Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One example of the use of the weak anthropic principle is to " explain " why the big bang occurred about ten thousand million years ago — it takes about that long for intelligent beings to evolve . |
| 2 | His father Barry Cross , 44 , also of Mond Crescent , admitted six counts of mortgage fraud and was given 18 months concurrent for each suspended for two years and ordered to pay £500 costs . |
| 3 | This type of open learning environment is after all standard for social workers and counsellors , and there is no reason why it should not be equally standard for teachers . |
| 4 | These skills include advanced listening and speaking , analytical reading and writing , and a thorough awareness of ‘ register ’ — that is of the different types or styles of French appropriate for different situations . |
| 5 | Linnaeus devised a kind of Latin suitable for concise descriptions : animals and plants were not to be written up in flowery language , but in sentences containing many adjectives and few verbs . |
| 6 | West Indies are likely to be unchanged with sell-out crowds of 24,000 expected for both games . |
| 7 | Thus , one large contract caterer in a northern city with a high unemployment rate , whose casuals consisted almost entirely of otherwise unemployed people , estimated that as many as four times the number of people passed through its list of those available for casual work in the course of a year than were on that list at any one point in time . |
| 8 | The Bar notes with concern the reduction in number of those eligible for legal aid and finds the proposals for the introduction of a system of standard fees in the magistrates ' courts to be contrary to the interests of the public and to justice and to be offensive and unfair to the profession . |
| 9 | He wished to amend para ( a ) to read as follows : ‘ The Bar notes with concern the reduction in number of those eligible for legal aid . |
| 10 | It is evident that the experience of those responsible for such advice has not extended to the fact that the north and south of Britain are as much as 500 miles ( 800 km ) apart , and the climates can be very different . |
| 11 | The frequent links between organized cattle stealing and headmen is strong evidence of the high social position of those responsible for this crime . |
| 12 | In otder to minimise the influence of complications from the initial bleed , patients were only considered to be eligible for entry into the trial once they were stable with no evidence of any bleeding for five days and also no evidence of any other destabilising medical conditions ( such as septicaemia and renal failure ) . |
| 13 | Gentle lavage with warm isotonic saline ( 37°C ) and air was used to clear the entire small intestine of residual contents before instilling 75 µg of cholera toxin in 5 ml of isotonic saline for two hours to induce a stable secretory state . |
| 14 | Canton , Massachusetts-based Perception Technology Corp has now signed definitive agreement to be acquired by Brite Voice Systems Inc : Perception holders get one share of Brite common for each Perception held . |
| 15 | The causative organism , like that responsible for many cases of non-specific infection , is a member of the chlamydia group . |
| 16 | Hare ( 1973 ) has suggested ( see also p. 111 ) that this is because fluvial processes tend to be dominated by extreme events rather than balance relationships , and that the geomorphic time-scale is very long compared with that appropriate for climatic processes , although glaciology is in a very different situation . |
| 17 | Their decision means the region 's Health Service will lose its vital office staff , including those responsible for patient admissions , for one day on March 30th . |
| 18 | On Jan. 5 , 1990 , Jawara pardoned nine prisoners with heavy sentences , including four imprisoned for high treason for their alleged role in an attempted 1981 coup [ see pp. 31165 ; 32957 ] . |
| 19 | Again there was no important difference between those incontinent for two months or one year . |
| 20 | In these nights hatred grew in me , hatred for those responsible for this deed … |
| 21 | And attempts to demonstrate empirically the operation of an acquired equivalence mechanism distinct from that responsible for acquired distinctiveness have proved unsuccessful . |
| 22 | Cohen says that even uranium mined from deep underground for nuclear fuel will , eventually , be exposed by erosion to release its cancer-causing radon gas into the atmosphere . |
| 23 | We suspect the relative proportions of the different mechanisms identified in our patients will be different quantitatively but perhaps not qualitatively from those responsible for sudden infant death . |
| 24 | Packaging is usually similar to that used for liquid degreasers and , as the packs are similar , clear descriptions , labels and hazard warnings are essential |
| 25 | We were able to find the age of the toads in a way analogous to that used for ageing trees ; by taking thin sections of bone from a toe of the victims of road casualties . |
| 26 | The SEM procedure is essentially similar to that used for larger specimens and only those adaptations necessary for embryos or their component cells will be dealt with here . |
| 27 | These include mini-trunking , similar to that used for electric cables , and additional skirting boards and architraves ( in plastic or hardwood ) which have a space behind them for running pipes . |
| 28 | Anyone ( whether he is a manufacturer or not ) who ought to appreciate that his acts or omissions may well cause harm to another may be liable to that other for any damage caused by his negligence in carrying on those activities . |
| 29 | This means that if one tries to take an ‘ essential section ’ there is no essence revealed which is the present of each level ; indeed the break valid for one history would not necessarily correspond to that valid for any other which will live in a different time and in a different rhythm . |
| 30 | Third , the Audit Commission recommended that for mentally ill people the NHS should continue as the main authority responsible for care , but the possibility should remain for developing a central budget similar to that proposed for elderly people ; alternatively , the NHS should have the ability to purchase local authority services on a contractual basis . |