Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 2 | As Lane points out for the Soviet Union : ‘ However much control they have over Soviet production enterprises , managers and administrators can neither dispose of their assets for their private good , nor can their children have any exclusive rights to nationalised property ’ ( Lane 1982 , p. 135 ) . |
| 3 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 4 | Even now , there are those churlish souls who mourn the fact that Lovesexy is not a There 's a Riot Goin' On for the eighties . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 6 | You children were excited on the journey to Gibraltar and kept running from side to side of the boat looking out for the small destroyers that were guarding the convoy . |
| 7 | New Scientist published an article with the transfixing title of ‘ The search for scale invariant cosmology ’ , showing that there was a search going on for a deeper understanding of the Universe . |
| 8 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
| 9 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 10 | Back in the good old days , you could manage your practice with nothing more complicated or technologically advanced than a pen , paper and adding machine , with a manual typewriter thrown in for the real forward thinkers . |
| 11 | By the end of the year he was predicting , in research carried out for the Scottish National Party , that unemployment would have a worse impact in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK , reflecting the poorer social conditions prevalent there . |
| 12 | Having said that , does n't every club turn up for the wrong match on the right day at least once or twice a season ? |
| 13 | The reason for the overall cut-off point of ten years is to prevent the threat of legal action stretching out for an unlimited period . |
| 14 | This meant that the married women left at home came in for a large share of the work about the croft . |
| 15 | The sun came up for a half an hour , but it was too cold : -46° Centigrade . |
| 16 | Tory turned back for a last look at the rejected blooms as the ponies moved off . |
| 17 | The Bishop of London , Tait , agreed , adding that ‘ Any pity called up for the unfortunate Charles I was likely to be dissipated by statements in the services which were so exaggerated that it was likely when read to turn the staunchest Royalist into a parliamentarian . ’ |
| 18 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 19 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 20 | AN EERIE silence will descend on the steel town of Motherwell next weekend when the big Ravenscraig strip mill winds down for a long and unwelcome seasonal break . |
| 21 | One admires the results as one might standing back for a painted landscape , yet I miss the sensation of really ‘ being there ’ . |
| 22 | A military aeroplane set out for the Kaylayaan islands with voting papers for the village elections being held throughout the Philippines . |
| 23 | I therefore walked on air as I went to Westminster Evening Institute to sign on for the next Sociology year . |
| 24 | As Julian & co limber up for the long haul , you get the feeling they never really hated rock as the survivors of post-punk seemed to . |
| 25 | So my visits to the Ainsworth home were frequent but undemanding , and I had ample opportunity to look out for the little cat which had intrigued me . |
| 26 | And Hoddle 's Heroes … a town turns out for the big salute . |
| 27 | On the other hand there will be a greater onus to shop around for the best home for whatever spare cash you may have . |
| 28 | As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults ! |
| 29 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 30 | When the programme 's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp , Focus came in for the heaviest criticism . |