Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun] [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deep or extended cut accounts for half of all deaths and roof collapses in American mines . |
| 2 | Jane , who had a natural feel for mood and background which complemented the clothes , swam more than competently and her black and white images of windswept models against bleak moors or stark beaches created for many who saw them on the white shop walls their indelible image of ‘ Laura Ashley ’ . |
| 3 | Until the mid-seventeenth century the essential distinction ( oversimplifying somewhat ) was that between ambassadors , either ordinary ones resident for some length of time or extraordinary ones sent for some special and limited purpose , and lesser diplomatic representatives referred to by a variety of different titles — resident , minister , agent , etc . |
| 4 | Experience has taught us that it has not been necessary to invoke the similar or parallel provisions made for those industries . |
| 5 | Remedies available in the case of breach of the duty will include having the partnership agreement itself set aside , dissolution of the partnership , expulsion of the offending partner ( where sufficient powers exist for this purposesee Chapter 7 ) , actions for accounts and damages , and the discretionary remedies of injunction and receivership . |
| 6 | Wickham had remarked that covert freelance writing for another publication did not justify making a misleading statement during a murder inquiry . |
| 7 | Economic studies of cleaning , however , have shown that manual labour accounts for some 89 per cent of energy costs which themselves account for as much as 96 per cent of the total cleaning bill . |
| 8 | If junior creditors account for more than a third of the creditors , they can force concessions from their senior partners . |
| 9 | What is difficult for citizens of relatively civilised countries to understand is the utter , unreasoning hatred and contempt the various racial , religious and political elements feel for each other . |
| 10 | Business and professional publishing accounts for another 25% . |
| 11 | In most African countries , government involvement in , and even supervision of , the press may not rest on such ideological precepts : sound pragmatic and economic reasons exist for that involvement . |
| 12 | Social , political and economic factors account for this new development . |
| 13 | The profile would usually be the number of qualified and unqualified staff required for each span of duty over a 24-hour period . |
| 14 | For instance , if children are not out of care within six weeks after reception into care , research tells us that they have a 60 per cent chance of still being in care after two years , a finding that has clear implications for the resources and inter-agency co-operation needed for many social work clients . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , the high proportion who are still dependent on their parents may have important implications for housing and health and social services needed for those who remain at home as their parents become elderly and frail . |
| 16 | To be more specific we must compare the particular and detailed systems proposed for each type of tax . |
| 17 | Once the basic wage was agreed , increments would be given each year up to the age of 40 and additional payments made for each family member with a 25 per cent component left for job performance . |
| 18 | Unemployment rose dramatically , while the manufacturing industry declined steeply , producing in 1932 only just over half its output in 1929. wheat fell from $1.05 a bushel in 1929 to 39 cents in 1932 , and similar falls occurred for most other agricultural products . |
| 19 | Behind Verdun on the Left Bank the undulating hill and wooded country continues for some twenty-five miles , as far as Ste. Ménéhould . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , variceal haemorrhage was the cause of death in almost half the patients who died during their first hospital admission while infection and hepatorenal failure accounted for most of the rest . |
| 21 | In the Alameda country study age , sex , race , socioeconomic factors ( income , education , employment ) , health status , health related behaviours ( smoking , alcohol consumption , physical activity , body mass index , and sleep patterns ) , access to medical care , social support , and psychological factors accounted for less than a sixth of the 1.7-fold difference in mortality from all causes between poor and more affluent areas . |
| 22 | Standard national and international codes exist for many of these but are subject to revision every few years . |
| 23 | ‘ The Moving Body ’ is a concise and informative book written for all teachers of movement . |
| 24 | Enjoy a new film premier every day , and great blockbuster hits for all the family . |
| 25 | This is quite academic and , in any event , relief against forfeiture would almost definitely be granted , but many old tried and tested precedents provided for this eventuality and there is no harm in a belt and braces approach . |
| 26 | The grant will finance the statistical and econometric work required for this new study . |
| 27 | Calculate the average and marginal propensities to consume for each income group and comment on the significance of your results for the theories of consumption outlined in this chapter . |
| 28 | They have argued that the ‘ contradictions ’ between Israel and Arab states have for many years frustrated the attempts of American strategists to construct an alliance between Israel and the more conservative Arab states . |
| 29 | A number of distinct but linked motivations accounted for this high level of support , including a personal piety which sought the glorification of God , a deeply-felt anxiety about the attaining of personal salvation , and a desire to display their wealth and express their communal pride in impressive local buildings . |
| 30 | The political background was likely to be a country clamouring for tougher punishments and wanting to be convinced that crime will be dealt with , while expert reports called for less resort to prison sentencing . |