Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] is [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the stripes change in depth , you are still using the colours in equal amounts , therefore approximately half of the total amount is required for each colour , plus extra for borders . |
| 2 | The European Community is asking for what remains of Yugoslavia to be isolated from world organisations , like the United Nations , as violence continues in Sarajevo in spite of a ceasefire call . |
| 3 | The Swedish-made Werax is used for opening and emptying standard drums without the need for removing the standard cap . |
| 4 | The successful " buck-a-day " cost-cutting programme that is used in the USA works because the strong motivation Is applied for a short time . |
| 5 | The strain of the foster colony is chosen for good mothering ability and preferably the coat colour should be different from the animals to be fostered , or the mating arranged so that the natural young of the foster mother are not of the same coat colour as the pups to be fostered . |
| 6 | The professional army is substituting for the national will . |
| 7 | Adopting as a precedent the order made by this Board in Baksh v. The Queen [ 1958 ] A.C. 167 , 172 , their Lordships consider that this is a case in which the right course is to rely for that purpose on the judicial discretion and experience of the court in Jamaica . |
| 8 | Durnford and Kimura therefore concluded that the right hemisphere is specialised for the perception of depth cued by retinal disparity . |
| 9 | An officer 's doing the right thing at the right time is taken for granted . |
| 10 | The rate of unemployment as a percentage of the working population is recorded for both 1980 and 1988 ( columns 1 and 2 ) for each region ( refer also to note section on Table 9.3 ) . |
| 11 | He has done a lot of thinking and he has concluded the labour party is finished for him and I think a lot more people will do the same . |
| 12 | In that case , the usual procedure is to ask for two items of identification , such as a driving licence , when accepting an order , and then allow people to pay by cheque . |
| 13 | The usual advice is to wait for three menstrual cycles to go by , which is roughly the same as three months . |
| 14 | THE Scottish Office is calling for a £700,000 aid package from the European Commission to help the Shetland fishing industry after the Braer oilspill . |
| 15 | ( 2 ) Where there is such a material alteration , the proper procedure is to apply for a fresh grant . |
| 16 | This type of derivative is known as the divergence of ; the derivative is taken with respect to the same space–time component as appears in the tensor ( here α ) , and the sum over the expression on the left-hand side is made for all values of α . |
| 17 | The high perspective is indulged for the space of one couplet , before Leapor 's muse tumbles back into the world of work . |
| 18 | Some fish are , in any case , unusually sensitive and may not come round , even after the recommended amount is used for the correct period . |
| 19 | This movement as part of the popular movement is working for a just and democratic society free from foreign intervention where the rhetoric of ‘ health for all ’ will be a reality — health as a right for all Filipinos . |
| 20 | The Foreign Office is calling for them to be freed on bail.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 21 | The bass clef is used for the lower parts of the compass , the tenor for the higher . |
| 22 | The bass clef is used for the lowest parts of the horn 's compass which is a wide one , extending from sounding . |
| 23 | The French government is preparing for a massive new privatisation programme . |
| 24 | Moreover , 2.7 per cent of the deforested land is used for the cultivation , in small isolated tracts , of Cannabis sativa ( marijuana ) which is considerably lucrative although illegal . |
| 25 | When the card is full , it is handed in to the station in exchange for a new one ; the old card is kept for reference . |
| 26 | The typical bird is adapted for flight . |
| 27 | The standard burner is designed for effective paint stripping , and works equally well for plumbing installations , pipe thawing and bonfire lighting . |
| 28 | The annual pension is increased for not less than the first 91 days of widowhood to the rate of the officer 's pensionable pay . |
| 29 | Each disc has a soft jelly-like centre , and if the outer layer is weakened for any reason , such as wear and tear or straining your back then the soft centre bulges backwards and is likely to press on one or more of the sciatic nerve roots . |
| 30 | In the usual form of construction both the lead and return conductors are made of copper to minimise resistive loss , the outer return is braided for flexibility and the entire space in between is filled with highly insulating material such as polythene , polythene foam or polytetrafluoroethylene . |