Example sentences of "[adj] for [det] " in BNC.

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1 Thus , we can add the joint income of husband and wife to obtain a total for that unit , whatever we choose to call it , whereas we can not sensibly add their separate statuses to achieve a joint status for both of them unless we know a great deal more about how status is a distributive phenomenon and what its properties are .
2 While smaller churches may be able to count every week , this may prove impractical for large churches , especially with more than one exit , without some fairly elaborate means of arriving at a total for each service .
3 So if in A one to A four , you got the numbers one hundred thousand , that 'll use sixteen bytes for the block , plus four times eight forty eight a total for this cells .
4 The more variable strata will therefore be more intensively sampled , leading to estimates of the population mean or total for this variable that are ‘ optimal ’ in the sense of having smallest possible variance .
5 They had the wealth , the power , to change this place and make it habitable for those who wished it so , and yet they did nothing .
6 They 're a little bit frail for that .
7 The great man himself is now 95 and too frail for any involvement .
8 Read Cole , speculating on the possibility of a revival , after the Second World War , of Producer Co-operation : That is an authoritative pronouncement of the view , prevailing for many decades , of the Consumer 's Movement 's attitude towards Producer Co-operation : the rival doctrine , not quite anathema , but something very like .
9 Consider life expectancy , a measure indicating the number of years a newborn infant could typically be expected to live if patterns of mortality prevailing for all people in the year of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life .
10 They needed no professional help with the evening 's drinking but arose magically clear-headed and eagle-eyed for each subsequent day 's golf .
11 The decision was a cruel blow for Manley , who was outstanding for most of the game , and the controversy continued after the final whistle .
12 ‘ He has been outstanding for several weeks now — and he 's got real pace , which you ca n't find these days , never mind buy it .
13 ‘ A number of invitations have been outstanding for some time , and people just chose to take them up at this stage , ’ one said .
14 The Catalan and Basque languages were compulsorily replaced by Castilian Spanish for all public purposes ( including speech outside the home , teaching , the press , literature and drama ) and the music , dancing and folk songs traditional in those regions were proscribed .
15 Chameleon , for example , has been available in English , German , Danish , Portuguese and Spanish for some time , and has recently added Czech and Polish language versions .
16 You can recover 100% of SMP paid to your employees from the total NI contributions due for all your employees in the tax month .
17 In Vologsky 's squadron , each individual pilot fell due for such a flight every twelve days on the rota system .
18 Given one week 's pay due for each whole year 's service from 22nd birthday to 41st birthday .
19 Given 1½ weeks ' pay due for each whole year 's service from 41st birthday to retirement .
20 Relief will not be due for any payments made direct to children of the marriage or any previous marriage .
21 He was due for some unpleasant surprises , she felt .
22 But is n't it due for some extensive reform ?
23 Then again , another election was not due for some time , the FDP remained loyal to the coalition and Brandt 's international reputation stood high .
24 If you have not bought any new appliances since you first moved into your home , or if your family has changed in numbers , you might be due for some updated versions .
25 Payment is due for these delays under the terms of the contract .
26 Leicestershire .... 26 North Midlands .... 28 WITH the County Championship due for another facelift , this winter 's finishing order will have a new significance and judging by last night 's lively encounter at Welford Road , North Midlands are well up with the situation .
27 Mueller then turned to the American Managing Director in charge of the British Components ' Division , who was due for another assignment after nearly two years in the UK .
28 As we were not due for another lesson till the next day I was n't carrying them with me .
29 The students were not due for another month , though the streets and cloisters were crowded with tourists , who were outnumbered only by their cameras .
30 ‘ Her Ladyship 's started in labour , though she 's not due for another couple of weeks and there 's no time to get the doctor and nurse from Malton , by the look of things . ’
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