Example sentences of "is [vb pp] for the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mini-bus operates to and from the town three times a day although car hire is recommended for the less energetic . |
| 2 | When allowance is made for the rather lower gravity of Venus than of the Earth , and the consequent lower degree of internal compression , then the uncompressed densities of the Earth and Venus would be similar . |
| 3 | A name is needed for the more general set of phenomena , and the word ‘ chaos ’ has taken on a scientific meaning for this purpose . |
| 4 | Once it is accepted that principles can be part of the law for reasons not reflecting convention but just because they are morally appealing , then a door is opened for the more threatening idea that some principles are part of the law because of their moral appeal , even though they contradict what convention has endorsed . |
| 5 | This ability is independent of idiosyncratic beliefs , feelings and usages ( although it may refer to those shared by participants ) , and is based for the most part on quite regular and relatively abstract principles Pragmatics can be taken to be the description of this ability , as it operates both for particular languages and language in general . |
| 6 | Long-stay care in hospitals is provided for the physically or mentally frail elderly . |
| 7 | The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded for the most distinguished illustration in a book for children . |
| 8 | As a matter of practice , but no more , the term ‘ order in council ’ is reserved for the more solemn of instruments , but no technical significance attaches to the use of this term . |
| 9 | The igneous complex is composed for the most part of very resistant rocks , and less erosion has taken place here than with the other rock types , so that this region contains some of the highest hills in the Outer Hebrides , such as Roneval , Bleaval and Chaipaval . |