Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN ARTIST whose talents lay unused for 20 years headed an exhibition by five women at the weekend . |
| 2 | If I leave her nappy off she can stay dry for four hours , but then she wets the floor as she ca n't hold on any longer . |
| 3 | Of claims that the relationship was one of passionate intimacy , the brigadier said : ‘ They have been suggesting that for some time . |
| 4 | Erm , the local government act nineteen ninety-two permits the auditor to actually advise the council to er matters which we believe that you should consider in full , er er , County erm , Council meeting , and I 'm pleased to confirm that for this year there is nothing of that nature , that er , we would put to you , to refer to . |
| 5 | I indeed er in the er companies act in nineteen eighty nine the minister himself er argued that for any system to be effective there had to be a distance between regulators and regulations but the only people who have done any inquiry into B C C I which is the Institute er it itself is the mafia regulating the mafia auditors trying to regulate er the the auditors . |
| 6 | Yet we also need to see that for middle class European women , struggling to use a momentary opening in the cultural framework of pre-Revolutionary Europe to claim some access to the intellectual professions , these unsavoury conditions were the very means of their access to both art and social acknowledgement . |
| 7 | Pottery has a limited life , determined by the function of the vessels , and thus store jars kept secure in a pantry may remain intact for several generations , while cooking pots , if in constant use , have a very short life . |
| 8 | Via infected leaves these winter spores enter the soil where they can remain alive for several years . |
| 9 | Now , I do n't expect Matthew to support that for one moment , but what I 'm saying to committee is that is our pragmatic solution at this moment . |
| 10 | The discrepancy between job-specification and status became acute for some coordinators , and remained a problem in some schools , not just for coordinators but also for many other staff with significant cross-school managerial responsibilities . |
| 11 | So that black top that sweatshirt top that I 'd got for Lee , it was seventeen ninety nine , you got that for thirteen pounds , forty five erm thirty two pound off . |
| 12 | ‘ But if you got that for this place and I sold my apartment , together we 'd have enough money to get married and buy — ’ He broke off , a flush appearing beneath his tan as he realised he was pushing her too far along the relationship path and could also be sounding mercenary . |
| 13 | ( b ) ( i ) Calculate a value for the gas constant , R stating the units given that the density of argon atom at s.t.p. is ( ii ) Use your value from ( i ) to estimate the average kinetic energy of an argon atom at 273 K , given that for 1 mole of gas the total kinetic energy of the gas molecules equals |
| 14 | A salmon steak weighing about 7 oz. will make a pot of salmon paste ample for four people , so it is a quite economical proposition . |
| 15 | Generous discount bookings make direct for 5 nights or more . |
| 16 | This way it will stay lively for long periods and look much more natural to the fish . |
| 17 | And although unemployment is likely to remain high for some time , many economists believe that pay settlements are influenced less by the absolute level of unemployment than by its rate of change : as unemployment starts to fall , the perceived threat to job-holders dwindles , so they push harder for pay rises . |
| 18 | Now 45 , Marian decided to remain unemployed for six months so she could see how she felt about work , to settle her daughters and adjust to her new house . |
| 19 | I could neither remain unemployed for eighteen months nor begin a new job now and break off after only a year . |
| 20 | With good reason , the memory of the 1975–6 war became painful for many Palestinians . |
| 21 | Raw fruits also keep well if stored in the fridge , where they will remain fresh for several weeks . |
| 22 | The terms of the agreement were as follows : that political prisoners were to be released and the relevant ordinances withdrawn ; that civil disobedience was to be stopped ; that the boycott of British goods would cease , though ‘ peaceful picketing ’ could continue ; that there would be no change in the salt laws , though people living by the sea could make some for personal consumption ; and that Congress was to be represented at future sessions of the Round Table conference , the agreed agenda being federation , ‘ Indian responsibility ’ , and ‘ reservations or safeguards in the interests of India for such matters as , for instance , defence ; external affairs ; the position of minorities ; the financial credit of India , and the discharge of obligations ’ . |
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| 24 | Several pointed out that the mining issue was only one of a number of considerations , particularly given the fact that commercial exploitation would remain unviable for some time to come . |
| 25 | with his permission he thought it was funny he saw the funny side of it as well , but they had this big argument for five minutes cos he thought what he 'd done was right and he said Jesus , I 've been using this for three years for the training in the branch er it makes you wonder does n't it erm but if you 're gon na do practical applications you 've got ta give people relevant examples perhaps you start off basics with an example that is correct and then you start building on that do n't you then you start giving them the deviations and all this sort of stuff . |
| 26 | The courts , together with a wooden pavilion of historic interest , were built around 1910 but lay derelict for many years until the Club revived them with a grant from the Village Association . |
| 27 | Similarly , when subletting , if the sublet part is not to remain empty for any time , a separate assessment is still prudent . |
| 28 | On odd occasions when there was a very strong wind or interference from farm machinery the long-spade became impracticable for listening purposes . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , those four hundred thousand Palestinians lost everything in Kuwait , and erm it 'll be important to know that for each Palestinian in Kuwait there 's at least two or three other Palestinians whom they support outside Kuwait , in other words in Jordan , West Bank and the Gaza strip , so totally the Palestinians who got devastated by this invasion is about one point two million Palestinians . |
| 30 | For instance , if one of your customers is in financial trouble and he owes you money which is due in 20 days , you are much better off than if the debt does not fall due for 100 days . |