Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [be] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | European turnover was $100m for the year , which accounted for nearly a third of Sequent 's total sales . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Their only guiding light is ambition for office , and they refuse to tell the people of Scotland what their policy is . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One important cause of residential segregation is competition for access to preferred forms of housing . |
| 11 | Assume that the daily wage is £10 for eight hours worked , and this just equals the subsistence level . |
| 12 | Butler 's shot into an empty net was consolation for an earlier effort that struck the bar . |
| 13 | In 1988 , the average gross weekly pay for full-time work was £246 for men , and £164 for women . |
| 14 | Individual mailing is £2 for the two issues . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The average cost is £15 for travelling expenses plus £5 for the straw of semen . |
| 17 | If you are in any of these categories the standard contribution is £10.70 for loft insulation and £7.50 for draft proofing . |
| 18 | Uranium comes in two isotopes , U and U. It is U that releases energy ; but 99.28% of natural uranium is U. For this natural uranium to be made more potent it must be enriched in U , which means sorting through the uranium and discarding some of the U. A little enrichment — to a U content of 2–6% — is good enough for most reactors , though some can work with unenriched uranium and some research reactors use highly enriched uranium . |
| 19 | Always think what the chosen piece is doing for you — after all , the audition is about you , the naked ape , as well as that inner spark of inspiration you may have . |
| 20 | The basic price is £999 for a model with chrome or black hardware . |
| 21 | Only a slight change is forecast for the area of cereals this year which at 46,300 hectares is estimated to be less than 1pc below that for last year . |
| 22 | The additional cost for a reserved seat is £4 for adults , seniors and juniors . |
| 23 | The environmental panic is heaven for the high priests of advertising whose function it is to capitalize on fears and desires . |
| 24 | Prime example is Forrester for Wallace . |
| 25 | The present rate is £9.65 for the first child and £7.80 for subsequent children . |
| 26 | The resultant paste is cask-conditions for a few days before bottling . |
| 27 | Of course , smokers also pay with their health : the proportion of men aged 35 who will die before reaching retiring age is 40% for heavy smokers ( 25 or more cigarettes a day ) compared with 15% for non-smokers [ 4 ] . |
| 28 | I imagine that that was one of the matters raised with the hon. Gentleman , and I hope that he was able to assure farmers of the splendid job that my noble Friend is doing for farming in Scotland . |
| 29 | The menu also offers kippers and prunes ‘ on request ’ as in Qatar , and Darlington ; with trimmings the full English was £7.50 for starters . |
| 30 | Planned availability is September for modes 1 and 2 , and March 1993 for mode 3 . |