Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the target is eventually sold for a profit , the benefit of the realised reserves can only be transferred to the original purchaser ( by dividend ) if the IHC has adequate distributable resources . |
| 2 | In addition , the copyright monopoly is only given for a certain period of time ( eg in the UK , 50 years from the end of the year in which the author dies ) , but databases are usually continuously updated with new information , therefore does the protection period keep changing ? |
| 3 | Youngsters love it but the 220-year-old automaton is only operated for a minute , once or twice a day . |
| 4 | Without having suffered the turmoil of a leadership contest , Labour can boast that it is better prepared for an election than the Conservatives . |
| 5 | The equity method is generally used for a holding of 20-50% of the outstanding voting shares ( that is , shares which have been issued and which are currently held by shareholders ) because it is assumed , on the basis of this level of ownership , that an investor has the ability to exert significant influence in the affairs of the company . |
| 6 | An account of the study and its main findings is separately written for a termly evaluation newsletter which is distributed to all staff . |
| 7 | But man is not made for a solitary , self-sufficient existence . |
| 8 | The post-mortems continue but the truth is , that from an operational viewpoint , the 1,500V DC Woodhead line is not missed for a moment . |
| 9 | The right of rejection is not given for an ordinary breach of warranty . |
| 10 | If the resist is not exposed for a long enough period , it will not develop fully and so some traces will remain on the board . |
| 11 | A defendant 's costs order may also be made in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) by a magistrates ' court where an information has been laid before magistrates but not proceeded with ; or where the magistrates ' court inquiring into an indictable offence as examining justices determines not to commit the accused for trial ; ( 2 ) by the Crown Court where the defendant is not tried for an offence for which he or she had been indicted or committed for trial ; or the defendant who has been convicted of an offence before a magistrates ' court appeals against conviction or sentence and , in consequence of that appeal , the conviction is set aside or a less severe punishment is awarded ; ( 3 ) by the Divisional Court where it deals with any criminal appeal ; ( 4 ) by the Court of Appeal where it allows an appeal against conviction or sentence or on such an appeal finds the defendant guilty of a different offence or imposes a different sentence ; ( 5 ) by the House of Lords where it determines a criminal appeal , or application for leave to appeal . |
| 12 | If you plan to eat in the living room , try to buy as generous a table as possible but one which will look quite in keeping with the room when it is not laid for a meal . |
| 13 | This standard Planner is designed to give a general purpose catchment for each centre and is not designed for a specific retail sector . |
| 14 | For that reason the acquirer may insist that the trust fund or estate is not distributed for a period , unless the beneficiaries accept liability . |
| 15 | If a property is not specified for a context that property is inherited , for each instance of the context , from the containing context . |
| 16 | In some circumstances , security is not required for a loan — written requirements regarding security are available from your local branch . |
| 17 | The coast and the resort of Morecambe with its seaside attractions and four-mile promenade is easily reached for a day trip . |
| 18 | Though other , and earlier , examples are known , the term is normally employed for a typically English technique first evolved in the seventeenth century but not fully developed till the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries . |
| 19 | The latter is normally intended for an operator in a central exchange to tell a subscriber engaged in a conversation on an automatic exchange that he has an incoming trunk call . |
| 20 | The reason for this is because the requirements of continuously scanning the screen , as is usually done for a lightpen , would slow the games down too much . |
| 21 | A licence is usually granted for a period of five years . |
| 22 | Rented property is usually taken for a period of a year with an option to renew for the second and third years of the contract ; even six-month lets are rare . |
| 23 | A total of 480 points is usually needed for an honours degree . |
| 24 | Under the Constitution of December 1983 executive power is held by the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term , while legislative power is vested in the unicameral Legislative Assembly ( which replaced the National Constituent Assembly in March 1985 ) with 60 members similarly elected for a three-year term . |
| 25 | Executive powers are vested in the President who is directly elected for a six-year term . |
| 26 | Under the 1980 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 27 | Under its 1958 Constitution ( revised in 1960 , 1962 , 1963 , 1974 and 1976 ) executive power in the Fifth French Republic is vested in a President , who is directly elected for a seven-year term by universal suffrage and by an absolute majority of votes cast . |
| 28 | The President , who is directly elected for a six-year term , is also secretary-general of the sole legal political party , the Mali People 's Democratic Union ( UDPM ) . |
| 29 | Executive power is vested in the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 30 | Under the 1949 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the 57-member unicameral Legislative Assembly . |