Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the highest is somewhere around seven hundred and fifty I think for one deal . |
| 2 | This I endured for several months , having no spirit even to complain . |
| 3 | This I did for five weeks returning to hospital to have my X-rays checked . |
| 4 | Where a firm does provide services to a private customer on written contractual terms ( whether a two-way customer agreement required by the rules or a non-mandatory one used for commercial purposes ) , the agreement must set out in adequate detail the basis on which those services are provided . |
| 5 | On 23 May 1991 he absconded for 17 days . |
| 6 | In 1898 he worked for some months in Naples on the evolution of small sharks , and then became a demonstrator in the natural history department of St Andrews University . |
| 7 | There was such regret , such a bleakness in his eyes that Lissa turned away , her soul crying out in anguish because it was plain for anyone to see how much he cared for this woman who had betrayed him . |
| 8 | Five pads are supplied , each one lasting for eight hours . |
| 9 | Had there been a verification that nuclear fusion did occur in solids at room temperature , here is one theorist , and I am sure I speak for many colleagues , who would have taken up the new field to see what fundamental implications it had . |
| 10 | I 'm sure I speak for most Merseysiders in saying enough is enough . |
| 11 | My ambition at the moment is to make sure I qualify for this year 's Open Championship . ’ |
| 12 | The Turkish-Cypriot administration in the northern part of the island rejected as unacceptable a UN Security Council resolution of Oct. 11 which called for both sides to observe the existing framework for a settlement [ as agreed in April 1989 — see p. 36711 ] which envisaged the establishment of a bizonal federal republic . |
| 13 | I am sure she speaks for many people in the village who are alarmed and distressed at the school conflict , of which they have probably been aware only since the parents ' petition . |
| 14 | Which is why you must do that sort of That that 's probably all you need for that bit . |
| 15 | Her father had been glad to get out to the woods where he led a gang , made a living and found , in his daughter Kitty , all he wanted for softer pleasures . |
| 16 | Talk of a Mexican devaluation , and all it entails for foreign investment , is an issue the authorities can not will away . |
| 17 | By choosing those which last for many months as the basis and adding others which emerge , flower and then fade away , you can create stability while still incorporating change . |
| 18 | Demeaning offences fall into two broad categories , those which are treated by our participants as part of the generally resented background of personal devaluation , and those which call for specific retribution according to rule . |
| 19 | As Oliver ( 1986 ) has recently pointed out , the word was originally used in respect of those who cared for dependent adult relatives , mostly elderly people : |
| 20 | By 1928 Vidor was almost a cult figure amongst movie intellectuals and when he was in Europe in that year all those who hoped for better things listened with interest as he pointed out that independent film-makers and the ‘ little theatre movement ’ would never compete with Hollywood and would never break through to the large undeveloped market unless they attracted sufficient investment to improve their product . |
| 21 | PMC works , according to its brochure , ‘ for those who fight for democratic empowerment , for environmental values , for social justice and economic fairness , for people of color , for women , for all groups historically disenfranchised . ’ |
| 22 | The second point is that precisely because legal conservatism values precedent , and will overturn prior cases only rarely , those who hope for great sea-changes in the law with the appointment of politically friendly judges are often disappointed . |
| 23 | She emerged from her apartment preceded by officers of the household and as she went along ‘ spoke very graciously , first to one , then to another , whether foreign ministers , or those who attended for different reasons ’ . |
| 24 | Of course , those who join for one week holidays wo n't see the whole range of our social activities . |
| 25 | Paul Jackson , for example , the Director of Programmes for Carlton Television , said a little while ago ‘ those who argue for Current Affairs to stay in peak time are just not accepting things as they are . |
| 26 | Those who argue for participatory democracy believe active citizenship can not be established within the limitations set by the existing liberal-democratic framework . |
| 27 | And , if it is thought that such a state of affairs is , for whatever reason , undesirable , then it behoves those who argue for another approach to learn the lesson of political realities . |
| 28 | The Ayrshire Cattle Society was founded in 1877 and its first herdbook published the following year , but there continued to be conflict between those who bred for show and those who bred for commercial production . |
| 29 | Those who act for both sides will still have to satisfy the selectors that they can conduct actions properly on behalf of patients . ) |
| 30 | I thank those who fought for that gift and who built the lasting institutions of NATO and the European Community from the ruins of 1945 . |