Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today 's multi-millionaire golfers at the Masters might well add to such a prayer : ‘ And that goes double for Henry Cotton . ’ |
| 2 | That looks good for us … we should get the nod over hillsboro and/or newcastle . |
| 3 | That looks bad for our pal , Joey . |
| 4 | Whether that holds true for very frail old people is doubtful as Wenger herself recognises . |
| 5 | Shamir would have preferred to have formed a broad coalition government with Labour , but this became impossible for him in view of statements made by Labour Ministers suggesting that they supported contacts with the PLO , and in view of pressure from hardline Likud members such as Ariel Sharon to form a right-wing government . |
| 6 | This has sleeping-room for one , even though it would have taken two shepherds to carry it , leaving you to wonder how the odd shepherd out spent the night . |
| 7 | This has potential for future research work carried out at RBGE , and for existing research programmes . |
| 8 | Perhaps this holds good for makers of motor-cars . |
| 9 | We suffer more in anticipation than in actuality , and this came true for me . |
| 10 | She would go down to the club and do some keep fit for an hour , then have a fruit juice lunch and see if she could find a game of tennis . |
| 11 | Perhaps the logical extension of this getting undressed for success in this month 's Playboy , in which Sandra 's regular photographer Michel Comte pictures her in various states of undress ‘ with women , with men — nothing very raunchy . |
| 12 | As long as the Irish Republic provides a safe haven for substantial numbers of known terrorists , the British people will hold the Irish people in some measure responsible for the tragedies wrought by terrorism . |
| 13 | The preference for defining competitive strength as current strength also arises out of the recognition that , if attainable status is used , there will be no clear separation on the matrix of established stars from potential stars , and this seems critical for distinguishing between two types of investment : major investment for the future and sufficient investment to maintain a market position . |
| 14 | For some time now , the SARA Executive has been seeking input more generally from the rowing population for the updating of its Development Plan , but what might have been a good idea to achieve this seems set for a less than successful conclusion . |
| 15 | Even this proved insufficient for both receipt and dispatch of parcels , so domestic parcel dispatch was moved in 1903 to La Chapelle . |
| 16 | Before the case came to a hearing Parliament sought to improve the revenue 's position by enacting with retrospective effect section 47(1) of the Finance Act 1986 , but this proved ineffective for the purpose and on 31 July 1987 Nolan J. [ 1987 ] S.T.C. 654 decided that the regulations complained of were ultra vires and void in so far as they purported to provide for the imposition of tax on interests and dividends paid by building societies prior to 6 April 1986 , and made an order accordingly . |
| 17 | It seems that this remains true for many members and while they develop great loyalty to their branches and individual antenatal teachers or breastfeeding counsellors , the significance of the national organisation largely passes them by . |
| 18 | For the manual working class the pattern of mobility has had a double-edged effect , on the one hand increasing the possibility of ‘ social advancement ’ ( although this remains slim for men who have passed their mid-20s ) , while on the other reducing the influx of people from other backgrounds . |
| 19 | In social anthropology this becomes important for a variety of reasons . |
| 20 | When the mismatch becomes serious , that is , when a crisis develops , the revolutionary step of replacing the entire paradigm by another becomes essential for the effective progress of science . |
| 21 | This proves expensive for the police , who receive no subsidy from soccer sources for officers on duty outside the stadium . |
| 22 | First , Fisher invited Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus whom some held responsible for the murder of British soldiers in the quasi-civil war in Cyprus . |
| 23 | While this held true for three of the four firms , it was possible to account for the exceptions in firm C because of the business getting practices of that firm , and in particular its brokerage relationship with the land agent . |
| 24 | Monthly sunshine figures often show a close correlation with rainfall and this held true for January 1993 . |
| 25 | And if it is , there 's no great problem with that , that 's very straightforward , we can get that put right for you . |
| 26 | We 've found out a lot , that bats live for thirty years and only have one baby a year , and usually only have a baby every second year . |
| 27 | These remain unused for the entire time that the child is in nappies . |
| 28 | These grow unimpeded for a while but the leading edges eventually collide with others and growth rates are altered . |
| 29 | The Commissioners were not surprised to find that the arrangement of the master and the matron of the workhouse not being man and wife had not succeeded , and they concluded that all four should be called on to resign , as ‘ none of these appear fit for their respective offices ’ . |
| 30 | He also has a lap box which his father built for him , and that sounds great for blues . ’ |