Example sentences of "[adj] for [adj] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headquarters engineering department found , however , that for new stations it had to take on many more staff , both to develop its limited expertise in generation design , and to fulfil its function of coordinating the work of the fourteen divisions to which generation operations and construction had been decentralised . |
| 2 | While this is fine for short items it misses out the real benefits of stylesheets . |
| 3 | Blocks appeared to be particularly useful for part-time farmers who had long holidays ( teachers , lecturers ) or for family farmers who had no cereal crops and could therefore fit in three or four days in the autumn . |
| 4 | Walker ( 1975 ) in his study of mature students at Warwick University reports that students who did not meet the General Entrance Requirements ( GER ) had completion rates similar to those for all students , and somewhat better than those for mature students who met the GER . |
| 5 | Although Norman 's actually ticked that the project manager was gon na be responsible for certain things I think it 's one of these things that need to be brought out . |
| 6 | Participants in a television programme , for example , who are told that it is a " pilot " which will not be transmitted , can not be held responsible for defamatory statements they have made if it is subsequently screened at prime time . |
| 7 | In general for specific cases it seems better to replace the word " sensible " with stated limits ( Example 100 ) . |
| 8 | Though this is good news for American and Japanese firms , who share a paltry 11% slice of the luxury market , it is disastrous for European companies which account for the remaining 89% of sales ( see chart on next page ) , but which sell nearly half of all their fancy products in America or Japan . |
| 9 | All this hippy chic is not terribly exotic for British men who grew up with long hair , earth mothers and hipster jeans . |
| 10 | Likewise it is sometimes difficult for adolescent boys who work hard at building an image of toughness within their peer group to drop that image for the sake of the drama . |
| 11 | This finding , however , conceals the fact that working-class males in these two categories of illness are likely to visit their doctor to obtain sickness certificates — a procedure which is not so necessary for professional employees who receive sick pay from their employers . |
| 12 | Goddess worship ( History of the World NI 195 ) is primarily suitable for extreme feminists who want to dominate men . |
| 13 | Not bad for complete novices who had never danced a rock 'n' roll step before . |
| 14 | Controlling persons may also be liable for controlled persons who tip others . |