Example sentences of "and be [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As is often the case , some last-minute idea blossoms while what had seemed a brilliant solution and been pondered for ages falls quite flat . |
| 2 | Once they had attended the clinic and been invited for gastroscopy , a similar proportion of miners and general population attended for gastroscopy ( 229 of 338 ( 67.8% ) and 192 of 254 ( 77.6% ) respectively ( χ 2 =0.7 , NS ) ) . |
| 3 | In recent years she 's suffered two heart attacks and been treated for cancer and she says she ca n't stand much more of the strain . |
| 4 | " I suppose he could have lent money to Ingard , and been pressing for payment . " |
| 5 | Usually these are children from one-parent families , children in local-authority care , or youngsters who need a respite from the household chores they assume as surrogate adults because their parents are ill , and even , in some cases , children with a parent in prison , and are selected for inclusion in the scheme not by the police but by schools and other caring agencies . |
| 6 | Both American firms pay annual or biannual bonuses , and are searching for ways to link more of managers ' pay to performance . |
| 7 | Items designed for travel use will have a dual-voltage switch and are intended for use with the relevant plug adaptor . |
| 8 | Many spectators feel the same way and are calling for blanket tests and bans for those who are positive . |
| 9 | This protest song suggests that some at least are aware of the mercury menace and the plight of the rivers and are calling for action . |
| 10 | They describe the attack on the pony as malicious and are appealing for information . |
| 11 | ‘ We are confident we can hit our target of £10,000 and are appealing for employees across the Group to support us . ’ |
| 12 | The three have already obtained lorries and are looking for builders to donate materials . |
| 13 | I have found more difficulty teaching the relational model to computer students ( who want to think in terms of computer jargon and are looking for complications that do not exist ) than to management students . |
| 14 | Once you 've mastered the basics and feel confident enough about casting and are looking for adventure , night fishing for sea trout is one of the most exciting forms of fly fishing . |
| 15 | This begins to explain why record companies require long-term agreements with artists and are looking for acts with world-wide potential . |
| 16 | Both teams have strenghtened their squads for this season and are looking for promotion … both look a good bet too … |
| 17 | To counteract this , Oak has devised a new method of marketing Brewking and are looking for agents to distrubute the bags nationwide . |
| 18 | However there are , perhaps , an increasing number who recognize some of the contradictions in the outward referral model and are looking for alternatives . |
| 19 | GPs have cottoned on to it and are clamouring for beds . |
| 20 | BLACK SQUARES — A player landing on one of the black House of Commons gate squares may throw again , unless they have more than 325 votes and are trying for Number 10 . |
| 21 | The European champions , who host the first leg in 11 days ' time , have lost Ruud Gullit and Marco Van Basten and are struggling for form . |
| 22 | Choose from 27 frame styles in 25 colours/finishes and 14 lens options ( which exceed BS2724 standards and are guaranteed for life ) . |
| 23 | Although the Society of Gardeners gave their name to the Catalogus Plantarum ( Catalogue of Trees and Shrubs both Exotick and Domestic that are Hardy enough to Bear the Cold of our Climate in the Open Air and are Propagated for Sale in the Gardens near London ) 1730 , Philip Miller and Thomas Fairchild are thought to have been its chief promoters . |
| 24 | Well , there are millions of people who are missing from electoral registers , who are people who are entitled to be registered and the problem is probably the greatest among those who are known as attainers and are qualifying for registration at eighteen for the first time in their lives , the numbers of attainers er qualifying has reduced percentage wise , year by year , especially since the introduction of the poll tax and has not been rectified by the measures that remove the poll tax . |
| 25 | The use of ‘ management information systems ’ , which take low-level data from databases and are used for decision support by modelling future scenarios using different management predictions or alternatives , has led to substantial savings in those commercial organisations where they have been introduced . |
| 26 | The average bid and offer rates then calculated are known as the London interbank fixing rates and are used for reference purposes in variable interest rate loan agreements . |
| 27 | All Falcon 20 aircraft are allocated an F-W … registration ( U.K. equivalent Class B ) , and are used for test or experimental flights , C of A qualification or renewal , and the approval of modifications . |
| 28 | Water chestnuts are very crisp and are used for texture as much as flavour . |
| 29 | Oxfam sell Crakapax ( they have ordered them for this Christmas and are waiting for deliveries ) which contain pre-cut cracker shapes in metallic foil . |
| 30 | These tools and any others that you may need and are permitted for specialist work should also be on the desk at the time of your practice " examination " . |