Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mind drifted over the people whom he had heard about for the first time that morning , groping for some sort of perspective . |
| 2 | The continuous variable weight for height expressed as standard deviation score was adjusted for in the analysis of lung function . |
| 3 | We calculated the possible effect of birth weight for a given age of gestation on FEV 1 using the example of two children of 38 weeks ' gestation with the same attributes adjusted for in the analysis but one having a birth weight of 2500 g and the other 3500 g . |
| 4 | The more she tried to be that person the more I lost my sense of who I 'd fallen for in the first place . |
| 5 | Illegal shipments seized at customs went round like a kiss at a party — police , SAS , departments like the one Todd ran … then on to the people they 'd been intended for in the first place — the syndicates who brought them down to street level , street prices . |
| 6 | Typically , most Windows spreadsheets perform better doing what Windows was designed for in the first place — graphical presentation . |
| 7 | Losses which can be claimed for under the Act are death , personal injuries and any loss of or damage to property ( s. 5(1) ) . |
| 8 | Payment quarters mainly reflect visits done in the preceding quarter but also include visits made and claimed for in the first month of the payment quarter . |
| 9 | Here are the charts , as voted for by the readers of the disk-magazine Remark : |
| 10 | ADEMA captured 76 of the 116 seats voted for by the internal electorate ; 13 seats were reserved for Malians abroad . |
| 11 | Erm but erm come the time had come for for the fair let's say the the the Spring fair . |
| 12 | And there you have , not a very good picture , but you can see this was th with the goods shed as per the last ordnance survey map . |
| 13 | Two years later the tax was extended to include Nonconformist registrations — a move petitioned for by the Dissenting churches themselves , who welcomed the official sanction of their records . |
| 14 | If the record is not on the centre track the first or last track will be searched , depending on a comparison of the key being looked for with the highest key on the track . |
| 15 | Finally , it seems also to be a taken-for-granted principle that in human affairs where there is order there is something corresponding to a rule to be looked for in the background of the actions which appear as orderly . |
| 16 | Fourteen diabetes related examinations were looked for in the medical records , ranging from visual acuity and foot pulses to random blood sugar and urine analysis . |
| 17 | Where , on the other hand , we have sense-qualification , the property of A is not applied as a property in itself to the entity identified by N ( nor are any referential and perceptual correlates of the intensional property to be looked for in the actual referent , if there is one , corresponding to that entity ) . |
| 18 | Nothing fancy is looked for in the way of bait and tackle : it 's the basic hook , line and worm . |
| 19 | Project members are normally overseen by a Steering Committee , representing relevant expertise that is not to be looked for within the institution itself . |
| 20 | Erm swimming is recommended as about the most all round exercise because it certainly does your heart and lungs , it does all the muscles of the body , it , according to what you do in the water of course , I mean if you just go and stand there it does nothing |
| 21 | The woodwork can be clearly seen and the turned balusters have been looked after over the years . |
| 22 | Not all the interests of our citizens have been looked after over the last twelve years . |
| 23 | I think the public wants to know that all those people , and their families , who suffered in the war will be looked after for the rest of their lives . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Carol Barratt is going to be looked after for the rest of her life , and looked after well , whereas life for us is never going to be the same again . ’ |
| 25 | A WIDOW has left nearly £135,000 to an animal charity on the condition that her cats are well looked after for the rest of their lives . |
| 26 | Mrs Burke leaves a remarkable house which deserves to be looked after with the same care that she has lavished on it for almost 20 years . |
| 27 | Hayling had realized that although women 's interests were being looked after on the paper , there was already suspicion of NoS in the black community . |
| 28 | With new technology making our lives easier by the day , it 's good to know that the environment is being looked after at the same time . |
| 29 | There are 120 cats and dogs being looked after at the RSPCA 's animal shelter in Whitminster near Stroud . |
| 30 | Whatever plans the local authority may have the court will have in mind the underlying philosophy of the Act that " children are best looked after within the family with both parents playing a full part and without resort to legal proceedings " ( Guidance , vol 1 , para 1.5 ) . |