Example sentences of "[adj] in [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst the evident unpopularity of Soviet domination in Eastern Europe may be thought to make such forces reliable in wartime for garrison and rear duties only , fact is that these military forces are trained and equipped for a war with NATO , according to an offensive doctrine of ‘ coalition warfare ’ , designed to place them from the start of hostilities onto an ‘ external front ’ . |
| 2 | POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN LABOUR 'S / SHADOW CABINET ELECTIONS WITH SCOTS / HIGH IN RACE FOR PLACES |
| 3 | Culshaw , who knew Karajan better than any of these armchair pundits , noted that since Karajan had never been interested in interpretation for interpretation 's sake — which perhaps helps explain why his readings often outlast those of more ‘ personalized ’ rivals — he naturally diverted his attention to new projects , musical , technological , scientific , logistical , until circumstances or new thinking drew him back to the central repertoire that he had recorded earlier , with other orchestras , other technology . |
| 4 | You know you 've not been interested in sex for years . ’ |
| 5 | And as far as this freedom for schools , I am rather more interested in freedom for parents , and things like open enrolments seem to me to be more akin to how far the au pair can drive the Volvo in twenty minutes than any real choice for parents . |
| 6 | Furthermore , he believes that business and technical managers are polarised in their views — the former see systems engineers as simply interested in technology for technology 's sake , adopting a piecemeal approach to business rather than building systems that will lead to enhanced company profits . |
| 7 | ‘ You are too light in colour for fenniks . |
| 8 | The German Cabinet , by accepting that reduced price subsidies for farmers could be acceptable in exchange for guarantees of direct income compensation , apparently left France and Ireland isolated within the European Communities on this highly contentious aspect of the agricultural trade protectionism issue . |
| 9 | Shaikh Saad submitted his government 's resignation on March 20 , officially in order to allow the Amir to take whatever action he deemed appropriate in preparation for Kuwait 's reconstruction . |
| 10 | IF the scene is so unremittingly gloomy in Scotland for architects , are the prospects brighter elsewhere in the world ? |
| 11 | OLDHAM keeper Jon Hallworth is facing an anxious battle to be fit in time for Saturday 's big Premier League kick-off . |
| 12 | CLIFTONVILLE midfielder Shaun Strang looks likely to be fit in time for Saturday 's TNT Gold Cup clash with Newry . |
| 13 | Johnny Jamieson picked up a first half knock in the 2– defeat by Portadown but he is expected to be fit in time for Saturday . |
| 14 | Hence vertical perspective cues provide the only consistent and reliable information about the distance to the surface and these were found to be more effective in practice for depth and size scaling . |
| 15 | Black in possession for Forest now Pearce Gemmell Webb shot block by Jochim . |
| 16 | That night I lie awake in bed for hours , thinking about this . |
| 17 | The targets of these attacks , beatings , kidnappings and murders have been trade unionists , peasants ( especially those involved in campaigns for land redistribution and resistance to recruitment into civil defence patrols ) and Indians who have given themselves up to the army and been taken to resettlement areas after years of living in hiding in the mountains . |
| 18 | Recently Joe and his wife Janet have been involved in support for couples in frontier work . |
| 19 | Many Hollywood denizens are businessmen who have been involved in politics for years . |
| 20 | Within days of arriving at the club , were asked confused passers-by to name four players in the Premier League who were involved in gambling for cash . |
| 21 | In this instance a direct challenge is made to the expertise of the teachers and their professional skills — areas that had been defended by the Curriculum Deputy when it was suggested that the Bursar might become involved in interviews for community posts . |
| 22 | ‘ We got a letter from him saying he was due in court for burglary — but he did n't mention anything about elderly women . ’ |
| 23 | Yugoslavia and France are due in Dublin for friendlies in December and February , while the date England hope to fill in March is also wanted by Argentina , Brazil , Uruguay and Colombia . |
| 24 | Patches of sand alongside good worm colonies often prove remarkably rich in finds for detectorists . |
| 25 | It had , for example , a vocabulary rich in terms for animals and their anatomy and for plants and their parts . |
| 26 | The Buid language is rich in words for fear , fleeing , and escape from danger , none of which carries negative moral overtones . |
| 27 | The BBC still , happily , seemed keen to see the film produced and so Gerard budgeted it to be made as simply as possible in 16mm for television , with the hope that cinema distributors would find it irresistible and give it a release on the big screen . |
| 28 | We should not , however , expect a question for the initial verb alone since this is only possible in English for verbs which describe something as being , in some as yet ill-defined sense , " done " to their objects : ( 69 ) what did Rafferty do to the cistern ? and this can not be claimed for the verbs preceding clausal adjectives any more than for a verb which precedes an explicit subordinate clause . |
| 29 | It is perfectly possible in law for parties to make an interim agreement for the sale of goods which requires further negotiation to iron out the less important details of the transaction , Pagnan S.p.A . |
| 30 | I wanted to keep her warm and handle her as much as possible in preparation for training . |