Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry this happened for you . ’ |
| 2 | In 1986 this accounted for nearly 12 per cent of revenue raised by expenditure taxes and 4 per cent of total government revenue ( see Godfrey and Maynard 1988 ) . |
| 3 | He is by no means a total social isolate for there are still occasions when work is carried out in groups of two or three , but contact is more desultory and the closely knit relationships developed out of lengthy periods of working side by side have become somewhat attenuated . |
| 4 | He would never set foot in Liberty 's , let alone Harrods — those haunts of the rich and the would-be rich represented for him the scornful laughter of the haves towards the have-nots . |
| 5 | Three pitches later , nine Czechs , some Scots and a couple of English pseudo-Scots posed for summit pictures below the Czech flag on the highest tower in Adrspach . |
| 6 | Conventional , unconventional : in the last half-hour of 1979 several of Liz and Charles Headleand 's guests attempted to formulate what , for them , had seemed to be the conventions of an eclectic , fragmented , purposeless decade ; some attempted to prophesy for the next . |
| 7 | Currently , around 1 700 beds are closed , leaving 2 500 earmarked for possible closure . |
| 8 | Network Systems Corp , Minneapolis has announced it is supplying its 6000 Series multiprotocol bridge-routers to New Jersey Bell Telephone Co : they will be used for the Metropolitan Area Network being installed for the US Army at Fort Monmouth , New Jersey ; the order comprises an initial 21 Model 6614 and 6617 routers ( with another 12 planned for future installation ) , to be installed as part of a FDDI-based fibre optic backbone ; value of the order was not released . |
| 9 | The Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt had sent a crisp 10s note for her train fare and expenses , and that sum would adequately cover those . |
| 10 | Thus , in 1982 the top 100 quoted companies accounted for well over half the turnover , profit , and capital employed of the top 1000 companies , and within the top 100 , the top 10 accounted for over a quarter of turnover and capital . |
| 11 | Cork 's late strike made sure of a top 10 place for the first time since promotion — ‘ and a nice bonus , judging from the long faces in our boardroom , ’ grinned Mr Bassett . |
| 12 | The top 100 account for about four-fifths of sales and employment . |
| 13 | The leaders of the General Union of Tunisian Students ( UGTE ) were among 583 protesters reported to have been arrested by Feb. 23 , 283 of whom had been drafted into military service , a further 190 held for interrogation and 110 released by Feb. 25 . |
| 14 | In addition Mrs scheme at page forty three provides for a further twenty eight hours a week to be provided in some other way , that it is suggested is parental care , but it seems to me that it would either be parental care or hired care . |
| 15 | From 1993 , however , the departments will receive their money directly , after the fund has been top sliced to pay for the hospitals ' infrastructure costs . |
| 16 | Such doors could have been secured by the use of a drawbar ; keys for the operation of such devices are known from some better provided for women 's graves . |
| 17 | Approximately half the force were from the Commonwealth — Aussies , Canadians , New Zealanders , South Africans , Rhodesians and even from as far afield as Hong Kong , Fiji and the West Indies , this all made for healthy competition . |
| 18 | Another sure to improve for being stepped up in trip is Saint Keyne , who bolted up at Haydock last time and now goes for the Queen 's Vase . |
| 19 | Mr Chlopas said his inquiries among the Hawick-based knitters showed job opportunities for at least 50 skilled workers , with a further 50 needed for training . |
| 20 | As for producer/singer songwriter Babyface himself , he shares his professional name ( given him by Bootsy Collins ) with a song that was a US Top Ten hit for four different artists during 1926 . |
| 21 | More than half those polled for Woman 's Own reckoned the ECU was anything from toothpaste to an exotic animal , while 90 per did not have a clue what ERM stood for . |
| 22 | Scottish Nuclear opts for long-term storage |
| 23 | Scottish Nuclear opts for waste storage |
| 24 | The Charter Unit 's second-class sets , or more correctly standard class sets as BR now prefers to describe them , also underwent refurbishment during the tail end of the 1980s with twenty-four of the Mk 1 TSOs being smartened up and fitted for air braking during 1988 , and a further twelve earmarked for the same treatment during the early part of 1990 . |
| 25 | I suggest that , that is er brought maybe before the motions immediately before the motions are put , erm after the motions , after the debate as one debate I am proposing not later than twelve forty five to call for the winding up erm speeches by the three movers of the motions and to take the votes erm prior to lunch . |
| 26 | This week LSI will announce a 40MHz Mbus SparKit it says will let a cloner bring a colour Sparcstation 2 compatible to market for under $5,000 . |
| 27 | Lot number sixty four Lot number sixty four there 's another one showing for you , fifty for this one , at fifty pounds thank you , fifty is offered at the back at fifty pounds I 've got I can and will sell for fifty pounds only , any further bids at fifty five sixty going on sir ? |
| 28 | Some kid wanting roses for his girl ; some Indian looking for jug-money . ’ |
| 29 | But then in seventy nine we had a hit at home with Bunch of Time and that as far as we were concerned was the end of the road you know to be successful in Ireland and then late eighty one , early eighty two you know they started playing Bunch of Time over here and it became a top twenty hit for us and that you know changed the whole thing round about and got us from say the pubs in Ireland into the concert circuit in England which we 've been doing ever since . |
| 30 | She peered through the glass door , half inclined to look for Dana in the bigger stores , when she was riveted by the sight of her twin appearing from behind a curtain . |