Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , there are a lot of out-of-work would-be finance directors willing to work for much much less than their previous salaries , not that that appears to have had any effect on those in stable positions . |
| 2 | In fact , it is simply realistic , since this happens for so many people . |
| 3 | Others have met the IRA before , without result , so it would be unrealistic to hope for too much . |
| 4 | These account for around half the former Soviet Union 's nuclear capacity , providing 6 per cent of its total electricity needs . |
| 5 | In due course many of these became great barons in their own right ; but their origin was not quickly forgotten , and served as a constant reminder that royal patronage and service to the great counted for as much as blood and status . |
| 6 | Avgas works out at abut twenty per cent cheaper there than the UK , but at around 34 litres per hour for a C172 or a AA5 , that accounts for only some £4 of the differential . |
| 7 | He was then able to sleep for about half an hour before being taken to theatre . |
| 8 | I was unable to speak for about half a minute . |
| 9 | Last Thursday the case was due to call for yet another routine deferral . |
| 10 | According to Chomsky , we are genetically pre-programmed to search for just this sort of structure underlying the sentences that we hear as infants . |
| 11 | Same goes for about half the words I 've been learning from that little minx . |
| 12 | Even so , 2 in ( 5 cm ) of movement a year is enough to account for practically all the seismic , volcanic and tectonic activity in South-East Asia . |