Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although recorded annually there is no regular winter population , and birds rarely remain for more than a few days except in severe winters , when considerable influxes occur . |
| 2 | And I returned to the States in considerable agitation : if national white media continued their de facto denial of his campaign , Jackson might really lose the game on grounds of fair-play relentlessly circumvented for the purpose of defeating him . |
| 3 | Where a person enters under a contractual right , the common duty of care under the Act will be implied into the contract , unless the contract expressly provides for a higher standard of care . |
| 4 | Every few years the gap is filled with a useful directory , but handy as they are such titles rarely survive for more than three editions : witness the demise of the Antique Collectors ' Club 's sadly missed Guide to Specialist Nurseries . |
| 5 | Groups most noted for fragrance are albas , bourbons , centifolias , damasks , gallicas , hybrid musks and the modern English roses produced by David Austin 's nursery at Wolverhampton . |
| 6 | All were prescribed as painkillers , with both Zomax and Opren widely prescribed for arthritic patients . |
| 7 | When is a building sufficiently furnished for full habitation ? |
| 8 | Experts naturally look for ways to minimise their exposure to claims : the liability of adjudicators is excluded specifically by the wording of the New Engineering Contract ( 1991 ) . |
| 9 | Where was that traditional British reserve only abandoned for cloying camaraderie under the influence of injuriously vast quantities of alcohol ? |
| 10 | The school in which they work is a building especially designed for teaching ’ . |
| 11 | The great advantage over owning a holiday home in the normal way is that the buyer only pays for one week instead of fifty-two . |
| 12 | One tall girl with curly hair only hitched for two minutes before a smiling family picked her up . |
| 13 | And you have the framework of your story ready made for you , a great help to the beginner . |
| 14 | " Bit less to say for himself than usual , but that 's no bad thing . " |
| 15 | Mills all set for ‘ return ’ to Glens |
| 16 | You know , as she had no family or friends , he was kind enough to pay for her to go to school , and found her a job here with your uncle . |
| 17 | In addition , when applied two or three days prior to going on holiday , protective filters leave the skin better prepared for first exposure to the sun while preserving the natural qualities of the skin . |
| 18 | The king 's death had not , however , cancelled the grant of a tax on aliens granted in his last parliament and this fell due at Midsummer , although £400 was already assigned to the household and the remainder apparently earmarked for the coronation . |
| 19 | The king 's death had not , however , cancelled the grant of a tax on aliens granted in his last parliament and this fell due at Midsummer , although £400 was already assigned to the household and the remainder apparently earmarked for the coronation . |
| 20 | Voluntary organisations in many cases became the effective agents of enforcement , as well as pressure groups constantly campaigning for further intervention , and here they became quasi-state apparatuses , a pattern which had a long history . |
| 21 | In 1922 the manager of the Grand Theater in DeQueen , Arkansas , explained to the readers of the Exhibitors Herald that he was having difficulty in choosing between the easily satisfied ‘ masses ’ , who just wanted shorts , and the much more difficult to please ‘ classes ’ , who wanted programmes especially prepared for them . |
| 22 | Home responsibilities protection only counts for full tax years , which is a disadvantage , since most of us do not arrange our lives from April to April . |
| 23 | As our plans only allowed for one day on Mykines , we made the hølmur our main target , and after leaving our things in the empty house in which we had arranged to spend the night , we set off to follow the steep cliff path which leads to the bridge . |
| 24 | The beautiful blooms only last for a day or two , but there 's a continuous succession from spring to autumn . |
| 25 | The whole trial only continued for 12 days . |
| 26 | The case only confined for the policemen the inequities of the legal system : justice depends on who the prisoner gets . |
| 27 | The released prisoners all feared for their lives . |
| 28 | Whether we have in mind the student teacher , or the art student in the studio , or the student nurse , practical experience necessarily calls for a degree of personal involvement by the student and to that extent it is desirable . |
| 29 | It is the biggest manufacturer of mechanical engineering products in the EC with 44% of the total output — a disproportionate share as Germany only accounts for a quarter of total EC output . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's just not possible for me to pack a briefcase and go and stay in a Hilton somewhere looking for business and agents . |