Example sentences of "be [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You react like one when you burn the toast , so why should n't you react like one when you are pitching for a new account ? |
| 2 | If you are pitching for an account , appearing on television or radio , making a significant speech , always have a company Gofer with you . |
| 3 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 4 | Upton won their first game since the opening day of the season when they routed Winnington Park for 64 the season 's lowest score with groundsman Alex Kegg taking 4–18 after Upton had been dismissed for a modest 128 . |
| 5 | It endorsed British industry 's achievements under the policies that we have been pursuing for the past 12 years , urged us to continue and build upon them in future and condemned utterly the sort of policies still advocated by the Labour party , which is stuck in a mind-set of the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 6 | The purpose of an audit mark or stamp on clients ' documents is twofold : it provides evidence that the document has been examined for a particular purpose ( which should be clear from the audit file ) ; and it helps to avoid the document 's being re-presented as support for a duplicate entry . |
| 7 | The main advantage of panels is that they provide feedback over a period of time , which increases the reliability of their responses compared with people who may have been stopped for a brief interview outside their local supermarket , for example . |
| 8 | Survivors thought their vehicles had been stopped for a security check ; the shock of what they 'd seen sent this young Palestinian into deep trauma . |
| 9 | Police violence against members of racial minorities became a national issue following the widespread broadcast on television of an amateur video showing white Los Angeles policemen brutally beating a black man who had been stopped for an alleged driving offence on March 3 . |
| 10 | More than 1,000 women have been recalled for a repeat smear test after it was revealed Practice Nurse Ina Gordon used a wooden spatula designed for holding down the tongue instead of special metal spatulas made for the vital tests . |
| 11 | Beefy has been recalled for the resumed Texaco Trophy series in a bid to give England a clean-sweep revenge for their World Cup final beating by Pakistan . |
| 12 | The price factors are calculated for the first day of the delivery month , and adjustments have to be made for accrued interest where the first day of the delivery month does not coincide with a coupon payment date . |
| 13 | I did not tell him that his imitation of the French was far more like what I had been seeing for the past year . |
| 14 | Such items would only become liabilities when contracts are placed for the goods to be provided or the work to be carried out . |
| 15 | Bearing in mind the fact that my constituents want a reliable and quality service , will he take steps today to confirm that the orders that are placed for the new Networker rolling stock will be supplied in the near future , for the betterment of the north-west Kent commuter ? |
| 16 | Their arrival had been delayed for a fortnight after Gen. Farah Aydid claimed on July 7 that an aircraft with UN markings bringing food aid had also carried from Nairobi military equipment and counterfeit money for his rival , Somalia 's transitional President , Ali Mahdi Mohammed . |
| 17 | The uncertainty was fuelled further when Larne boss Gary Irwin admitted that he thought the goal had been disallowed for a foul on goalkeeper Graeme McConnell . |
| 18 | A LIFEBOAT crew has been honoured for a daring rescue on the Cleveland coast . |
| 19 | The Redcar crew have already been honoured for a daring rescue earlier this year . |
| 20 | The quantities for most of the meals on the following pages are given for a single portion . |
| 21 | The forecasts are given for a height of 10m or 33ft above ground . |
| 22 | The young people who come into care are drawn almost exclusively from the ranks of the poor and disadvantaged and though many reasons are given for the move , frequently it is the inability of the family to cope with illness , bereavement , divorce or remarriage . |
| 23 | All sorts of reasons are given for the lack of enthusiasm in schools for physical science and technology , but never that which might be the fundamental one . |
| 24 | These data are given for the post-war period in Figure 2.1 . |
| 25 | This gives a breakdown of their main holiday-based activities and similar financial details are given for the holiday firms discussed in Table 11.1 . |
| 26 | Women , because of the nurturing and caring roles allocated to them , the responsibility they are given for the well-being and happiness of children and of men , are much more likely to be taught the value of submitting to one 's fate and considering the needs of others before their own . |
| 27 | In Section 10.4 estimates are given for the intensity of gravitational radiation on Earth from various sources ; finally in Section 10.5 current detector designs , which appear capable of detecting waves from supernovae in our Galaxy , are described . |
| 28 | The total number of accidents and the calculated average traffic flow at a junction are given for the 40 junctions in Table 3.2 . |
| 29 | Instruction and supervision are given for the MSc French Studies , in Medieval and Renaissance Studies , and the department also collaborates in the MSc programmes in Comparative Literature European Film Studies and Medieval Languages . |
| 30 | Separate codes are given for the various mixed degrees which are on offer . |