Example sentences of "[been] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter had been intended for the scrap-yard a short while earlier . |
| 2 | She hardly listened to Mr Lessing 's explanation ; the tutor was his cousin , who had been intended for the Church but proved to have divergent views from his bishop , and had resigned . |
| 3 | These directives could have been intended for the landscape gardeners , whose services were much in demand at this time and who used roses in their extensive planting schemes to provide unanticipated colour and fragrance for those taking a walk in wilderness greenery . |
| 4 | The Terrorist Squad believed it had been intended for the Lord Mayor 's Parade later that day . |
| 5 | To compensate a bit for the loss , Greatest Hits from that long and illustrious lineage — ‘ Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ’ and its copains — have been gathered for the nonce in a smaller space elsewhere in the museum . |
| 6 | No systematic survey of vegetation , habitat , or species losses due to agricultural development has been undertaken for the whole of the UK uplands , nor is one planned . |
| 7 | A contract has been placed for the supply of this equipment to prisons that hold category A prisoners . |
| 8 | All had two or more close relatives who had been treated for the disease . |
| 9 | The Beeching proposals have been criticized for the lack of serious consideration given to the possibility of retaining many unprofitable passenger services , and the case for closure was presented in a way that prejudged the final decision . |
| 10 | Although not directly linked to the Suso affair , Lee Seung Yoon had been criticized for the country 's rising inflation and trade deficit . |
| 11 | Derrida has sometimes been criticized for the generality of phrases such as ‘ the history of the West ’ or the claim that his work involves a critique of ‘ Western metaphysics ’ . |
| 12 | While Castells ' early work has usually been criticized for the absence of agency and consequent essentially functionalist explanation , this absence of connection between base and consciousness — an implicit dismissal of the notion that social being determines consciousness — is also a licence for action explanations in a Weberian tradition which completely sever the connection between the production system and social action around reproduction . |
| 13 | Bales had been arranged for the jury as they had been on the night of the fire . |
| 14 | Following its launch at the Tate Gallery ( 17 February-25 April ) , a prestigious international circuit has been arranged for the exhibition which goes to the Museo Nacional de Reina Sofia , Madrid ( 8 June-23 August ) , New York 's Museum of Modern Art ( 22 September-4 January 1994 ) , the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ( 3 February-17 April 1994 ) and the Walker Art Center , Minneapolis ( 23 July-2 October 1994 ) . |
| 15 | A pre-wedding luncheon had been arranged for the family . |
| 16 | Contracts have been arranged for the supply from other parts of BAe to enable the new company to operate autonomously . |
| 17 | The official turnout was 74 per cent , although there were claims that many voters had not been registered for the ballot . |
| 18 | A wide variety of methods has been developed for the preparation of such samples , which are described as matrix-isolated . |
| 19 | Computer software has been developed for the estimation of large systems of such equations subject to cross-equation restrictions and also subject to changes of regime , so that the model can be permitted to shift in the face of institutional changes ( such as the switch to floating exchange rates ) while certain underlying behavioural parameters , such as in the desired money velocity function , remain constant . |
| 20 | Polymerase chain reaction amplification assays have been developed for the detection of a number of mycobacterial species and have proven successful in the detection of mycobacteria from a variety of clinical specimens . |
| 21 | A new suspension system has been developed for the car , and it also features a four-wheel steering system along with four-wheel anti lock braking and electronic traction control . |
| 22 | From an increasing understanding of soils and how to improve their nutrient status for increased plant production and associated work , a number of techniques have been developed for the reclamation of hill land ( 6 ) . |
| 23 | By far the majority of the packages have been developed for the microcomputer , and with this sort of equipment increasingly available in schools , especially in the UK and the USA , it is not surprising that that medium is becoming popular . |
| 24 | Capital approval has also been given for the building of a new warehouse at Telford which will link together the soup and cereals factories and is due for completion next spring . |
| 25 | A provisional timetable has , however , been given for the Government 's review of travel-to-work areas ( used as the basis for the Assisted Areas which are targeted for regional assistance ) . |
| 26 | Thus , when Ludendorff arrived at his new headquarters at Marienburg , orders had already been given for the mass of the Eighth Army to form a half-moon facing southeast , toward the centre of which' Samsonov , urged on by telegrams from Jilinski , was now marching his weary men . |
| 27 | When this has been entered ( unless a date has been given for the assessment ) the plaintiff should , when ready to prove his figures , apply for an appointment before the district judge , or , if the sum claimed is more than £1,000 , before the circuit judge ( unless the defendant admits liability ) . |
| 28 | Mr. A. Harman , confidential clerk at the brewery , wrote to Whitbread saying that the Attorney-General ( Spencer Perceval ) had stated that he knew of no security having been given for the sum of money in Mr. Whitbread 's will . |
| 29 | Approval has now been given for the acquisition of the building . |
| 30 | Two further reasons have been given for the establishment of government-owned newspapers or for the taking over of existing privately owned ones . |