Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And given the political sensitivity of so much of our work , it is under the secretary general 's guidance that difficult discussions on strengthening the movement 's development and human rights awareness programmes must take place and where the final green light must be given for increasingly complex initiatives to intensify public pressure on governments . |
| 2 | Currently , real-time operating systems tend to be optimised for either low end , mid-range or high end applications , and customers either buy VRTX , go somewhere else or build their own system . |
| 3 | The ground rice would then be boiled for around 5 minutes , and the salt would be added . |
| 4 | Within this ideal model ( Fig 12.3 ) , the actual costs of providing education at the appropriate level would be calculated for both academic and non-academic resources ( eg staff , equipment , facilities , services , etc ) . |
| 5 | Evening viewing for parties of at least 50 can be arranged for either 1900 or 1930 . |
| 6 | Beech 's idea of consistent rules could be developed for even easier reading and learning . |
| 7 | It was known that fees in secondary schools would shortly be abolished , that grammar-school education would be developed for about 20 per cent of the population , and assumed that secondary modern schools would be provided for the rest . |
| 8 | On Jan. 19 , a further report in the UK press quoted " a senior US State Department official " and other experts to the effect that satellite pictures might have been misinterpreted and that the plant might indeed be intended for merely civilian uses . |
| 9 | All the effects of pollutants need to be considered for both short- and long-term exposure . |
| 10 | A flow-chart for the process ( Fig. 4.3 ) shows stages at which section-making can be simplified for less exacting requirements , or where special techniques can be followed for difficult rock types . |
| 11 | The board 's scientists estimate that radon in Wales can be blamed for about 110 deaths a year , or 6pc of the 2,000 lung cancer deaths , mostly due to smoking cigarettes , and about 85 ( 1pc ) of the 8,500 deaths annually from malignancies . |
| 12 | Three days later — the last Saturday before Christmas — Regent Street and stretches of the Charing Cross Road had to be evacuated for nearly two hours following bomb scares , and Hatchards and Dillons in Piccadilly were also forced to shut for up to four hours on Saturday . |
| 13 | Only in per capita wealth did the town have a slight edge , and then perhaps less decisively than might be expected for so important a centre . |
| 14 | FISA president Max Mosley told a news conference that the French Formula One driver would not be disciplined for highly critical remarks about FISA officials attributed to him in an interview with a French magazine . |
| 15 | Campaigners , backed by Ms Eagle , say the landing stage could be repaired for as little as £1.5 million instead of the £10 million being quoted by Merseytravel . |
| 16 | A user also has to be prepared for only rudimentary backup and restore features making NT a dicey choice for mission-critical and commercially sensitive environments . |
| 17 | ‘ Provision would be made for over sixteen million phantom children in the families containing less than three children , while those in excess of that number , over 1¼ million in all in families containing more than three children would still remain unprovided for . ’ |
| 18 | The 1968 Transport Act ( which established the National Bus Company ) recognized this , and brought the county councils into the provision of bus services to enable subsidies to be made for socially necessary but loss-making services ( Moseley 1979a ) . |
| 19 | If the need for more labour intensive economic activities is recognised , and if the full social costs of continuing rural decline and urban expansion are calculated then a strong case can be made for more determined political action and considerably increased government investment in many DRAs . |
| 20 | The power delegated to him must never be misused for merely personal or even dynastic ends . |
| 21 | The need for remedial work on the roof covering became apparent when the worn-out lead valley gutters began to leak , although discomfort from this source had to be endured for almost two years until the Repairs Grant was awarded . |
| 22 | If the quantal size changes over time , however , the histogram peaks become smeared and the analysis can , at best , only be done for relatively brief selected periods . |
| 23 | Established stable star , Golden Freeze , who misses the King George after grazing a knee in a fall on the road , has responded well to antibiotics and is expected to be sidelined for only two weeks , but this injury and all the firm ground have made a mess of Mrs Pitman 's plans . |
| 24 | Iro originally hoped he would be sidelined for only two weeks . |
| 25 | With increasing age the operation is more effective in resolving glue ear than in younger children , in whom such surgery may also be contraindicated for more general reasons of increased operative risk . |
| 26 | Bills can be drawn for almost any amount but the maximum usually negotiated is £500,000 . |
| 27 | Local transport , accommodation and food is cheap , however , and a filling three-course meal can be had for very little . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's middling to cheap for London , although a one-man band could be had for as little as £6 an hour . |
| 29 | A six-month old Rodin should not be sold for as much as one the artist himself made . |
| 30 | The six from Birdland could be sold for as much as forty two thousand pounds . |