Example sentences of "for [noun sg] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Old Town , built in a time of strife , occupies a fairly small area and nestles for protection close to the Castle . |
| 2 | First , the therapist is placing responsibility for change firmly on the client 's shoulders , reinforcing the notion that people help themselves . |
| 3 | He became tremendously emotional and … compelling in his language … about the need to save Latin America , to save freedom , that these people were sacrificing for America and for freedom all over the world . ’ |
| 4 | In many ways this was a reaction to the centuries of domination by the Church with its demand for faith alone as the understanding of life . |
| 5 | ‘ When the Templars used this church , the priests would vest for mass either in the manor or here in the sanctuary . ’ |
| 6 | The carrier is liable for the total of partial loss of the goods and for damage thereto from the time of taking over the goods and the time of delivery . |
| 7 | The board should be checked for damage especially around the nose and rails , and it is also worth bearing in mind its weight since boards become heavier with age . |
| 8 | Our table lists the factor that influences most choices — the price per gallon — but this should not be taken as a measure of value for money merely as an indicator of price . |
| 9 | Where courses are offered at only one teaching centre , it would be possible to make significant progress by initially devolving responsibility for assessment only to the college , while maintaining for the time being central control of the course content . |
| 10 | But , despite the few years remaining , there is still some positive NPV for investment late in the cycle ( strictly at the end of the upward stage of the life-cycle ) , because prices can be increased given the cost advantage over rivals gained through accumulated experience . |
| 11 | The case of Timothy Evans , however , who had been hanged in 1950 after conviction for murder partly on the evidence of John Christie , also convicted and executed for murder three years later , had convinced him that mistakes could occur . |
| 12 | **List headed by Jean-Pierre Van Rossem , 46 , an anarchist and former multi-millionaire , who was arrested for fraud immediately before the election . |
| 13 | In terms of Weber 's call for adequacy both at the level of meaning and at the causal level , there is argument at both levels , which , of course , much complicates questions of how to relate them to each other . |
| 14 | ( 3 ) Stephen Small raced away from a defender and was brought down from behind inside the area — an indirect free kick for obstruction instead of a penalty . |
| 15 | He tried to run for help straight after the crash but then he saw Jason on the road and collapsed with the shock . |
| 16 | We can all meet for lunch together at the beach . ’ |
| 17 | For five and a half hours , competitors in teams of four , battled it out finishing in time for lunch late in the afternoon . |
| 18 | If there has been an investment failure , people may be eligible for compensation either from the investment company or from the compensation scheme , depending on the precise circumstances of the individual case . |
| 19 | The report , originally due for publication later in the spring , criticises the Department of Transport for not fully applying lessons from previous , less serious collisions on the river . |
| 20 | MOTORISTS were made late for work yesterday by a llama which wandered from its farm on to the A22 at Forest Row , Sussex . |
| 21 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 22 | Can you tell me then another side of this problem of abortion during the War is erm the problem of contraception then , erm I wonder do you think that people were n't aware of facilities for contraception then during the War ? |
| 23 | But the City , already nervous about the hefty price Thorn paid for Virgin just before the industry down turn — and by talk that 160 people have quit Virgin since the sale — marked Thorn 's shares another 9p lower to 808p . |
| 24 | To this end he had selected two Embassy secretaries as helpers , with brains to equal beauty , who matched him drink for drink late into the night , then killed their hangovers in work . |
| 25 | The Quality Scotland Foundation , of which Scottish Nuclear was one of the earliest members , will shortly announce the launch of the Scottish Digital Quality Award for presentation annually to the company operating the best total quality management scheme . |
| 26 | The symbols X , Y , … on the right may be symbols which occur in the text ( terminal symbols ) ; or they may be other symbols which are invented for use just within the grammar ( variables ) . |
| 27 | In one school towards the end of July the staff arrived to discover that the staff room was festooned with balloons and streamers , the wine glasses were dusted off ready for use later in the day but , most importantly on the display board was a very large notice in thick felt pen : |
| 28 | He was followed by the closed-circuit television operator , who filmed a video of the whole scene for use later in the investigation . |
| 29 | The Hulton Deutsch People disk is a intended for use commercially as a point of reference for professionals . |
| 30 | ‘ Conveyance ’ means any conveyance construed or adapted for the carriage of a person or persons whether by land , water or air , except that it does not include a conveyance constructed or adapted for use only under the control of a person not carried in or on it , and ‘ drive ’ shall be construed accordingly . |