Example sentences of "[adj] for the [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ex-King 's Cup player Robin Drysdale echoed the sentiments of many , at the conclusion of his first Series event at his club in Bracknell , when he said ‘ these events are terrific for the kids and I shall definitely be running one again next year . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ I 'll leave it at that for the moment but I may have to ask you that question again . |
| 33 | A message from Mr Dubcek to the crowd in Prague , read by the economist who advised him in 1968 , called for the resignation of all those in the present leadership who were resposible for the invasion and its aftermath . |
| 34 | A message from Mr Dubcek to the crowd in Prague , read by the economist who advised him in 1968 , called for the resignation of all those in the present leadership who were resposible for the invasion and its aftermath . |
| 35 | I 'm I 'm really mentioning th this for the record because I do n't think it er it goes to the heart of the issue since erm the the erm Richmondshire allocation does not depend on these figures , but I do want to emphasize that er doing something about the commuting problem is an issue in Richmondshire . |
| 36 | May it be made clear for the record that my hon. Friend the Member for Redcar ( Ms. Mowlam ) , who is a junior Front-Bench spokesman , wrote to the Secretary of State this week asking for an inquiry ? |
| 37 | Ooh you 've got to take two sciences , you pick which two sciences you 're going to take , it 'd be easier for the teachers and he would , well to do all three sciences in one exam is |
| 38 | Southgate ( 1980 : 33 ) has shown how British police have diffiulties in dealing with domestic disputes , but if anything the situation in Northern Ireland is easier for the police because they have a clearer knowledge of their role : to be on hand to prevent serious crime . |
| 39 | His precipitate action was clearly calculated to make life harder rather than easier for the PLO as he abandoned responsibility for civil servants in the West Bank . |
| 40 | They had large capacity halls — maybe three or four thousand people there , which was funny for the boys because they were n't used to that . |
| 41 | In his section on the fees for the diplomas of investiture Hezarfen says that when a kadi was appointed , one month 's allowance was taken as a fee on the basis of his daily allowance as recorded in the defter , or register half as the fee for the imperial cypher and half for the kazasker and his staff . |
| 42 | It 's OK for the authorities because it 's not them you 're looking at — you wo n't be walking the beat with them . |
| 43 | and then I take it all erm , I start doing them regularly , I think it 's probably a tax you know some for the tax that they did , spend a lot of money |
| 44 | Fish are very demanding for the draughtsman because one can not put them into an attractive or anthropomorphic pose ; what can sometimes be done is to show the scenery where the fish was caught . |
| 45 | It can only get tougher for the tourists when they face a resurgent Wales at the Arms Park on Saturday , although home hopes of upsetting the world champions were delivered a huge blow yesterday , when Swansea full-back Tony Clement was forced to pull out with a stress fracture of the leg . |
| 46 | For me this is a mighty rendition of the score and all the more inspiring for the impression that its power is tapped from within . |
| 47 | In these cases the society not only fixes and receives the fee payable for the report but it retains the fee for itself . |
| 48 | When the British papers printed that Scotland Yard believed the silver to have been dug up at the Barbariga army base and smuggled by a Yugoslav diplomat , the Federal commission said , ‘ The press is to be criticised for all such insinuations ’ and ‘ the control of the diplomatic bag is so rigorous in Jugoslavia that it is absolutely impossible for the treasure or anything else to be smuggled out that way ’ . |
| 49 | But it was quite impossible for the TCPA or me to bless the Plan unreservedly . |
| 50 | A London postman 's daughter whose grandmother lived next door remembers how the old lady ‘ used to pass one or two little bits and pieces over to us , but she used to say to mother , ‘ I ca n't do much for the grandchildren because we have no pension at the end . ’ |
| 51 | From a very early age we discover that some children are better at drawing , speaking or running than we are ; so much for the myth that we are born equal . |
| 52 | The picture incident proved too much for the officer and he decided to retire . |
| 53 | Their reward was an encounter against New Zealand , but the All Blacks ' strength and experience proved too much for the Koreans as they went down 14–0 . |
| 54 | ‘ It 's not been easy for the chairman and his board seeing us stuck on the bottom of the table , ’ said Clough . |
| 55 | In the leader column last week , on the same day Young Group 's shares were suspended , the newspaper felt sufficiently confident of Mr Young 's expertise to write : ‘ He is a man who has until recently made a great success of his business and it would be sad for the North-East if he did not continue to have a part to play . ’ |
| 56 | But if you did and said can you sell me some erm emulsion paint , which is non-drip , and they sell you some matt paint , which drips , then clearly they 've sold you something which was not fit for the purpose that you had specified . |
| 57 | Barnes believes he will be fit for the Test but it would be a major risk playing him . |
| 58 | If the tunics and trousers are wet then that is hard for the prisoners and they will be damper and colder for the length of the day that follows . |
| 59 | Of course it is very hard for the writers because they have to keep things up to date and follow the story-lines . |
| 60 | ‘ I understand it 's hard for the organisers because they have to go where they can find the biggest sponsor . |