Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN ARTIST whose talents lay unused for 20 years headed an exhibition by five women at the weekend . |
| 2 | The Geneva rules retained -ane for saturated hydrocarbons and used -ene , -diene and -triine for triple bonds , with locants as necessary . |
| 3 | Securing public funds made available for urban regeneration has been a key target . |
| 4 | Her eyes grew wide for one moment , she drew one last deep breath . |
| 5 | By Aug. 19 the town was under curfew , and access to journalists remained restricted for several days . |
| 6 | Germans made responsible for internal arrangements … " |
| 7 | Some 2.7 million people still live in affected areas--400,000 of them in areas made unfit for human habitation because of radiation levels or in areas from which they should have been moved . |
| 8 | Rather than any devastated areas remaining derelict for any time , quite the reverse may have been the case , and archaeology , especially from the air , is now beginning to produce evidence for development on a much larger scale than appreciated hitherto . |
| 9 | It took a long time to bring the fire under control , the local pubs kept open for three days and nights . |
| 10 | Express titles going strong for United News |
| 11 | Pacioli 2000 , which has received good reviews in the computer press , is a fully integrated accounts package suitable for small businesses . |
| 12 | Whether stated or unstated , these conventions remain true for all Mills and Boon , Silhouette , and Harlequin romances . |
| 13 | He found that it is not unusual in some industries for prices to individual buyers to remain unchanged for several years . |
| 14 | The increasing availability of liver transplantation during the course of the study meant that some individuals became eligible for this procedure . |
| 15 | One measure would have forced British haddock fishing boats to lie idle for 10 days every month . |
| 16 | When teachers were asked to suggest what their own staff development needs were , personal development programmes ranked low for most teachers , but high in the estimation of health board staff . |
| 17 | It plays full-size discs and can therefore benefit from the international range of CD-I discs made available for full size , in situ CD-I players . |
| 18 | They turn to it when conditions seem ripe for social advance . |
| 19 | Staff sponsored them to wear the furry animal costumes to raise funds for the ‘ Make A Wish Appeal ’ which makes dreams come true for sick children . |
| 20 | Things continued quiet for some while . |
| 21 | The general partners remain liable for all debts and obligations of the firm . |
| 22 | But one of two new rulings deemed experimental for one season , is dividing the rugby world . |
| 23 | Unoccupied offices and meeting rooms left unused for long periods need not be heated to the normal level . |
| 24 | Generous discount bookings make direct for 5 nights or more . |
| 25 | Indeed , in one of the strikes , the union paid the strikers so much strike pay that most strikers became ineligible for supplementary benefit . |
| 26 | AN 82-year-old man who drove off to visit friends got lost for 13 hours — and finished up just 22 miles from home . |
| 27 | United Distillers has four geographical regions : Europe , North America , Asia-Pacific and International ( rest of the world ) , with an Operations group responsible for worldwide production and physical distribution . |
| 28 | At the end of 1989 results became available for 10000 homes throughout the UK , and these are shown in Table 1 . |
| 29 | An explanation of political popularity and elections seems important for medium-term forecasting , since it is one way of endogenising economic policy . |
| 30 | The open fields remained open for another generation — until the secret ballot came in 1872 , but by then grass was growing in the streets of the town . |