Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirdly , there are amendments in the name of the Government of the er Noble Earl Lord which are Amendments ten , fifteen and twenty and these provide for greater flexibility in the size of police authorities , again between sixteen and twenty-four members to be determined by the Secretary of State and for the Bill 's existing proposition that er fifty per cent of the members should be er and only fifty per cent of the members , should be from local authorities that er er er er that er of the remainder some should be magistrates and some should be members appointed by the Secretary of State and finally er there is a series of amendments er by the Noble Lord , Lord , Amendment seventeen , eighteen and twenty-two and those provide again with flexibility of size for er police authorities that half of the members should be from local authorities and the other half should be magistrates . |
| 2 | These allow for easy removal later . |
| 3 | These call for fresh thinking and approach , and a willingness to change function . |
| 4 | So if you think about it a therapeutic group could certainly use suggestive therapy like hypnosis and my guess is that most successful groups like Alcoholics Anonymous or groups of people who wan na stop smoking or do slimming and things like that succeed for that reason , cos every member of the group reinforces every other member with a kind of group super ego and says look , you must n't smoke , you must n't drink , you must n't put on weight and it , it reinforces every individual 's erm super ego by means of identification with the shared value of the group and similarly reduces feelings of shame and guilt if the individual fails the group , cos next week when they come back they say oh dear , I 've put on five pounds , erm that they 're gon na feel bad about it because it offends against the ideal of the of the group if it 's Weight Watchers or something . |
| 5 | All support for military equipment purchases , worth some $30,000,000 , was withdrawn and economic aid was reduced by 76 per cent , from $12,500,000 to $3,000,000 ; food aid would not be affected . |
| 6 | Decorate the room with a treasure chest , and the children all look for hidden treasure when they arrive . |
| 7 | After the flawless performances of Apollos 11 and 12 , Apollo 13 looked all set for another success . |
| 8 | Perkins , 17 , schoolboy son of Burscough boss Russ , impressed Stoke manager Lou Macari and is all set for another week in the Potteries over Christmas . |
| 9 | A reparto , the division of the great estates among the agrarian poor , was the recurring demand of the endemic jacqueries of Andalusia as a once and for all cure for chronic underemployment . |
| 10 | It was a society , she felt , which was emotionless , in which people committed the most vicious crimes seemingly without motive or purpose , lacking all regard for human worth or dignity . |
| 11 | New arrivals are welcomed each week by the old hands , since most stay for two week holidays . |
| 12 | New arrivals are welcomed each week by the old hands , since most stay for two week holidays , though one week holidays are available in early and late season . |
| 13 | New arrivals are greeted each week by old hands , since most stay for two week holidays . |
| 14 | We both fight for social justice , we both strive for a better quality of life for our people and most importantly we both demand equality . |