Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [be] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That figure is the majority , the majority of that figure is compensation for loss of earnings . |
| 2 | European turnover was $100m for the year , which accounted for nearly a third of Sequent 's total sales . |
| 3 | Some of the objects on show are clearly and satisfyingly ‘ fake ’ , in the sense that their sole intention is deception for some form of gain . |
| 4 | The dominant theme of this literature was concern for the well-being of the peasantry . |
| 5 | The dominant theme of this literature was concern for the well-being of the peasantry . |
| 6 | [ In the Court of Appeal Pickin successfully argued that this case was authority for the House of Lords refusing to give effect to a private Act obtained by fraud . ] |
| 7 | In the heifer classes the top bid was 2,000gns for the champion from Messrs McConchie which was purchased by JJ Patterson of Kirktonhill and Glengelt Farms , Oxton , Lauder , while the reserve champion Jenny l86th from J&W Wilson of Kirkmabreck , Creetown was bought at 900gns by R&K Drysdale , Old Cambus Quarry , Cockburnspath , Berwick . |
| 8 | Their only guiding light is ambition for office , and they refuse to tell the people of Scotland what their policy is . |
| 9 | He feels the amount of money a lot of young people have to spend on drink is one cause , while on the other hand , unemployment and social deprivation are factors for others . |
| 10 | By the time I had joined the BBC in 1969 I was three stone overweight , I drank a bottle of scotch a day and thought muesli and high fibre were feed for cattle . |
| 11 | This chance is 1% for a quick look , then a re-roll each extra Turn with an additional 1% ( cumulative ) chance of something hostile turning up . |
| 12 | But as she forecast in recent months ( The Art Newspaper No.19 , June 1992 , p.3 ) , Ms Radice believes that sexual content is grounds for a grant 's denial . |
| 13 | The result of this French Classic was victory for Prince Faisal 's Rafha , trained by Mr Henry Cecil and ridden by the all conquering Willie Carson , who had won our Oaks at Epsom the previous day . |
| 14 | Any need to analyse the ways in which the multi-variant police world forms a coherent and self-sustaining whole is material for the social scientist and not the practitioners , for they already live the system as a matter of course . |
| 15 | So some of the things that we 're going to be looking at this morning is ways for you to use , that the people working with you can come up with some new ideas , but you can also use these ways yourself , because sometimes you do n't have the luxury of people to help you with your problem . |
| 16 | An important item in this trade was timber for the construction of ships . |
| 17 | Just to know that there are rapists around who could have been tracked down with this method is justification for a database . |
| 18 | Just to know that there are rapists around who could have been tracked down with this method is justification for a database . |
| 19 | That inquiry led to an arrest for four sex offences but police believe another man is responsioble for the rape of the schoolgirl , four indecent assaults , as well as robberies and the latest attack . |
| 20 | One important cause of residential segregation is competition for access to preferred forms of housing . |
| 21 | Against this background , it has been a difficult start to the year but some improvement is forecast for the second quarter when further price increases will recover the impact of higher raw material costs . |
| 22 | Assume that the daily wage is £10 for eight hours worked , and this just equals the subsistence level . |
| 23 | Butler 's shot into an empty net was consolation for an earlier effort that struck the bar . |
| 24 | Another problem is remand for very difficult children . |
| 25 | In fact , we found that agency workers and part-time workers might to some extent be substitutes for one another , in that the higher the proportion of the work force that was part-time , the lower the likelihood that the establishment was using such temporary workers . |
| 26 | In 1988 , the average gross weekly pay for full-time work was £246 for men , and £164 for women . |
| 27 | Individual mailing is £2 for the two issues . |
| 28 | Her second feeling was pity for her murdered and mutilated cousin and her third feeling was one of fear . |
| 29 | A major cause of such segregation is competition for land and for preferred forms of housing . |
| 30 | His protest that this was the worst kind of Victorian colonialism was short-hand for the conviction that the action had played into the hands of all the enemies of the West . |