Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman &c. this meeting is perfectly satisfied that Mr Vial is properly qualified for the Office of Veterinary Professor in this College . |
| 2 | Given that Batch 3 courses are still to start — candidates will first enrol for them in the summer of 1992 — it looks as if the number of candidates involved in advanced courses in any one year is going to exceed 30,000 when the steady stage is eventually reached for the new system — and that the number of Higher National Unit enrolments per year will approach 200,000 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | That is a document which is effectively given for the protection of the Vendor . |
| 5 | His analysis of French literature ( e.g. Goldmann 1964 ) , both the studies of classic writers ( such as Racine and Pascal ) and of more recent literature , is constantly searching for the world-views of the epoch in which the literature emerged : |
| 6 | Elsecar is a mining village south of Barnsley , and has some interesting buildings of the nineteenth century around the former iron works , but it is especially noted for the unique pumping engine preserved by the National Coal Board . |
| 7 | — that British Aerospace has just won for 20 RJ70s that is especially designed for the United States market and fills a niche that no one else could have filled ? |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | It is only employed for the word tokens from the input text which have not been found in the lexicon . |
| 10 | Youngsters love it but the 220-year-old automaton is only operated for a minute , once or twice a day . |
| 11 | Agnes is only waiting for the guest to start speaking his reason for coming . |
| 12 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 13 | In practice , information gained by interception is only used for the purpose of assisting police or Security Service investigations , and is not tendered as evidence in court . |
| 14 | This plant needs very special attention and therefore is only recommended for the more experienced aquarist . |
| 15 | The theorem of minimum potential energy ( see , for example , Sokolnikoff ( 1956 ) ) states that the strain energy for any fictitious non-equilibrium state of distortion is always greater than the actual strain energy for the same surface displacements ( or equivalently , that the minimum strain energy is only found for the equilibrium state ) . |
| 16 | The roaring is extremely exhausting for the animals and the one that can keep it up for longest is also likely to be the strongest . |
| 17 | Some explanation is perhaps needed for the fact that the same phrases also sound more normal in ( 18 ) than the corresponding phrases in ( 15 ) : ( 18 ) the heir is a lawful one her cousin is a distant one Possibly we should accept that , even when used in a context of heirs and cousins respectively , these two adjectives occupy an intermediate position in the sense that they can be construed either way without any significant difference in the non-linguistic phenomena that can be designated thereby . |
| 18 | Without having suffered the turmoil of a leadership contest , Labour can boast that it is better prepared for an election than the Conservatives . |
| 19 | Mr Faulds is better known for the way he says things ( ie very loudly indeed ) than for what he says . |
| 20 | The town , though small , is wealthy and respectable and is much noted for the spirit and enterprise of its merchants . ’ |
| 21 | Its essential circuitry is much used for the purpose of frequency selection in electronic equipment , for example , in controlling the output frequency of an electronic oscillator . |
| 22 | ‘ If the Yellow Route is finally adopted for the A3 Hindhead bypass it could be the first step to bringing a lot of traffic and development to Farnham Lane ’ he said . |
| 23 | The environment working group of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) is finally to meet for the first time — 20 years after it was first constituted . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Obviously in many cases the car is a ‘ family car ’ and as long as it is generally used for the benefit of the disabled person it can be treated as any normal family car . |
| 26 | An account of the study and its main findings is separately written for a termly evaluation newsletter which is distributed to all staff . |
| 27 | Prosecution is thus reserved for the cases in which some unfair advantage has been taken of the girl , particularly where the girl is under 13 ( when lack of proper understanding is assumed ) , where the man is considerably older than the girl , where the man held some position of trust in relation to the girl , and where there is some element of deception involved . |
| 28 | Each time one hip thrusts forwards , the other draws back by an equal amount and is thus cocked for the next punch . |
| 29 | Ruthless cuts are being made to Canada 's railway system and the last whistle is soon to blow for the country 's most famous train , The Canadian . |
| 30 | ‘ I swear , ’ Corbett said emphatically , ‘ that my intention is not to spy for the English King . |