Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the results achieved by the Leeds adjournment system appeared to favour its widespread adoption , this has not happened , although adjournment has been pressed for in some parts of the country — for example , in South Wales — and has been regarded as useful in certain cases by many authorities . |
| 2 | ‘ In Ambleside there are several lodging houses , but it is a matter of surprise to the writer that there are not a greater number , as during the travelling season , when all such houses are full , more are enquired for by those who wish to see the country apart from the bustle , not to speak of the expense , of an inn . |
| 3 | There may be other occasions but these three are vouched for by several different would-be passengers . |
| 4 | ‘ Let them put it on you and you are done for at last — food for the cannons , and the swamp-fever , and the hulks . |
| 5 | Further losses from the ecosystem occur as crops and/or animals are harvested and exported ; and such cumulative losses , unless they are compensated for with artificial fertilisers , often lead to farm abandonment . |
| 6 | His photograph had also been vouched for by several of the witnesses . |
| 7 | The findings from this study are based on responses from 300 people ( 177 women and 123 men ) , 100 of whom have also been interviewed ; this group has been disabled for between 20 and 80 years ( Zarb , 1991b ; Zarb and Oliver , 1991 , 1992 ) . |
| 8 | Three fundamental changes are called for in this regard . |
| 9 | A further 25,000 are cared for in homes run by voluntary organizations and 78,000 are cared for in private residential care . |
| 10 | Taken to extremes , a Bonsai pine , cherry or plum can embrace many more elements than a mere dwarfed tree might at first suggest to the Westerner : antiquity , continuity ( the best examples have been cared for by successive generations ) , and symbolic qualities that only a study of Zen can fully bring home . |
| 11 | The retreat will open from Tuesdays to Sundays and bookings are invited for up five nights . |
| 12 | Small parties seem to serve their members better when food patches are found for in larger units only a few of the animals present could then be fed ( Dunbar 1977 ) . |
| 13 | The molecules that control transcription are themselves proteins which are coded for by other genes . |
| 14 | The loss on sale was £22 million , which had been provided for in 1991 . |
| 15 | As a rule of thumb , a pre-sensitised board can be exposed for between 5 and 10 minutes using an ordinary UV light box . |
| 16 | For a start there were no agreed criteria for subdividing the cerebral cortex into regions , and criteria were not destined to be developed for about another century . |
| 17 | ( 14.3 ) This equation must now be solved for with initial data defining the approaching waves given by and . |
| 18 | Section 2(3) provides that in considering the common duty of care , the circumstances include the degree of care and want of care which would ordinarily be looked for in such a visitor . |
| 19 | For example , in an article aimed at secondary headteachers , Ross ( 1987 ) identifies huge shortfalls between the aims described in the National Criteria for the GCSE art and design and music examinations , and what the assessment objectives prescribe should be looked for in these subjects : |
| 20 | And cultural determinism is the idea that they way people think and act , is largely determined by their culture , their upbringing , their socialization , their home environment , peer group pressure , this kind of thing , and is not to be looked for in natural causes , in their genes , for example , or in individual psychological experience , as was the prime focus of Freud in psychoanalysis . |
| 21 | Vouchers if granted , will be valid for the Friday only , of the Royal Meeting and should be applied for before 31st March . |
| 22 | Please can I have my twenty five I 'm owed for like two weeks ? |
| 23 | Banana production , the major activity of the region , which provided 35 per cent of world exports , was expected to be disrupted for between two and six weeks . |
| 24 | Valuable coins would naturally be searched for with more energy and so tend to be recovered at a higher rate in ancient times . |
| 25 | A lower dividend yield can be compensated for with higher capital gains and vice versa . |
| 26 | Under the new policy , Starkist expects tuna prices to rise from 2 cents to 10 cents per can , but hopes that increased costs would be compensated for by increased sales , as environmentally-conscious consumers opt for dolphin-safe tuna . |
| 27 | On the Greenland ice sheet , some melting at the fringes will be compensated for by increased ice at the centre , again caused by higher snowfall levels . |
| 28 | The need for a pragmatic component in an integrated theory of linguistic ability can be argued for in various ways . |
| 29 | Once the young are born they may be cared for by both their parents for many days . |
| 30 | The recommendations of the Reed report , that mentally ill offenders should be cared for by local NHS psychiatric services , could tip the balance even more , said Jim Walker . |