Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must never be broken up for short-term gain . |
| 2 | Also the larger tablets can be broken up for small fish . |
| 3 | Each concept is represented by a frame , which contains slots that may be filled differently for separate instances of the same concept . |
| 4 | Standards should not be hidden away for internal use only , but should be clearly displayed at the point of service delivery . |
| 5 | Engineers are devising a modular robot ( see picture ) comprising standard sections that can be joined together for specific applications . |
| 6 | There is a theoretical distinction between ( 1 ) a misspelling and ( 2 ) a mis-recognition , but the results from recognition will not enable us to distinguish between them , and indeed they can be treated similarly for attempted correction . |
| 7 | Tranquillizers should be prescribed only for short periods to help patients through crises where their levels of anxiety are such that their coping ability is grossly impaired . |
| 8 | Tyler recommended that pesticide tests be developed specially for hot countries . |
| 9 | Equations ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) can be solved analytically for spherical impactors in an isothermal atmosphere if and C H are held constant . |
| 10 | We need to remember two fundamental points : language seems to be designed primarily for face-to-face interaction ( that is , the canonical situation of utterance ) ; and it is a capability of humans that they can mobilise discourse beyond this canonical situation and operate language free of contextual boundaries . |
| 11 | Acoustic combos might be designed specifically for acoustic guitar , but that does n't mean you can wave feedback farewell . |
| 12 | Further quantitative analysis may be carried out for consonant structure , liquid confusion , lengthening , palatalisation and order of acquisition of consonants , although this requires the test to be tape recorded and can be successfully completed only by someone with a sound knowledge of phonemic analysis . |
| 13 | As well as activities such as observing , measuring , drawing , describing or using the artefact , time needs to be programmed in for creative and imaginative responses — telling the tale of a battered Victorian penny , the hands it has passed through , the articles it has bought , for instance . |
| 14 | At least 33 shows have been cancelled and the music hall will be boarded up for good within three months , Palladium officials said . |
| 15 | The adviser can only hope that if the client was put at her ease while at the bureau then she may come back for further help when that issue could be picked up for suitable referral . |
| 16 | The pull-out cutlery drawer can be lifted out for easy unloading . |
| 17 | Could you tell me where I have gone wrong and why the formula has to be written differently for different software . |
| 18 | Once a shape has been generated , however , it can be plotted at any position and in any orientation or size so a library of shapes can be built up for repeated use . |
| 19 | Thus women with a high probability of developing such problems can be separated out for preventive therapy research programmes , in an effort to decrease the morbidity and mortality these women subsequently suffer . |
| 20 | The decision , however , will be that of the case doctor ‘ and must be made solely for clinical , not financial reasons ’ . |
| 21 | The public has to rely on the media but some presentations seem to be made more for dramatic effect than to provide unbiased information . |
| 22 | Yet an argument could be made out for Haversian bone being linked with large body-size rather than thermoregulation techniques . |
| 23 | So why should we still be looking around for suitable composts ? |
| 24 | Please could you confirm this is all OK , as if it is n't I shall be looking around for other people as my financial situation gets monthly more worrying ! |
| 25 | AS WE SEARCH the economic indicators for those green shoots of recovery , we should , perhaps be looking too for other signs to help restore confidence in a book world currently so high on gloom . |
| 26 | If fossil fuel costs rise to a high level , either from shortages or for political reasons , crops could be grown specifically for biological conversion into various forms of energy . |
| 27 | My own opinion , however , is that now that the returns on bank savings have plummeted , investors will be searching desperately for new avenues of investment and shares and property will certainly be high on the list . |
| 28 | But there are contradictions between these principles and judicial practice , and these can be exploited advantageously for corporate victims . |
| 29 | Applying those considerations to the present case , their Lordships are of the view that since the plaintiff was well aware that the defendants would be acting also for other vendors of comparable properties and in so doing would receive confidential information from those other vendors , the agency contract between the plaintiff and the defendants can not have included either ( a ) a term requiring the defendants to disclose such confidential information to the plaintiff or ( b ) a term precluding the defendants acting for rival vendors or ( c ) a term precluding the defendants from seeking to earn commission on the sale of the property of a rival vendor . |
| 30 | Such group-frequency correlations have been extensively developed for organic compounds , and similar correlations can be drawn up for inorganic species [ 19 ] . |