Example sentences of "often [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prisoner of War escape stories often make for interesting reading and Ten Minutes To Buffalo by Ulrich Stienhilper and Peter Osborne is no exception . |
| 2 | In any case he had the deepest contempt , first to last , for the facile conceptualising that often passes for advanced thought , rather like Orwell 's contempt for W. H. Auden 's partisan poem ‘ Spain' ( 1937 ) : |
| 3 | Private Acts of Parliament are often needed for major development projects , and it is convenient for them to contain all the provisions relating to the project including consent under the appropriate Planning Act . |
| 4 | One justification often advanced for local government is the opportunity thus presented for wider sections of the population to become involved in political responsibilities than could be accommodated at a national level . |
| 5 | These stones were even harder than Millstone Grit , and were often used for grinding wheat , while the Derbyshire stone was retained for oats and barley . |
| 6 | Exhibitions and trade shows are expensive but good ways to promote a message or an image and are often used for direct selling . |
| 7 | Fancy Patterns : This really does cover many stitch types and is intended for those patterns that are most often used for single colour work , where the design relies on texture rather than contrasting colours to form the pattern . |
| 8 | Machine-readable dictionaries are often used for natural language understanding and processing systems ( Boguraev and Briscoe , 1987 ; 1988 ) . |
| 9 | CHILDREN in some special schools were often rewarded for good behaviour with cigarettes , according to a report yesterday . |
| 10 | It seems to bear out Mr Lamont 's criticism of important decisions too often taken for short-term publicity . |
| 11 | There is no need for a warning or consent , however , in the case of the firm 's employees who deal through the firm ( as is often required for personal account dealings ) if they are informed that they will not be treated as private customers . |