Example sentences of "[adj] for [adj] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 You can recover 100% of SMP paid to your employees from the total NI contributions due for all your employees in the tax month .
2 If Town Halls are to be successful as enabling authorities , then they must make it possible for all their communities ( both residential and business , their fellow agencies , and also their own Councillors and Officers ) to engage in the free trade of information .
3 And Barbara , fed up with the Doctor 's taunts , gives him a piece of her mind , telling him he should be grateful for all their help .
4 She had become quiet , patient , and grateful for all our care .
5 Those were the choices , and if we dissect the Labour budget I think you 'll see that we were quite proper in deciding that for all its faults , and I mean this is not a budget that any of us in that chamber , you see , certainly no Liberal Democrat , wanted to even put forward at all .
6 The suspicion must be that for all their draconian nature , Hitler 's comments on the Jews were regarded as stereotype repetition , and of little interest compared with his assessment of the war situation .
7 She often shrewdly suspected that they found it hard work too , and that for all their signatures of fondest love they did not really like her ; they wanted her , they thought that she would do , but they did not really like her .
8 I 'll bet , ’ he added , ‘ that for all your years of book-learning you know nothing about strapping on a pair of waders and getting out into the stream , feeling the water swirl around you — or how to bait a hook — ’ He pulled a small plastic box towards him .
9 And I would maintain that for all his limited command of English and his limited general knowledge , he not only knew all there was to know about how to run a house , he did in his prime come to acquire that ‘ dignity in keeping with his position ’ , as the Hayes Society puts it .
10 But developing countries are still dependent for all their foreign currency earnings upon the fluctuations of commodity prices on the world market .
11 ‘ Western logic is ceasing to be adequate for all our needs .
12 As well as milking the 715/33 for all its worth , Hewlett-Packard says it remains hard at work on developing what it says will be an Apple Computer Inc Mac-like Unix environment for the thing , in addition to the on-board multimedia hardware it is supposed to incorporate .
13 As well as milking the 715/33 for all its worth , HP says it remains hard at work on developing what it says will be an Apple Mac-like Unix environment for the thing , in addition to the on-board multimedia hardware it is supposed to incorporate .
14 I have to be careful for both our sakes ! ’
15 I was lucky enough to receive an invitation for the special AGM held at the Guildhall London , attended by Lady Baden-Powell and other Guiding dignitaries including a lady who has been connected with Guiding for all its 75 years .
16 Erm so we wish to thank them all , or I wish to thank them all very much for all their hard work and support they 've given me .
17 The natives are amenable for all their savage state , and impart their wisdom to us in exchange for fribbling items : a mere hairpin will set them to an ecstasy of delight , for they are like to children and have no metals .
18 Her face was chubby , her complexion still perfect for all her fifty-eight years , and her green eyes never missed a thing .
19 In contrast , Andrew Hudson 's pedestrian 50 off 70 balls at Sabina was South Africa 's highest score and 189 for six their highest total in the three matches .
20 The low timbre of his voice was none the less frightening for all its softness .
21 Black European residents , especially those denied civic rights , as in Germany and France , will be the main victims of the recent elections , as all the parties have turned their backs on the need to make Europe welcome for all its inhabitants , not just white ones .
22 The stated aim of the legislation was " to establish in Russia courts of justice that are swift , equitable , merciful , and equal for all our subjects , to elevate the authority of the judiciary , to give it the independence that befits it , and in general to strengthen among our people … respect for the law " .
23 South-west of Jan Mayen is Iceland , built entirely of volcanic rocks , and famous for both its volcanoes and its geysers .
24 Lawrence remained too preoccupied with what in his adjusted mind he projected , disavowed , or consciously repudiated ; homosexuality especially remained too fascinating for either his strenuous vision of psychic adjustment or his banal view of sexual difference as unity in opposition to remain unharassed by it .
25 Mrs Singh expressed her feelings that it was very important for all her children to speak Punjabi and she was afraid that they might not do this if she and Mr Singh spoke English .
26 Police are viewed as intruders , the symbol of authority — largely white authority in a society that is responsible for all their grievances about unemployment , prejudice and discrimination .
27 Jon Taylor was responsible for both their goals .
28 He thought it better not to mention it was he who had been responsible for both his accidents .
29 Er the industry is responsible for half our fixed investment and accounts for a third of our manufacturing base .
30 But I , thought Cadfael , on thorns , may be about to pay in full for all my sins .
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