Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It then assumes a parliamentary intention that the steps which Parliament has enjoined or authorized for saving or minimizing tax shall not be effective if they are carried out for that purpose but are only to be effective if carried out for some other ‘ legitimate ’ business purpose . |
| 2 | Cultivations are carried out for three reasons : to improve the soil crumb structure and so create an ideal seed-bed for the crop ; to uproot and kill weeds ; and to bury turf or crop residues where they will rot down and not compete with the ensuing crop . |
| 3 | However , since we are keyed up for decisive physical action this is still the best way of working it off . |
| 4 | The concept of the provings : the way in which the drug pictures are built up for each remedy . |
| 5 | In front gardens , lawns are paved over for off-street parking space and in the road more intrusion results from signs , barriers and other traffic-related street furniture . |
| 6 | ‘ The higher risk prisoners are locked up for longer . |
| 7 | Present employment law restricts the effect of such a covenant in a service agreement , but if inserted in the subscription and shareholders ' agreement , it is more likely to be enforceable. ( 3 ) The service agreement will be for a fixed term so that the managers are locked in for that period . |
| 8 | Thereafter , it is slightly intimidating when subjects are set down for each day 's debate , and we feel a little restricted in moving beyond the sphere of the Ministers on the Front Bench . |
| 9 | Nor is government policy in general biased towards increasing competition : it often has the reverse effect because policies are brought in for other reasons than promoting allocative efficiency , as discussed later in the chapter . |
| 10 | Certain requirements are laid down for these various legislative measures , some in the Treaty itself and others in instruments of lower rank . |
| 11 | In addition rituals and procedures are laid down for those who have for a variety of reasons become ‘ unclean ’ , and so have become cut off from the rest of the community . |
| 12 | I 'm given up for dead by now , I 'm accepted for dead . |
| 13 | Many grammatical processes involving re-ordering of constituents are ruled out for semantic reasons , particularly those whose semantic function is to highlight a specific semantic constituent : thus , What John pulled was his sister 's leg has no idiomatic reading , whereas What John did was pull his sister 's leg , which leaves the idiom ‘ physically ’ intact , has . |
| 14 | It is for this reason that patients are followed up for two years after treatment . |
| 15 | Most cows are kept in small sheds on terraced land and are taken out for weekly walks on the end of a rope . |
| 16 | If you are knocked out for longer than a few seconds , you should report to your doctor as soon as possible after the competition . |
| 17 | A number of developments are singled out for brief reference . |
| 18 | Dramatic African-inspired prints are toned down for softer , everyday wear . |
| 19 | If these payments are kept up for five years and are used to buy a home , the Ministry of Defence will add £1 tax-free for every £3 saved . |
| 20 | Every two years , the plants are shut down for major overhaul . |
| 21 | First , a number of rules were specified about the use of rewards and punishers and it was suggested that a reward ‘ menu ’ be drawn up for each intervention in order that the child does not become satiated by a single type of reward which could then lose its reinforcing properties . |