Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | somebody 's Chronicle I borrowed for some reason |
| 2 | I apply a multiplier of nine , it follows that the figure I allow for this period is five hundred and thirty four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence and the total cost of future care is therefore eight hundred and ninety four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence . |
| 3 | I think perhaps it is the cocaine I keep for medical purposes , pure , straight cocaine . |
| 4 | In 1978 the Mariana Islands ( excluding Guam ) had opted for status as a self-governing commonwealth of the USA , and in 1982 the FSM and the Marshall Islands had signed compacts of free association which provided for internal sovereignty and US economic support in return for continuing US control of their defence and foreign policies . |
| 5 | Crisis management apart , there is the constant burden of casework which calls for much reading of detailed dossiers before reaching decisions on individual cases . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Movement and Dance and Medau in particular come into the plan from 1983 in an ongoing programme which lasts for three years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Fifteen years of one-party rule ended formally on Nov. 30 when a new Constitution came into effect which provided for multiparty democracy and a free-market economy . |
| 10 | The incident sparked off a riot which lasted for three days [ see p. 37081 ] , and racial tension had been high during the trial . |
| 11 | Meetings on Thursday night and Friday morning also ended without a decision to accept the deal which provides for Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho . |
| 12 | Cakici and Chatterjee ( 1991 ) examined daily closing prices for the S&P500 from 1982 to 1987 , and compared the mispricings calculated using a no-arbitrage condition which allowed for stochastic interest rates and one which did not . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Knowing what a talent you have for these things , you 'll probably have it sorted out in two ticks . ’ |
| 15 | Age is no longer the benchmark criterion we use for distinguishing people . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | COMIC Lenny Henry rivals the grin on the trophy he won for best TV comedy at the Radio Times Comedy and Drama Awards in London yesterday . |
| 19 | Not least important is the constructive alternative it offers for alienated youth . |
| 20 | The software also includes ViruSTOP which looks for virus-like behaviour . |
| 21 | Thus , what is required is a special type of description which accounts for all types of differences and equivalents . |
| 22 | If I could speak French like François Mitterrand I probably would n't have the empathy I do for young horses . |
| 23 | This is a scene which calls for imaginative lighting The tree and its decorations should sparkle against darker backgrounds . |
| 24 | He developed a flu-like cold which lasted for several days . |
| 25 | It follows then that the ‘ Action Men ’ are often seen as incompetent and as avoiding work which calls for common sense . |
| 26 | This battle which lasted for forty years ended in the passing of the Medway Conservancy Act of 1881 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The systems planning team will ensure that the subsystems are developed according to the plan which allows for some form of integration later . |
| 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 . |