Example sentences of "be [verb] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE two winners of round-the-world holidays in our exclusive Courtauld News competition are finalising plans for their dream trips in February . |
| 2 | We have been pursuing proposals for some time . |
| 3 | Are building programmes for the next financial year drawn up in time to be available to managers before holidays are allocated ? |
| 4 | Underwater there are hidden dangers for river-life . |
| 5 | Some of them are given diplomas for doing this , so they can then prove how expert they are in disability matters . |
| 6 | The low through each event and day is here clearly expressed as the texts are given settings for the people as well as choirs . |
| 7 | Five other countries " Russia , Poland , Pakistan , Iraq and Ireland " are given awards for being " tragic examples of countries unresponsive or actively opposed to the desires of women and men for greater control over their reproductive lives " . |
| 8 | If workers are given jobs for life or if their wages are linked to age and seniority does this not make for a much less flexible labour market ? |
| 9 | Get titles right as well and if you are using initials for long names always spell out the name at least once . |
| 10 | Heseltine 's campaign team , having been canvassing backbenchers for several weeks , had already developed a considerable momentum . |
| 11 | There are flashing units for flashing up to abutments or , if desired , these can be reversed to run into gutters . |
| 12 | The arrow icon is for the select tool for choosing the objects you want to work on and the other seven tools in this top group are drawing tools for adding text , polygons , rectangles , lines , ellipses and freehand drawings to a slide . |
| 13 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 14 | I have been producing guidebooks for fifteen years and I have never thought of that . |
| 15 | SunSoft OEMs Solbourne Computer Inc , CompuAdd Corp , Toshiba Corp and Hyundai Electronic Inc are targeting deliveries for next year . |
| 16 | Touche Ross , who have been handling negotiations for the sale of the American style Marvels park , say there are several potential buyers . |
| 17 | A vacuum is then created because new employers have not been given a chance to develop sufficiently for an orderly takeover and employees have not been given opportunities for retraining . |
| 18 | Our club members had been knitting cushions for charity and at the beginning of question time Georgie asked if she could tell the story of her cushion . |
| 19 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 20 | These schools have been using microcomputers for three years and have had substantial teacher training , provision of materials and other support services from the ILEA . |
| 21 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 22 | I have been following with interest the Gardeners ' World programmes where Nigel Colborn had been designing a new garden , especially when he had been using plants for the shady corner . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been using Departures for nearly ten years , with mixed nationality classes and with monolingual groups . |
| 24 | Or suppose that I am eating escargots for the first time and can not bring myself to forget the disgustingly slimy look and feel of snails in the garden . |
| 25 | Born in 1908 , Maitre Lelièpvre has been drawing horses for most of his life , and sold his first painting at the age of eight . |
| 26 | Moreover Apple , and its partner in Taligent , IBM Corp , have been downplaying expectations for the Taligent environment . |
| 27 | Moreover Apple , and its partner in Taligent , IBM Corp , have been downplaying expectations for the Taligent environment . |
| 28 | Everyone wants an original T-shirt , and they are walking advertisements for your band . |
| 29 | To the end — or at least to his testimony in Poindexter 's trial , in 1990 — Reagan maintained he did not believe that he had been trading arms for hostages . |
| 30 | I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years . |