Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time he checks the mouth for any other problems that may have evolved since his previous visit and , because every month is different , he can give valuable advice to the horse owner on the shape of the mouth and type of bit most suitable for the individual horse . |
| 2 | Opposition Members support clause 56 , which seeks to make the directors and managers of British Rail personally liable for offences attributable to their neglect . |
| 3 | Sentencing McPherson , the judge , Lord Cameron , said he accepted that McPherson had been in some part less responsible for the violence to Mr O'Donnell that evening , but added : ‘ Nevertheless you played a full part in luring him into the hands of those who were responsible for repeated acts of a bizarre and terrible character upon him . ’ |
| 4 | On March 22nd the market reacted by falling a further 3.1% , which took the Nikkei index below 30,000 for the first time since December 1988 to close at 29,843 . |
| 5 | It was n't much , and they would take it in their stride , no doubt , but apart from the fact these revenge raids certainly did upset his Tormentors a little , making life and their cruel purpose just that little bit less easy for them , the greatest effect was on him . |
| 6 | A six-part course especially suitable for large classes |
| 7 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 8 | They say it makes the experience less painful for them and less traumatic for the baby . |
| 9 | There is no experience so uncomfortable for a nation as to run headon unawares into an axiom . |
| 10 | This is a source that is of course only available for the twentieth century . |
| 11 | Free direct thought is deployed to show the conscious workings of the mind of an introspective man , a technique less appropriate for Lok , whose consciousness of self only begins to develop in the course of the action ; narrator 's report of thought act or free indirect thought is used for him . |
| 12 | Far from arriving at Exeter College , Oxford , in April 1944 as a grateful Jude the Obscure , he roared into the University apparently ready for anybody . |
| 13 | This is done by relating the soil to the type of cleaning agent most appropriate for its removal . |
| 14 | In March , a judicial inquest into the death of 42 people in Sebokeng township in September 1990 concluded with the presiding judge finding members of the South African Defence Force criminally responsible for the deaths of four people and rejected claims that the concerned were provoked to shoot in self-defence . |
| 15 | I would n't say there was much between the two teams apart from the first half here this afternoon when United , I have n't seen United dominate a side so much for a very long time , and really , I mean you were here Peter , three or four nil at half time would not have been a bad reflection on United 's performance in any way at all . |
| 16 | Even worse , the law will discourage the foreign investment so necessary for the rebuilding of the Albanian economy . |
| 17 | I did want to lose weight so much for it , but have had very little success so will have to get used to the idea of being the back-end-of-a-bus in comparison to Heather . |
| 18 | ‘ It has rock so easy for initial routes that every time you reach up there 's a hold . |
| 19 | All of which might make the future less bright for Sequent Computer Systems Inc , which currently provides the top-end 6000/75 and 85 multiprocessors for Unisys . |
| 20 | An event which occurs after the breach of duty and which contributes to the plaintiff 's damage , may break the chain of causation , so as to render the defendant not liable for any damage beyond this point . |
| 21 | However , the defendant may allege that the plaintiff 's conduct breaks the chain of causation , so as to render the defendant not liable for some , or all , of the plaintiff 's damage . |
| 22 | The problem is this : if the accused 's intention is to rape and he is in the same position as in Brown with the top half of his body in the building , is his entry therein effective for the purposes of the rape form of burglary ? |
| 23 | Finding the right anaesthetic , so that one can keep the chick functionally alive for the hours required for the recording , proved surprisingly tricky . |
| 24 | One problem encountered was the expectation in some of these professions that newly qualified staff should ‘ rotate ’ to different medical specialties thereby gaining varied experience , a practice not possible for all the disabled professionals . |
| 25 | This showed us that integration saves time and duplication , and makes the programme more interesting for the students . |
| 26 | The actual situation is a great deal more complicated for two reasons . |
| 27 | Berlin showed far less sign of preparing for war than London , except in one particular which made life a good deal more difficult for its visitors . |
| 28 | To wit , the kind of speed on to man and ball and to the breakdown which would in itself render it a great deal more difficult for the All Blacks to make the Lions ' pack look heavy-footed to the point of statuesque . |
| 29 | The Government must deal with the issue of making crime more difficult for the young people who are tempted to perpetrate it , and local authorities can also help . |
| 30 | ( 3 ) This section applies to a contract if — ( a ) the rent does not exceed the figure applicable in accordance with subsection ( 4 ) , and ( b ) the letting is not on such terms as to the tenant 's responsibility as are mentioned in subsection ( 5 ) … ( 5 ) This section does not apply where a house is let for a term of three years or more ( the lease not being determinable at the option of either party before the expiration of three years ) upon terms that the tenant puts the premises into a condition reasonably fit for human habitation . |