Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think perhaps it is the cocaine I keep for medical purposes , pure , straight cocaine . |
| 2 | On the other hand it may represent a genuine attempt by specialists in related subjects to sit down together and plan a programme which allows for separate activities but suggests common themes and provides examples of integrated lessons as in the Nigerian Cultural and Creative Art syllabus . |
| 3 | Movement and Dance and Medau in particular come into the plan from 1983 in an ongoing programme which lasts for three years . |
| 4 | This is accomplished through the ordering of edges on the Agenda , and through the direction-independent nature of the Fundamental Rule which looks for possible extensions to hypotheses . |
| 5 | The incident sparked off a riot which lasted for three days [ see p. 37081 ] , and racial tension had been high during the trial . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought I would use a grenade ’ , said Vu Van Hau , a 22-year-old Vietnamese soldier who served for three years in Kompong Cham and Kompong Thom provinces , before returning to his native Ho Chi Minh City as part of the September withdrawal . |
| 7 | Particular units who operated for long periods at a time in the jungle became so adept in their surroundings they became known as ‘ Green Ghosts ’ . |
| 8 | Knowing what a talent you have for these things , you 'll probably have it sorted out in two ticks . ’ |
| 9 | In Bucharest she sat for 48 hours in her hotel , waiting for word from her Romanian solicitor . |
| 10 | Living up to other people 's signalled expectations is often a pleasure/pain experience : pleasure in the recognition we receive for satisfying others ' expectations , pain in the sense that we lose some of our independence and freedom . |
| 11 | MORE than 60 people have died and 600 are ill after eating poisonous toadstools they mistook for wild mushrooms in the Ukraine . |
| 12 | The Queen for her own part will have to face up to the fact that , however perfect her public role , she has dismally failed in private to give her children the guidance they needed for stable marriages . |
| 13 | In summary then , the reasons for choosing The Machine Gunners include the opportunities it offers for various aspects of personal involvement on the part of the reader and its curricular potentials with regard to related topic , theme , and language work . |
| 14 | Little by little , however , the force of this long glen beneath the austere greyness of the Five Sisters touched Johnson , and he moved his position from that of first considering the political role of such remoteness , and the opportunities it gave for military strategies and subsequent escapes — Glenshiel had been the scene of a battle fifty-four years earlier in which local Highlanders unsuccessfully reinforced a Spanish invasion force — to being lulled by the sight of so many waters , brooks , burns , and silver rivulets , ‘ which commonly ran with a clear shallow stream over a hard pebbly bottom ’ . |
| 15 | IF the sophisticated modern diesel engine now makes economic sense for small cars , the savings it offers for bigger cars are more worthwhile . |
| 16 | In the time of King Edward it answered for six sulings and now for two and a half , there is arable of seven teams , in demesne , there are three teams and fifteen villians with nine bordari have six teams . |
| 17 | As we can now see this is exactly what has happened and what will continue to happen as we continue to expand educational activities alongside the many practical projects which compete for scarce resources . |
| 18 | pay policies which provide for just rewards ( individual or team bonuses ) for outstanding effort , achievements and innovation ; |
| 19 | Hastening north towards the Musselshell River early the next morning , the Nez Perce fought a fierce rearguard action against Sturgis ' Bannock and Crow scouts which continued for two days and resulted in the deaths of one Nez Perce warrior and two old men , and the capture of forty horses . |
| 20 | Thus , what is required is a special type of description which accounts for all types of differences and equivalents . |
| 21 | There are a number of international schools in the London area as well as support groups which cater for different nationalities . |
| 22 | If I could speak French like François Mitterrand I probably would n't have the empathy I do for young horses . |
| 23 | He developed a flu-like cold which lasted for several days . |
| 24 | This battle which lasted for forty years ended in the passing of the Medway Conservancy Act of 1881 . |
| 25 | Considerable efforts were made to fill the gaps which existed for earlier decades , notably by the acquisition of a large collection of Richelieu 's papers in 1705 , while in 1710 Torcy had most of the archive moved from Versailles , where it had hitherto been , to the Louvre ( the papers covering the years since 1698 remained at Versailles to be used in the daily business of the ministry ) . |
| 26 | Two separate advertisements will run during the campaign which lasts for eight months , the first between May & August with the second between September and December . |
| 27 | While the progress towards the reunion of separated churches has been much slower than many had hoped , the last sixty years have seen dialogue and joint action at many levels , from the local to the international , between Christian communities which had for long centuries been very largely isolated from each other . |
| 28 | Likewise the middle-aged mother may also have had aspirations which had for many years been put aside until her parenting responsibilities were at an end . |
| 29 | What importance do you attach , Mrs , to the observation of the District Council in relation to their erm District Development Plan which has for many years been used for development control , of the following text , which you quote in your paragraph three point six ? |
| 30 | The turning-point in Lynn 's career came in 1922 when Leslie Henson and Tom Walls [ qq.v. ] cast him in Tons of Money , a sparkling farce which ran for two years at the Shaftesbury Theatre . |