Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rule had been amended so that nominations for the Committee were restricted to full male or female members of five years standing , and where ladies are concerned , were not to exceed in number the direct ratio to the numerical strength of their respective section . |
| 2 | • Complex computer-based games have been developed so that scores for manipulative skill , decision-taking , vigilance , etc. can all be calculated as the game proceeds . |
| 3 | The remaining graves , probably about 280 — filled with up to 1,000 more weapons and jewellery items — will be excavated only if finance for future digs becomes available . |
| 4 | If Spot , who won more than £1,500 for owner John Adams before being struck down by cancer , can resume his winning ways , it 'll be a bonus for his connections , who had to find more than £250 for his two operations . |
| 5 | The UMW was fined more than $65,000,000 for strike-related activities ; the bulk of this sum remained unpaid at the time of the resolution of the dispute . |
| 6 | Last year a Harrogate firm was fined more than £6000 for importing cheap drugs without a product licence . |
| 7 | SUPERMARKET chain Kwik Save was yesterday fined more than £19,000 for offences which included selling rancid and mouldy meat and having high bacteria counts in cheese . |
| 8 | We are elected by the public to do a job and we should n't be ashamed of the amount of money that we 're paid for it , and what I would say is , that no manifesto in May 's election said we were going to come here and vote for more money for members , nobody put on their leaflets , vote for me and I will raise members allowances by five percent in the coming year , I did n't and I wo n't support that , and you will argue , perhaps some of you that that 's not really what we 're doing , but it look 's like it , does n't it ? |
| 9 | They were overwhelmed with replies , however , when they asked if people were prepared to come forward as character-witnesses for the parents of the nine South Ronaldsay children whose plight had moved the nation . |
| 10 | A career that spanned seven years at Oldham and four years with Hibs can now be seen only as preparation for the place where , and the time when , Goram would reach a higher plane of achievement . |
| 11 | Lorraine Gabriel , prosecuting , said Wennington received more than £260 for a number of hampers from the customer . |
| 12 | ‘ Your main priority is to get to know the city as quickly as possible , so we 'll be acting mainly as back-up for the first few days . |
| 13 | During the 1960s , class numbers dropped sharply and concern for children with learning difficulties began to increase . |
| 14 | In future , these matters will not be decided here because responsibility for many of them may be transferred to Europe . ’ |
| 15 | Allelic losses , insertions , and point mutations have been detected on many other chromosomes but it has still to be established whether such changes function simply as markers for colorectal cancer , or as potential prognostic indicators . |
| 16 | The low-income groups and pensioners spend a higher proportion of their money on food and fuel , whose prices have risen by more than other items , and so the inflation index for these groups has risen faster than inflation for the average person . |
| 17 | Despite their chefs ' and St Trinians outfits , they managed to clamber up poles and leap over jumps in relay and raise more than £400 for charity . |
| 18 | Trafalgar paid less than £3m for it back in 1976 , five years after it purchased Cunard . |
| 19 | Ex-engineer Bob , 54 , paid less than £5,000 for the building , set in five acres of land , in 1971 . |
| 20 | Obviously some clothiers fared better than others for there were quite a large number of bankruptcies between 1800 and 1840 . |
| 21 | Mr Stern 's costings tell him it is not worth paying more than £750/acre for bare arable land if he is to make a reasonable living . |
| 22 | Knighton remained ummoved as the money rolled out , Ferguson paying more than £4m for Gary Pallister , Paul Ince and Danny Wallace . |
| 23 | THE April issue of Which ? suggests there is little point paying more than £200 for CD players — it tested several — although £400 players from specialist companies can sound better . |
| 24 | Gateshead council 's housing programme for the next 12 months includes more than £2m for repairs and painting work . |
| 25 | I wanted a Knitmaster , but my husband insisted that this must be a better buy , although I do n't think I paid more than £42.00 for it . |
| 26 | I read recently that applicants for the Institute of Advanced Motorists test are in the ratio of one woman to four men , but the success rate shows virtually the same number of women passing as men . |
| 27 | Since one of these — the LFS — spans a period of economic growth , and since it is argued that the demand for temporary workers grows faster than demand for labour as a whole in periods of rising economic activity , this finding is particularly striking . |
| 28 | The lawyers mounting the defence , however , rarely get more than $1,000 for the entire case , says Mr Stafford Smith . |
| 29 | US District Judge William Hodges on Feb. 5 ordered two subsidiaries of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International ( BCCI ) to forfeit more than $15,000,000 for their role in the laundering of huge cocaine profits from Colombia 's Medellín drug cartel . |
| 30 | GENEROUS donors shocked at the sudden death of a little girl have raised more than £1,000 for vitally-needed equipment . |