Example sentences of "be [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You react like one when you burn the toast , so why should n't you react like one when you are pitching for a new account ? |
| 2 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 3 | Upton won their first game since the opening day of the season when they routed Winnington Park for 64 the season 's lowest score with groundsman Alex Kegg taking 4–18 after Upton had been dismissed for a modest 128 . |
| 4 | The purpose of an audit mark or stamp on clients ' documents is twofold : it provides evidence that the document has been examined for a particular purpose ( which should be clear from the audit file ) ; and it helps to avoid the document 's being re-presented as support for a duplicate entry . |
| 5 | The main advantage of panels is that they provide feedback over a period of time , which increases the reliability of their responses compared with people who may have been stopped for a brief interview outside their local supermarket , for example . |
| 6 | Police violence against members of racial minorities became a national issue following the widespread broadcast on television of an amateur video showing white Los Angeles policemen brutally beating a black man who had been stopped for an alleged driving offence on March 3 . |
| 7 | A LIFEBOAT crew has been honoured for a daring rescue on the Cleveland coast . |
| 8 | The Redcar crew have already been honoured for a daring rescue earlier this year . |
| 9 | The quantities for most of the meals on the following pages are given for a single portion . |
| 10 | She had been intended for a respectable life . |
| 11 | Eminent scientists are clamouring for an outright ban on all chlorine substances . |
| 12 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 13 | Second , the fall in unemployment adds something to the theory that the economy has in fact been recovering for a good deal longer than generally realised . |
| 14 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 15 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 16 | You would have been forgiven for a knowing smile then , but now acid rain is no laughing matter . |
| 17 | Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years . |
| 18 | Members heard funding had been given for a fourth ear , nose and throat surgeon . |
| 19 | Permission has been given for an 18-hole golf course at the Redworth Hall Hotel , near Heighington . |
| 20 | The sightseers on the banks of the river , who , sensing something afoot , had been gathering for a few hours , dodged about , seeking a view between bushes . |
| 21 | If you are recalled for a second interview it is worth changing to a different outfit altogether if you can afford it or have something else suitable . |
| 22 | A barricade of flagstones prised up from the floor had been erected for a final stand and the Collector , snatching a moment to look back towards it , was dismayed to see that the other party was already behind it , thus leaving himself and his men exposed on the flank . |
| 23 | standing committees which are formed for a particular purpose on a permanent basis . |
| 24 | In addition aid money from the food programme , which by 1989 was worth $1,300 million per year to Iraq in loan guarantees , was channelled through the Atlanta branch of the Italian-owned Banca Nazionale del Lavoro , officials of which had been indicted for a separate multi-million dollar fraud involving arms for Iraq in 1989 [ see pp. 37425-26 ] . |
| 25 | Emission standards are designated for a large number of pollutants or combinations of pollutants and may be applied to individual or specific groups of emitters . |
| 26 | Some of the young calves are fattened on the farms but many are reared for a few months and then sold for fattening in central or eastern Britain . |
| 27 | It is suggested that the use of general dictionaries may be insufficient to recognise text taken from more esoteric domains or documents that are intended for a specific audience . |
| 28 | Suddenly he is more relaxed and confident and those horrible little worms of self-doubt which are perpetually burrowing away in a golfer 's head are banished for a few holes , anyway . |
| 29 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 30 | This requires firms that are approached for a second opinion to contact the auditor to see if there are any relevant facts that they ought to know . |