Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His pupils were developing minds of their own , behaving out of character , no longer the dull but devoted group of enthusiasts he had taught so constructively for six months . |
| 2 | If it does not , and Darlington 's reputation is sullied once more for personal publicity then I for one know where to lay the blame . |
| 3 | On the other hand , you will have gathered already that we are going to talk about Greater York , so I think there may be some distinct benefit and merit in you being he here to listen to that , er particular part of the topic , now the , I hope in fact that we can deal with the remainder of H One , because it it does lead quite logically into the next issue which we want to talk about , which is the new settlement in the Greater York area , er and I hope that we can get through this item by our morning break , that but whenever we do conclude on H One we will have to have a slightly longer break just to enable the seating arrangements to be sorted out properly for all participants who are involved in the discussion on the new settlement . |
| 4 | ‘ These airdrops are being carried out strictly for humanitarian purposes ; no combat aircraft will be used in this operation , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Commons curry eaters have dined out together for many years , according to Tory MP and founder member Emma Nicholson . |
| 6 | This book is intended not only for present-day children but also for all who have ever enjoyed the Captain 's adventures . |
| 7 | It was certainly done most effectively for one culture some years ago when Romeo and Juliet were transposed into the idiom of youth group clash in modern New York in West Side Story ( p. 95 ) . |
| 8 | The requests have always been turned down usually for financial reasons . |
| 9 | The bride herself remaining calm throughout , her mother , who had prayed so ardently for this day , finding herself utterly overcome by it ; having slept not a wink , of course , the night before and melting into tears — of anxiety , of joy , of overwrought nerves — the moment she got out of bed ; unable , no matter how hard she tried , to do her own soft , fair hair to her satisfaction and suffering a sudden and quite dreadful conviction that the powder-blue taffeta she had ordered from Miss Ernestine Baker was somehow not right . |
| 10 | We 've done well enough for one night , and it 'll be standeasy soon . |
| 11 | The Group operated quite effectively for several years and was responsible for the production of approximately two-dozen tape-slides concerned with bibliographic instruction . |
| 12 | All in all , I think I have said quite enough for one minute . |
| 13 | They had met there before for face-to-face debriefings during Operation Steeplechase , and the routine was always the same . |
| 14 | One child psychiatrist advised that ‘ the standards of living have risen too rapidly for human nature to cope with ’ , and as the report cast its eye over ‘ moral decay , uncertainty and dissatisfaction ’ it was characteristic of the fifties mood that the disorientations of postwar ‘ affluence ’ should receive pride of place within these medical judgements . |
| 15 | Some scholars follow him , but the step certainly carried offerings , and the style of the building-sculptures is often felt too early for that date . |
| 16 | She 's slept so well for two nights , even though she 's sleeping on the floor of the hospital . |
| 17 | The middle icon is used not just for one option but four . |
| 18 | For instance the names of residents were used not only for personal records , but also for certain financial accounts , and for day-to-day tasks such as preparing menus and issuing medicines ; the statistics about the dependency levels of residents were periodically collated from individual records and passed to the headquarters , and so on . |
| 19 | It is used not only for inner lines but often also to strengthen contours . |
| 20 | Both arbitration and litigation have an independent existence beyond any specific application , because they can be used very widely for all kinds of dispute resolution . |
| 21 | Audio recordings have been used very successfully for this purpose . |
| 22 | In the social sciences at large the word has often been used very loosely for any approach which applies scientific method to human affairs , conceived of as part of the natural order . |
| 23 | Note also that the game was played just once for each pair , so there was no reason for the receiver to refuse in the hope of prompting a better offer next time . |
| 24 | Although in the case of learning disabilities he accepted that he was dealing with congenital conditions incapable of radical improvement , his regimen called not only for humane treatment but also for an appreciation that disabled people deserved special understanding because of their superior spiritual status . |
| 25 | ‘ We had played really well for 40 minutes . |
| 26 | She had not spoken so elaborately for some time , and Betty knew the warning signs ; so , whereas with anyone else she would have appealed to their better nature , in this case she held her tongue . |
| 27 | In a scheme expected to take between six and 12 months to set up , 30 per cent of the capital would be set aside exclusively for Romanian nationals in five private ownership funds . |
| 28 | Clubs and other organisations which are set up purely for sporting purposes can not normally be recognised as charities and would not be able to enjoy the relaxations proposed . |
| 29 | As for Jacob 's animals , surely they will not die if they are driven too fast for one day . |
| 30 | The bigger surprise still is in sixth place good old Hartlepool United who 've not gone down anywhere for 23 seasons . |