Example sentences of "[noun] open for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | H. P. You had to go round keeping your eyes open for various things . |
| 2 | We know that Brahms kept a keen eye open for new music , and that he knew Rheinberger — what I wonder is whether it was the Rheinberger Sonata that suggested to Brahms the form for the last movement of his Symphony ? |
| 3 | But part of the NCS programme is devoted to new materials , and Wood acknowledged that it would have to keep an eye open for new discoveries like the superconducting buckminsterfullerenes : ‘ synthetic chemists are almost certainly going to find new materials ’ . |
| 4 | The first , which was the officially approved response , was ‘ to make the work interesting ’ by developing contacts with shopkeepers and others on the beat , and keeping an eye open for unusual activity … |
| 5 | In certain circumstances it may become necessary to seek waivers from the Law Society , as for instance : ( 1 ) where the new office is no more than a consulting room open for restricted periods , when a waiver would normally be granted provided ( a ) the opening hours are sufficiently advertised ; ( b ) during those hours there is always in attendance a person duly qualified to manage or supervise the office and that all correspondence is seen by a partner of the firm ; and ( c ) the business of the consultancy is accounted for centrally and not as a separate business ; or ( 2 ) where the new office is an annexe ( whether housing a separate department or otherwise ) near to the main office , when a waiver could be expected to be granted if ( a ) a common switchboard is used for both main office and annexe ; ( b ) accounts are centralised ; ( c ) correspondence is attended to in the main office ; and ( d ) clients are asked to address correspondence to the main office . |
| 6 | Mr Gorbachev is resisting centrifugal pressure , but leaving the door open for future change in party 's status . |
| 7 | While Deng is doing his best to assure the world that nothing has changed , that China will push ahead with its reforms and will hold its door open for foreign business and investment , the post-Tiananmen purging of liberal intellectual elements and the new emphasis on ‘ political education ’ have enormously strengthened the position of the Communist Party 's hardline Marxists , led by Yang Shangkun , the president , and Li Peng , the prime minister . |
| 8 | pupils should keep options open for post-16 education and not be denied opportunities at later stages ; |
| 9 | Negotiations for an estimated £1,500 million ( approximately equivalent to $2,700 million ) arms sale from the United Kingdom agreed in September 1988 [ see p. 36558 ] were initially held up following the Malaysian government 's request for extra landing rights at London 's Heathrow airport for the Malaysian Airline System , to which the UK government eventually acceded in March 1989 , leaving the way open for individual contracts to be signed . |
| 10 | The Bolsheviks destroyed the unity of workers of different nationalities and laid the way open for national leaderships to capture ‘ their own ’ working class , when they should have defended the integrity of the former Russian empire ‘ tooth and nail ’ . |