessment objectives prescribe should be looked for in these subjects : |
| 6 | And cultural determinism is the idea that they way people think and act , is largely determined by their culture , their upbringing , their socialization , their home environment , peer group pressure , this kind of thing , and is not to be looked for in natural causes , in their genes , for example , or in individual psychological experience , as was the prime focus of Freud in psychoanalysis . |
| 7 | Vouchers if granted , will be valid for the Friday only , of the Royal Meeting and should be applied for before 31st March . |
| 8 | We 'll be looking for between 5 and 15 mph ( 8 to 24 km/h ) coming from a warm part of the globe . |
| 9 | It would not be too difficult for his legal representative to brand her as rash and irresponsible — scarcely attributes the judge would be looking for in little Kirsty 's potential guardian ! |
| 10 | What you should be looking for in any savings or investment plan — whether the object is to provide school fees or cash for some other purpose — is investment performance and low charges . |
| 11 | An apparently ( to ordinary human consciousness ) miraculous theory is exactly the kind of theory we should be looking for in this particular matter of the origin of life . |
| 12 | Banana production , the major activity of the region , which provided 35 per cent of world exports , was expected to be disrupted for between two and six weeks . |
| 13 | Valuable coins would naturally be searched for with more energy and so tend to be recovered at a higher rate in ancient times . |
| 14 | A lower dividend yield can be compensated for with higher capital gains and vice versa . |
| 15 | Under the new policy , Starkist expects tuna prices to rise from 2 cents to 10 cents per can , but hopes that increased costs would be compensated for by increased sales , as environmentally-conscious consumers opt for dolphin-safe tuna . |
| 16 | On the Greenland ice sheet , some melting at the fringes will be compensated for by increased ice at the centre , again caused by higher snowfall levels . |
| 17 | The need for a pragmatic component in an integrated theory of linguistic ability can be argued for in various ways . |
| 18 | Once the young are born they may be cared for by both their parents for many days . |
| 19 | The recommendations of the Reed report , that mentally ill offenders should be cared for by local NHS psychiatric services , could tip the balance even more , said Jim Walker . |
| 20 | Young offenders should no longer be cared for by social services departments according to one Tory MP . |
| 21 | Mums pay fourteen pounds a week for their two to five year olds to be cared for by trained nursery nurses in a sunny room just next door to the main factory . |
| 22 | The prime role of the day hospital for patients with dementia ( The Pinel Centre ) is to cater for more severely dementing patients than can usually be cared for in alternative facilities , particularly when behaviour disturbance is a prominent feature of the patient 's condition . |
| 23 | Some of the chimpanzees could be transferred to zoos , but the chimpanzees infected with AIDS must be cared for in special facilities until their deaths . |
| 24 | SCHOOL PARTIES will be provided for on Special Services on 15 to 19 June . |
| 25 | There are two ways in which it can be provided for in later reorganizations of the file . |
| 26 | So we 've arranged a second appointment he knows we 're gon na come back what could , what should we be asking for at this point ? |
| 27 | By the time Henderson returned , however , he had concluded that , with little to be hoped for from revolutionary Russia , Britain and France would just have to hold out until American involvement became fully effective . |
| 28 | There are now so few to be fished for in most rivers that more and more people who spent a lot of money in Scotland , as I have over the years , are going to Russia , Iceland , Alaska , Canada and Norway . |
| 29 | Wind effect must be allowed for at all times . |
| 30 | Conversely , because of the universal very steep learning curves with early experience , any novel enterprise is bound to have extensive teething troubles , which should be allowed for in general even though they are not predictable in particular . |