Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local and regional governments are , potentially , heavy spenders of public funds and complete freedom for them to institute and carry out their own expenditure programmes has come to be regarded in some quarters as subversive of a sufficiently refined power of control over public expenditure overall by central government . |
| 2 | Tirana home service radio initially denounced the hunger strike as having " nothing to do with a loyal strike struggle " , but in subsequent days the radio detailed the hunger strikers ' demands and deteriorating health , and by June 1 had swung round to emotional support for them and for the UITUA . |
| 3 | ‘ They rely on the Floridians to pick the right course for them . ’ |
| 4 | At Oxford … where there 's a somewhat older university … some students are quite specific about what makes the right course for them |
| 5 | Oh it 'll be a complete change for them |
| 6 | But anyway , my Dawn , Dawn 's mother went down to see a show in London not so long ago , stayed er , stayed two nights in a hotel , it was o it was only like ninety odd pound for them . |
| 7 | A start has been made on a study of the Iapetus Convergence Zone , which is designed to complement local investigations in the Southern Uplands and northern England , and to provide the regional setting for them . |
| 8 | ‘ It was an extremely unpleasant experience for them . ’ |
| 9 | Pets are not allowed to travel in the removal van so make sure you have proper provision for them in your own vehicle . |
| 10 | ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that . |
| 11 | But Mr Rychetsky argues that the Liberal Club is merely trying to safeguard the reforms by winning popular support for them . |
| 12 | Except that the first time round the Indians saw that Firmin survived and they ran away because they were afraid , and the second time round they saw they 'd killed Antonio , which was quite the wrong result for them so they ran away because it had all gone wrong . |
| 13 | When researchers approach publication there is ample published guidance for them on what their obligations are , and there are well known style guides within each scientific discipline including , in medicine , the Vancouver style . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , this supposed trait and their tight , curly hair have given rise to the use of the name ‘ Poodle cats ’ as a popular term for them . |
| 15 | No I bought Smarties this morning at top shop for them |
| 16 | It carries a different meaning for them . |
| 17 | He invites all the teenage gangs in Brooklyn and provides free transport for them . |
| 18 | Then Sally 's lovely nine puppies — I remember you waylaying an army captain to let Sally mate with his dog , and he ringing us up laughing and saying of course he could , and you three making a lovely bridal room for them in Pop 's study ! |
| 19 | Soldiers , psychiatrists , and priests might on this basis be classified together as social controllers ; doctors and perhaps teachers should be classified as sustainers : the proper theoretical place for them is as the maintenance engineers of labour power ; playwrights , philosophers , accountants , sociologists , and lawyers must be classified together as conceptive ideologists . |
| 20 | In England , also , complaints of the difficulty of finding capable diplomats can be heard until far into the eighteenth century ; and many agreed to serve only to put the government under a moral obligation to find some acceptable post for them at home on their return . |
| 21 | Each country has a different name for them , often reflecting local attitudes , such as the graphic villas miserias in Argentina , highlighting the poverty of the communities . |
| 22 | Well I do n't know the proper name for them , but I mean it 's |
| 23 | ‘ The case of the customer who simply removes goods from the shelves is of course different because the basis on which a supermarket is run is that customers certainly have the consent of the owner to take goods from the shelves and take them to the checkout point there to pay the proper price for them . |
| 24 | I resist for two good reasons — a ) they do n't suit me , and b ) I 'm the wrong age for them . |
| 25 | Because people generally hold the professional political classes in low esteem , they may question whether that is a proper role for them . |
| 26 | The same applies to convertibles , which depreciate less quickly than other models because of the lively demand for them . |
| 27 | The Fire Service have the delegated authority for them and the situation in our local sports events is quite adequate . |
| 28 | In bygone days the Arms Park had an almost mystical quality for them . |
| 29 | The new plough will be ready any day now and already I 've had farmers come and see me about turning over both new and old ground for them . |
| 30 | BECAUSE the Labour Party does not know how to cope with popular demands in Scotland for devolution or independence , it wanted to dilute the trouble by spreading it over the whole United Kingdom , creating ‘ regional ’ authorities even in England , where there is no popular demand for them whatever . |