Example sentences of "[adj] for [adj] [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | I considered keeping observation actually on the flat but because of its its location , did not feel that it would be possible for armed officers or for that matter , any officer , to maintain observation for any period of time without being seen . |
| 2 | If the transaction takes place in the context of market conditions normal for such commodities or services , then the transaction is presumptively voluntary , even though competition is absent . |
| 3 | We are sorry for any misunderstanding or embarrassment this caused to James Capel and to the banks . |
| 4 | Charity shops and jumble sales are grateful for spare clothing or household items , providing they are in reasonable condition . |
| 5 | I would be grateful for any advice or specimen copies from other continuing care wards . |
| 6 | Please note that we would be most grateful for any handouts or further information you would like to send us . |
| 7 | I am a second year DipSW student and would be grateful for any information or research on foster carers birth children regarding placement disruption . |
| 8 | He put the probe away and studied the device with a frown , searching in vain for recognizable wiring or circuitry . |
| 9 | As he tried to peer through the impenetrable veil of snow , searching in vain for some landmark or the vague outline of a barn , George 's foot came unexpectedly into contact with a large stone , almost buried in the snow . |
| 10 | Having to use existing music , John considered several possible scores , all of which were rejected as unsuitable for one reason or another . |
| 11 | In fact , he has only been working as a professional for three years or so , and has had to learn his trade by trial and error . |
| 12 | Of the 2,329 youngsters registered with Hampshire County Council Careers Service , 21 percent have been unemployed for six months or more . |
| 13 | That 's why we have put in place the most varied , comprehensive programme ever to help people who have been unemployed for six months or more . ’ |
| 14 | Therefore , we reasoned that patients who had been stone free for two years or more might represent a ‘ protected ’ subgroup at low risk for recurrence . |
| 15 | Generous discount bookings make direct for 5 nights or more . |
| 16 | It defines as ‘ arrestable offences ’ murder , treason , and other crimes imprisonable for five years or more . |
| 17 | Step 4 If the problems are different for each side or the solutions each side wants do not coincide then the bargaining is likely to be one involving conflict , that is based on I win , you lose . |
| 18 | Hold-warm puts the oven on a low power level to keep food warm for 15 minutes or more . |
| 19 | The isotopes give off long-lasting alpha radiation and the waste will remain dangerous for 3000 years or more . |
| 20 | If it had been impossible for one reason or another to use a boat on the water I would have done the best I could with a plummet and noted what I could see from the banks . |
| 21 | The Saturday Review remarked that he was ‘ in no way prominent for artistic taste or knowledge ’ , and his only possible interest could have been that his London home , Montagu House , was on the opposite side of Whitehall from the site . |
| 22 | These latter examples may be more appropriate for those countries or regions with large rural populations or that do not have a well-developed system of local educational institutions comparable to the community colleges , technical institutes or the like that are found in Australia , Britain , Canada , Denmark , and the US . |
| 23 | But it was far too early for any taverns or coffee houses to be open . |
| 24 | Staff shortages , combined with the patients ' helplessness and their invisibility from the general public ( few visitors come to these wards ) , make it easy for private toileting or modesty to be ignored and emotional lives denied . |
| 25 | Bludov was prepared to adjust the existing system , but not to substitute adversarial for inquisitorial justice or to introduce barristers , juries , open courts and elected Justices of the Peace . |
| 26 | Even by the standards of ships that could set down upon the surfaces of worlds , the Tormentum Malorum was singularly sleek and streamlined for rapid departure or arrival through atmosphere . |
| 27 | If they 're sick for seven days or less , you may want them to fill in a form saying so . |
| 28 | The term includes : ( i ) any income chargeable to income tax by deduction at source or otherwise ( first limb ) and any income which would have been chargeable to income tax if it had been received in the United Kingdom by a person domiciled , resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom ( second limb ) ( s681(1) ( a ) ) ; [ ( ii ) where the amount of the income of any body corporate has been apportioned ( ie shortfalled ) under Schedule 16 to FA 1972 or could have been so apportioned if the body corporate were incorporated and resident in any part of the United Kingdom , so much of the income of the body corporate for that year or period as is equal to the amount which has been or could have been so apportioned to the trustees of or a beneficiary under the settlement ( s681(1) ( b ) ) [ abolished in relation to income of bodies corporate for accounting periods beginning after 31 March 1989 by FA 1989 , Sched 17 , Part V ] ] . |
| 29 | Antibiotic prophylaxis is imperative for immunosuppressed patients or for those with valvular heart disease or prosthetic graft material . |
| 30 | Carriage on the railway remained constant for 20 years or more at 413 per ton . |