Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer given by the courts in this instance is ‘ yes ’ to both questions , but the reasons given for these conclusions are less than satisfactory . |
| 2 | Some idea of how badly the police were treated is given by the reports of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner which show that roughly one-in-four of London 's policemen were assaulted each year — 3,444 cases were reported in 1899 , for example , when the constabulary strength was 13,213 men and 1,949 sergeants — as police authorities pressed for firmer measures in assault cases . |
| 3 | Glottochronology is a technique developed for spoken languages which has a basic assumption that languages change at a relatively steady rate . |
| 4 | Four HNC trainees were recruited and training plans developed for offshore duties in the instrumentation field . |
| 5 | The decision to go for darker shades was a brave one , as many hoteliers opt for pastels or similar standards in the erroneous belief that they will not cause offence . |
| 6 | N-plant leaked for five hours |
| 7 | Reward-based training is the method our experts advocate for most situations . |
| 8 | A two-year part-time course intended for medical graduates interested in medical and radiation oncology . |
| 9 | with money to spare for small luxuries ; |
| 10 | Indeed , local ozone depletion rates in the lower stratosphere inferred from the AASE observations were in excess of 1% per day , approaching the values calculated for extended periods in the Antarctic . |
| 11 | Four of Africa 's most talented peoples — the Ibo , the Bamilike , the waChagga and the Bugunda — have all had their innovative talents circumscribed for many years . |
| 12 | Sarah schemed for several weeks before daring to put forward a proposal . |
| 13 | The patients with adenomatous polyps were assigned to one of four study groups using the random sampling quota technique allowing for 10 subjects in each study group . |
| 14 | As he noted at the time , new houses intended for single families were subdivided into tenements on their first letting , for the very poor simply could not afford to pay their landlords a realistic return on their investment . |
| 15 | The futuristic Sparc90 is a design for a low-cost single-chip Sparc chipset intended for embedded applications . |
| 16 | ( b ) have the patience to search for helpful clues . |
| 17 | Another correspondent asked for cheap tracts which she could distribute to the poor as the middle class were already knowledgeable . |
| 18 | Article 6 assumes a series of delimitation agreements between adjacent States allowing for bilateral relationships within the overall multilateral regime . |
| 19 | West Belfast should be treated as a special case and a uniform grant at the Premium 3 level given for all trainees ; alternative solutions must be found where it is simply not possible to find employers to take second year trainees ; cover should be given to management committees to protect them from personal liability in the event of insolvency . |
| 20 | Over the past ten years , three styles of traditional Japanese hotels have increased their public profile to westerners — the minshuku ( private homes offering lodging service ) , the pension ( usually at resorts catering for sporting activities ) , and the traditional ryokan . |
| 21 | When Dixie Dean was on holiday in Ayr , he noticed that a professional sprint was to be held and entered it as an outsider and won ; he thereby not only demonstrated the outstanding athletic abilities of top footballers ( Matthews was also a fine athlete ) , but underlined the survival of the old pedestrian traditions at the new resorts catering for working-class holiday-makers . |
| 22 | Odyssey also comes with host mode which means you can set your computer to wait for incoming calls . |
| 23 | Right , Chair , P A G asked for two reports to be produced as part of the budget process , looking in more detail at the budget , and the two specific reports that were asked for , were fire safety and trimming . |
| 24 | The council 's policy and finance subcommittee meets on Wednesday to consider a 10pc increase the firs t review for three years . |
| 25 | This technique shows the entities most likely to be mentioned by the reader and , hence , indicates which entities predominate for various reasons . |
| 26 | Such an enhanced investigations service for private companies would be similar to the take-over target review discussed here . |
| 27 | The Power Engine family comprises two products : a VMTR2 high-performance VME single-board machine ; and a VGPW2 , which is a VME board optimised for real-time applications under Posix 1003.4 compliant operating systems . |
| 28 | Mr Hamlyn operated for four hours on the man who remained in intensive care . |
| 29 | Conditions of work were not pleasant ; landowners tried to get their estates cultivated by indentured labourers who had come out under a contract to work for some years for the man who paid for the journey or anyone to whom he sold the right to command their services . |
| 30 | CHART star Dr Alban trained for five years as a dentist — but gave up after a horrific teeth-pulling session . |