Example sentences of "are [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off . |
| 2 | So all the excavations are filled in for the sake of tidiness , and all the bolt-holes and entrance holes are filled in to help assess what 's been left . |
| 3 | Could it be that the stripes are intended not for the eyes of lions but for the eyes of other zebras ? |
| 4 | These are intended chiefly for the research worker , but undergraduates will find the periodicals referring to their particular interest of increasing value as the course progresses . |
| 5 | Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May . |
| 6 | ‘ We are trapped together for the day . ’ |
| 7 | These are designed particularly for the young and contain a strong spiritual element in them . |
| 8 | Activities and programmes are organised primarily for the benefit of juniors . |
| 9 | Sections 1 and 2 are targeted specifically for the LIFESPAN manager , with section 3 intended for LIFESPAN users who wish to access the transferred data . |
| 10 | But its annual surpluses ( $56 billion in fiscal 1989 ) are added back for the purposes of the Gramm-Rudman deficit-cutting law . |
| 11 | Can any of you who are meeting up for the spurs game do me a favour , please ? |
| 12 | The effect of suppression , wherever it occurs , is that stimuli presented to the left ear are destined predominantly for the right hemisphere and stimuli heard at the right ear arrive mainly in the left hemisphere . |
| 13 | Herbal remedies are usually dispensed as tinctures , either singly or in various combinations which are prepared specifically for the patient on the basis of their complaints . |
| 14 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |
| 15 | Pooled results are presented separately for the 17 and 21 item version of the scale and then all 20 trials were combined by using the standardised difference between mean Hamilton scores for the serotonin reuptake inhibitor and tricyclic and related antidepressant groups : Standardised difference=difference between means/standard deviation . |
| 16 | They are not corridors , as , of course , the exigencies of local traffic scarcely render that sort of coach desirable , but are built specially for the service between Watford and Euston , and Watford and Broad Street . |
| 17 | Now that 24 hour pressure recordings are used increasingly for the investigation of disorders of oesophageal motility in patients with chest pain of undertermined origin , it is important to have a better understanding and a more precise characterisation of the non-deglutitive and non-peristaltic motor activity of the normal oesophagus . |
| 18 | It has been said , in the first place , that they are used to throw into relief the particular property in the noun phrase which is of interest to the speaker ; that is , that adjectives are used postnominally for the sake of emphasis . |
| 19 | Confusingly , the same terms are used also for the plant communities of these regions . |
| 20 | The Disabled Drivers Association has been helping disabled people since 1948 , and all donations are used explicitly for the benefit of disabled people . |
| 21 | Actually there are many stars with proper names , but in general these are used only for the first 30 or so , plus a few fainter stars of special interest — such as Polaris , Mizar in the Great Bear , and the variable star Mira , in Cetus , the Whale . |
| 22 | This would be the case where an R&D programme and its objective are clearly defined and each of the parties is given the opportunity of exploiting any of the results that are of interest to it , or where the results are used solely for the purposes of further research . |
| 23 | Traditional Campa agriculture is based on garden or chacra plots which are used mainly for the cultivation of manioc , although plantains , bananas , sweet potatoes and beans are also grown on a smaller scale . |
| 24 | Falmouth has dockyards which now are used mainly for the repair of oil tankers and naval ships . |
| 25 | The plans for the dump are spelt out for the first time in evidence from the CEGB to the Sizewell inquiry , now in its fourth week . |
| 26 | Many of the stories selected for short story are from published collections established authors some are commissioned specifically for the slot . |
| 27 | Data from both baseline and follow up specimens are shown separately for the two subgroups . |
| 28 | Contour maps for estimated inversion based on the shale velocity and the vitrinite methods are shown here for the central Southern North Sea ( Sole Pit area ; Figs. 9 and 10 ) . |
| 29 | ’ Pluralist ’ reforms are promised vaguely for the future . |
| 30 | They are produced mainly for the agricultural community but also include some geochemical data . |