Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be most grateful for any assistance offered . |
| 2 | I would be most grateful for any information you may have pertaining to the RLS centenary be it an update of your present events or any contacts you may know of . |
| 3 | If a teenager has been feeling acutely depressed for some time , then it may only take a trigger such as exams , to tip her over the edge ( suicide is the third most common cause of death among the under 25s , and the peak months are April to July ) . |
| 4 | I am again extremely grateful for that intervention . |
| 5 | It is quite breathtaking , for instance , that her sympathies are so strong for another girl whom she sees as literally killing herself with exercise , yet she does n't really extend her sympathies or concern towards herself . |
| 6 | The station honorary secretary , Captain Graham Sommerfield , commented ‘ We are so grateful for this kind donation … |
| 7 | but she just suddenly went , you and she grabbed hold of this lad , and dragged , she did n't hit him or anything , you know , but I just , oh I thought oh god , you know , I felt so sorry for this kid like , dragged him out to the back , you were talking were n't you ? |
| 8 | Two crews that would have been especially grateful for this kind of compensation were Dennis Arlett and Patricial Lagesse whose accumulated woes would not let them pass Gao while , even more heart-rending was the final submission of the chassis previously held together by Jean-Christophe Savzey and Claire de Valbray — an agonizing 50km from the finish . |
| 9 | Society must be very mixed up when so many terminally ill people want to die but are denied the chance while others think it is morally wrong for this child to be born . |
| 10 | The introduction of Performance Related Pay would be extremely dangerous for any member of the Association . |
| 11 | In deference to custom , there was a party in the child 's honour , central to which was a dish of peas , which symbolises the lessening of grief to those who have been in sorrow — never far from the Jewish consciousness , and of particular relevance to this family ; a copy of the scriptures was placed in the child 's hands , along with a pen — how especially appropriate for this child ! — which will have been followed by the usual Talmudic discussions in which , no doubt , Lyon and Solomon will have capped each other 's comments . |
| 12 | It is not nearly so intriguing for this writer as is the closed book of Vincent 's intimate life in this unlikely household , with a woman who allowed him to clean her up , who tended and fed her like a mother , rocked the cradle of her newborn baby , and shared his food and his room with her . |
| 13 | She had not made them learn a definition of a sentence , which would be entirely inappropriate for this age group , nor did she ask them to complete meaningless exercises . |
| 14 | It is far better and essentially less embarrassing for such education to be given at school than within the family , even if it could be certain that parents would give it or that their children would listen . |
| 15 | Their degree of preference for one party Over others had an important influence upon the usefulness-ratings they gave the media for helping them decide how to Vote ( those with clear preferences found the media less useful for that purpose ) but had little or no influence on other aspects of usefulness-ratings . |
| 16 | I 'd like to know why it 's taken so long for this union to work again er , with the regulations in public services . |
| 17 | This publication would be especially useful for any student nurses ( and also trained nurses ) who are finding difficulty in relating psychology to their practice of nursing . |
| 18 | Play was end to end in the first half , but catching Bicester cold after a player had been down injured for some time , Wantage took the lead on thirty five minutes , when Andy Cooper brilliantly volleyed home a touch on from Jamie Alexander for a one nil half time lead . |
| 19 | Sager [ 1981 ] has identified a number of sublanguages that are sufficiently regular for this technique , and provides a methodology for the reliable identification of their constituent semantic classes . |
| 20 | Whilst most of the maincrop varieties of potatoes are suitable for baking , Maris Piper , King Edward , Désirée and Cara are especially good for this purpose . |
| 21 | Such things are extremely useful for that purpose , and for Attainment Target 2 in National Curriculum history . |
| 22 | The experience came in useful for another role right — as a makeup girl . |
| 23 | Is my hon. Friend aware that we hold entirely responsible for this delay the former Labour Member of Parliament and now Commissioner in Brussels , Bruce Millan , who is playing a fairly despicable party political game ? |
| 24 | Vines , as a non-member , was directed to retire from the meeting , but he was apparently responsible for some insurrection among the student members . |
| 25 | Melchizedek 's authority ( the " tithe " was God 's portion , so by giving Melchizedek a tenth of everything Abram recognized him as God 's representative ) , his lack of any named ancestors and descendants ( extremely important for any man claiming kingship or priesthood ) , and his dual role as priest and king , led later writers to see in him a foreshadowing of the Messiah ( see Psalm 110:4 ; Hebrews 7:1–10 ) . |
| 26 | Even apparently minor problems , such as any enclosure of the hands or restriction of finger mobility , can render a person less independent for this AL . |
| 27 | Under the legislation , managers of catering establishments could be held personally responsible for each breach of the regulation and each penalty could mean fines of between £2,000 and £20,000 . |
| 28 | He had a deeply rooted fear of being personally responsible for any diminution at all in the lands committed to his care . |
| 29 | But Vincent never forgave his father , holding him personally responsible for this betrayal . |
| 30 | ’ I stress , of course , ’ I concluded , ’ that I would consider myself personally responsible for this man 's reputation . ’ |