Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Holders of non-British passports and those issued outside the UK should check with their own embassy with regard to any special permits or visas required for all countries they will be visiting or passing through . |
| 2 | The number of hours spent in lectures , tutorials or practicals varies for each individual . |
| 3 | Total orders for the second quarter , to April 30 , were 28.5% up at $5,370m ; orders for computer products rose 32.9% to $4,120m , making it clear that the company , where computers accounted for less than half of the business only a few years back , is continuing progressively to become more and more a pure computer company . |
| 4 | Total orders for the second quarter , to April 30 , were 28.5% up at $5,370m ; orders for computer products rose 32.9% to $4,120m , making it clear that the company , where computers accounted for less than half of the business only a few years back , is continuing progressively to become more and more a pure computer company . |
| 5 | His portrait is n't in Perth 's exclusive Weld Club , where influence counts for more than cash . |
| 6 | Another possibility is to have double-hinged solid wooden shutters or panels made for each side of the window , again from ceiling to floor . |
| 7 | Initially there had been a substantial market for British films in the US , where demand remained for some time ahead of the production levels achieved by American filmmakers . |
| 8 | In an economy where manufacturing accounts for less and less employment , ‘ post-industrial ’ values might be raising people 's hopes for fulfilling work . |
| 9 | Is the current illness the consequence of side-effects from medication or treatment prescribed for former illnesses ? |
| 10 | Even though Lully dominated French musical life for several decades and continued to exercise an influence even after his death , no autograph scores or parts survive for any of his works . |
| 11 | Lincoln Brower has shown that birds learn to avoid aposematic prey after very few ‘ trials ’ ( usually less than five ) , while Mariam Rothschild at Cambridge University has produced clear evidence that birds remember for many months to associate particular colour patterns in prey , with distasteful experiences . |
| 12 | Since Intersolv reckons that maintenance accounts for some half of all programming work in MVS sites , and says that the research makes up for the bulk of this work , the potential time savings for users and the potential market for Intersolv are substantial . |
| 13 | It seems logical to me that funds earmarked for those who die or can not keep premiums up , could well be used to swell terminal bonus pay-outs for others . |
| 14 | The government 's Building Research Establishment estimates that buildings account for half of Britain 's energy consumption . |
| 15 | But the fact remains that Panaetius lived for some time in Rome , as the Index Stoicorum Herculanensis , an excellent source , states ( 73 ) ; and there seems to be no reason to doubt the statement of Cicero in Pro Murena that he was the guest of Scipio ( 31.56 ) . |
| 16 | Critics of Balling 's work have suggested that , rather than showing that deserts account for some of the world temperature rise , the results may simply be demonstrating the fact that different types of land — notably desert — respond varyingly to the greenhouse effect . |
| 17 | If the reader was nevertheless left with the feeling that music counted for most , it was partly because the bulk of the long treatise was in fact about music and nothing else . |
| 18 | In public discussion , however , the idea that genes account for most variation among IQs seems not only controversial but also associated with a few men of allegedly questionable character . |
| 19 | Never mind that numbers waiting for less than a year have risen , bringing the total number on waiting lists to almost a million — a new record high . |
| 20 | For example , although babies cry for all sorts of reasons — hunger , pain , discomfort and loneliness — they do not cry to ‘ get at ’ their parents . |
| 21 | It emerged that Hayman had for some years been connected with the Paedophile Information Exchange ( PIE ) , and had received their contact magazine — carrying advertisements from men seeking sex with children — through the post . |
| 22 | In this context a Soviet writer observed with chagrin that the United States administration , in calling into question the right-of the USSR to take part in measures to guarantee the freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf in the aftermath of Brezhnev 's initiative , had forgotten that America had for many years carried out negotiations with the USSR over the Indian Ocean , ‘ of which the Persian Gulf is a component part ’ . |
| 23 | And a number of other texts stress the fact that obedience counts for more than sacrifice ( e.g. 1 Samuel 15:22–23 ; Psalm 40:6–8 ) . |
| 24 | But since the general feeling within the ICC is that cash rather than rotation counts for more , England could end up losing out . |
| 25 | The din and chaos continued for some time after help arrived from the êchelon of spectators , Charles and Peregrine among them . |
| 26 | Prepare income statements for Absent Ltd using marginal costing and absorption costing for each of the three years to aid the management accountant 's explanation . |
| 27 | The scare that cellular phones might cause brain tumours has died away — everywhere except in Germany : according to Reuter , German cellular phone firms and experts called for more research to soothe public fears of possible dangers from electromagnetic radiation from portable telephones — despite the fact that most experts , including the head of the government telecommunications agency , told a hearing in parliament that research suggests no health danger from phones . |
| 28 | The sheer quantity of calculation and printing required for this stretches the modest administrative processor to its limit for two days . |
| 29 | Joe decides to draw up a profit and loss account for this initial period . |
| 30 | Murphy and Taggart led for much of the way but missed out a loop section of the route which cost them 30 marks and they dropped back . |