Example sentences of "of [adj] [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These skills include advanced listening and speaking , analytical reading and writing , and a thorough awareness of ‘ register ’ — that is of the different types or styles of French appropriate for different situations . |
| 2 | Linnaeus devised a kind of Latin suitable for concise descriptions : animals and plants were not to be written up in flowery language , but in sentences containing many adjectives and few verbs . |
| 3 | West Indies are likely to be unchanged with sell-out crowds of 24,000 expected for both games . |
| 4 | Thus , one large contract caterer in a northern city with a high unemployment rate , whose casuals consisted almost entirely of otherwise unemployed people , estimated that as many as four times the number of people passed through its list of those available for casual work in the course of a year than were on that list at any one point in time . |
| 5 | The Bar notes with concern the reduction in number of those eligible for legal aid and finds the proposals for the introduction of a system of standard fees in the magistrates ' courts to be contrary to the interests of the public and to justice and to be offensive and unfair to the profession . |
| 6 | He wished to amend para ( a ) to read as follows : ‘ The Bar notes with concern the reduction in number of those eligible for legal aid . |
| 7 | It is evident that the experience of those responsible for such advice has not extended to the fact that the north and south of Britain are as much as 500 miles ( 800 km ) apart , and the climates can be very different . |
| 8 | The frequent links between organized cattle stealing and headmen is strong evidence of the high social position of those responsible for this crime . |
| 9 | In otder to minimise the influence of complications from the initial bleed , patients were only considered to be eligible for entry into the trial once they were stable with no evidence of any bleeding for five days and also no evidence of any other destabilising medical conditions ( such as septicaemia and renal failure ) . |
| 10 | Gentle lavage with warm isotonic saline ( 37°C ) and air was used to clear the entire small intestine of residual contents before instilling 75 µg of cholera toxin in 5 ml of isotonic saline for two hours to induce a stable secretory state . |
| 11 | Canton , Massachusetts-based Perception Technology Corp has now signed definitive agreement to be acquired by Brite Voice Systems Inc : Perception holders get one share of Brite common for each Perception held . |