Example sentences of "the [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In another entry the master had sent the porter for the medical officer at three o'clock in the morning to attend a single woman in childbirth . |
| 2 | I was convinced he was about to do the same to me , when he suddenly appeared to notice the tent for the first time , shied away and crashed off into the trees . |
| 3 | ‘ We played them off the park for the first 25 minutes of the second half . ’ |
| 4 | The latest version of the Park 's Structure Plan , which sets out the basic strategy of the control of development in the park for the next 10–15 years , states that the visual impact of windfarms outweighs the net benefit to global conservation . |
| 5 | Adrian Jones of Laser … says its easy to sail … its not for the beginner but the club sailor will be able to handle it … he says it gives the opportunity for the normal man or girl in the street to sail together in a powerful boat … all the boats will be exactly the same … it means that the best sailor will win … |
| 6 | In striking down the law Duplantier made it clear that he hoped that his decision would provide the opportunity for the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1973 judgement Roe v. Wade which provided the foundation of legal abortion in the US . |
| 7 | ‘ And I appeal to employers to look on our ex-service people and see in them the opportunity for the loyal , dedicated , hard-working men and women that they are . ’ |
| 8 | But Anna Pavord 's recognition ( 27 September ) of the opportunity for the twentieth century boldly to turn Uppark 's tragedy to advantage , is a more compelling argument . |
| 9 | S so the position as of say the summer nineteen forty seven when , when you 're , you , this law was being formulated the reports coming back are that although there is the opportunity for the poor to do better , as a , as a matter of course they 're not all doing better . |
| 10 | In addition the development of birth-control techniques provided the opportunity for the above changes of attitudes to be encouraged . |
| 11 | The Home Secretary said that we must not provide the opportunity for the organised violence against asylum seekers in Europe to spread here . |
| 12 | In the case of the treaty it gave the opportunity for the Red Army to be created , which at a later date was able to go on to the offensive . |
| 13 | That loses the opportunity for the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) to ask a supplementary question . |
| 14 | McLean popped up in this unusual viewing position — the advertising hoardings around the Tynecastle pitch are kept in place by sandbags — shortly after swapping his seat in the stand for the United dug-out on Saturday , and , arms waving , he remained there virtually throughout the final 15 minutes . |
| 15 | Luke , as we have seen , makes the prayer for the Holy Spirit the supreme blessing of the Messianic Age , and shows now wonderfully . |
| 16 | Had the imprisonment and the subsequent ‘ religious revival ’ come six years earlier , it would have produced less spectacular growth because the trained personnel were not then available to lead the movement and direct the sympathy for the Free Presbyterians into recruitment to the Church . |
| 17 | The grants announced yesterday cover about half of the funding for the higher education sector . |
| 18 | The funding for the present installation comes largely from Paul Mayen , a family friend of Edgar J. Kaufmann Jr . |
| 19 | As this was fastened and he was made ready for departure , the prince for the first time seemed ill-at-ease — as if only then did he sense the poignancy of the moment and was after all loath to go . |
| 20 | They were joined there by earl Rivers , who had left the prince at Stony Stratford and ridden north to greet the dukes , having first dispersed his men among neighbouring villages to ensure accommodation near the prince for the new arrivals . |
| 21 | They were joined there by earl Rivers , who had left the prince at Stony Stratford and ridden north to greet the dukes , having first dispersed his men among neighbouring villages to ensure accommodation near the prince for the new arrivals . |
| 22 | Otherwise 100 litres is taken as the base for the highest consumption process and for the others doses are expressed proportional to the highest level . |
| 23 | I 've already briefly referred to item ten , and that is we 've had to increase the numbers in registration inspection during the current year , and that demand will continue , there is no provision in the base for the ongoing costs for staff who 're appointed . |
| 24 | RAF Little Rissington was the base for the Central Flying School during the war . |
| 25 | The irrationality of taking last year 's budget as the base for the current year 's , and arguing only for and against increments , has been repeatedly pointed out . |
| 26 | The bid that to you as a specific grant next year will then itself be absorbed into the base for the following year , and there will be a new specific grant . |
| 27 | It was a thank you to the 70 maintenance crew who have serviced the planes at the base for the last 22 years . |
| 28 | Ten fighter jets from Upper Heyford have left the base for the last time , as the American operation there begins to wind down . |
| 29 | The crew returned to the base for the next mission on May 19 . |
| 30 | Five aircraft and three hundred american airforcemen will be at the base for the next two weeks . |