Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Perhaps the hope-association was as old as the star one ; perhaps ‘ Earendel ’ had contained a presentiment of salvation even for the old heroes ( like Beowulf ) who lived before Christianity was brought to them . |
| 32 | The actual speed at the time is usually far too slow to allow for any use of the airbrakes , but there is plenty of room ahead for a safe landing . |
| 33 | With a cable break close to the ground there is always plenty of room ahead for the landing . |
| 34 | If you have a dining alcove in your living room you could make the division more complete by building a low storage wall of shelves or cupboards with plenty of room inside for all your dining equipment and serving space on top . |
| 35 | Oh we 've plenty of room there for that you know . |
| 36 | Therefore I compromise and send her to Calcutta with her grandmother and suffer pangs of guilt both for packing her off and for conforming to my elitist background . |
| 37 | He felt a sharp twinge of guilt now for not taking the trouble to visit , but William 's family had moved to a better neighbourhood when William 's mum had made her first million , and Preston had gradually lost touch . |
| 38 | Although it was at a high altitude and windswept , she created at Bankshead a garden full of her favourite wild flowers , which were a source of inspiration both for her painting and her writing . |
| 39 | There is no lack of evidence here for his concern for the welfare of his cathedral church and of the monasteries and churches of his diocese ; but this occasionally confused register suggests , even so , a bishop with political and financial interests which extended beyond routine local and parochial concerns , for it includes many documents which show his close interest in international political developments . |
| 40 | The F-Plan recipes , meal suggestions and charts on the following pages give you plenty of scope both for doing your own thing and eating your own thing , whether it is something as simple as beans on toast or a sandwich , or something considerably more adventurous . |
| 41 | Worrell had achieved any captain 's dream of knowing that his players would give their last drop of sweat just for him . |
| 42 | Although the government changed its way of profiting from the sale of drink mainly for negative reasons — to stave off rural unrest and reduce under-the-counter payments to civil servants — the abolition of the vodka farm looked like a victory for the common man . |
| 43 | And I ca n't think that you 'd come round at this time of day just for a chat . " |
| 44 | There 's been some concern about the complete show of publicity particularly for studio theatre show 's the amateur ones . |
| 45 | What is know of Gordon Thomas — all to little — makes this unlikely since he was an ambitious man with a strong personality who would certainly have been aware of the advantages of publicity both for himself and the lift . |
| 46 | The resulting analysis is also an order of magnitude faster for processing and does not suffer from the brittleness of a generative analysis . |
| 47 | ‘ There 's a bowl of water here for you . ’ |
| 48 | This is an expensive option and could increase the cost of water tenfold for city users . |
| 49 | Or is that cup of water enough for you ? |
| 50 | The King had been so glum on his arrival and then , suddenly , almost out of character even for him , his mood had changed to one of enjoyment , drinking deeply , boasting that he would be with the Queen before the night was out , then off riding into that terrible storm to his death on the top of Kinghorn Cliff . |
| 51 | And a year 's salary is excessive — out of character too for someone as mean as Nigel . ’ |
| 52 | Hirschowitz et al infused 10 , 20 , and 40 ml of alcohol intravenously for thirty minutes and found a pronounced and dose dependent increase in acid secretion . |
| 53 | No aquarium for Loricariids should therefore be without its bits of bogwood possibly for food and certainly to give the fish a base ; if more than one cat is stocked , several pieces may be necessary to give the Loricariids a natural home . |
| 54 | Right , it 's not too late to start to again , I , I 'll chuck this piece of paper away for you . |
| 55 | Joe Royle , the Oldham manager , was full of praise both for Graham and his own team . |
| 56 | There was plenty of competition too for the Shildon operation before it secured the paint contract . |
| 57 | The idea is to give a taste of life outside for mental patients who may have been inside institutions for up to twenty years . |
| 58 | The reason for their use is that they make the task of interpretation easier for the reader . |
| 59 | After the link in 1966 with Scripture Union , he took on the role of secretary instead for several years . |
| 60 | The effective demand for labour function , , is the vertical line BD , the notional function L d being of significance only for purposes of comparing the constrained behaviour of firms with their preferred behaviour . |