Example sentences of "be [verb] for [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Illegal shipments seized at customs went round like a kiss at a party — police , SAS , departments like the one Todd ran … then on to the people they 'd been intended for in the first place — the syndicates who brought them down to street level , street prices . |
2 | This has , of course , been recognized for over a century . |
3 | ‘ What I 've been using for about the last five years are Seymour Duncan amps . |
4 | This is not to diminish Sacrosanctum Concilium , which ranks with the Constitutions on the Church , on Scripture and the Pastoral Mission of the Church as one of the major documents of Vatican II , but at least as much as they — and perhaps more so — it had been prepared for during the pontificate of Pius XII . |
5 | Of course while they may be imagining that they are bending my ear and creating a good impression , they are also providing me with the kind of evidence I am looking for about the gendered and generational aspects of this kind of racism . |
6 | The resulting strings produced by applying the rules are searched for in the lexicon in the normal way . |
7 | Such betrayals , when not over-taxing the as yet limited mental resources of the infant , are compensated for by the acquisition of new much praised skills and satisfactions . |
8 | To some extent they are compensated for by the availability of a wealth of clinical material , and by the experience of working in urban and rural communities . |
9 | The reef , described by the World Conservation Union as more diverse than Australia 's Great Barrier reef , has been threatened for over a decade by the proposed building of a second airport for the island . |
10 | I can recommend any family will find what they are looking for at an HCI Club . |
11 | Whatever you are looking for in a holiday , we defy you not to find it in Majorca . |
12 | ‘ It all depends , ’ Henry had said , ‘ what you are looking for in a relationship ! ’ |
13 | You simply have to weigh up your personal circumstances and what you are looking for from the job , keeping in mind any long-term plans that you may have for your future career development . |
14 | And that 's a traditional one that 's been made for in a modern , modern colour . |
15 | Itinerant craftsmen have been argued for on the basis of the use of bronze models for the production of two-piece clay moulds ( Werner 1970 ; Capelle and Vierck 1971 ) and Hines views travelling craftsmen as the most suitable explanation for the dispersal of ornamental metalwork ( Hines 1984 ) . |
16 | New shares are applied for on the expectation that the issue will be underpriced and hence a profit might be made on the difference between the immediate market price and the issue or striking price . |
17 | It would have been selected for on the basis of our ability to kill certain animals for food and to avoid being killed by other animals . |
18 | Oh , yes , you 're just the sort of bloke we 're looking for for the guards . |
19 | ‘ In order to get that Job , Scott , you have to clarify one thing in your mind — a picture of what they 're looking for as an anchorman . ’ |
20 | That that 's all we 're looking for at the moment . |
21 | Precisely what you 're looking for in a watch . |
22 | What did they accuse him of in front of Pontius Pilate , that 's what we 're looking for in the Roman trial next to come . |
23 | Police have released a description of the man they 're looking for in the Tewkesbury attack . |
24 | What you 're , what you 're aiming for in the future ? |
25 | We 'd been shagging for about a month . |
26 | This means that they should be clear about what they are to look for in the performance and how they are to judge these points . |
27 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
28 | The client had been acted for on a previous aborted purchase . |
29 | Miss Sherwin said she found out the stall had been sold for below the price she thought it was worth and felt ‘ ripped off ’ . |
30 | Apparently it has been recognised for over a decade that chlorine from chlorofluorocarbons may deplete the stratospheric ozone layer . |