Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 2 | While living together , cats may help each other in terms of mutual defence against intruders and caring for each other 's offspring . |
| 3 | Taking the figures for smokers and non-smokers and allowing for all competing causes of death , the conclusion is that around one in 20 of the lung cancers in the UK may be due to radon exposure at home . |
| 4 | Flak jackets are available to our crews and issued for some operations . |
| 5 | Courses vary a great deal in both their length and the number of people who attend them , and it would clearly be unjustified to assume that a single course on one topic was outweighed by , say , five courses on another if the single course involved fifty teachers in a full day 's attendance each week for a term , while each of the five other courses lasted only a couple of hours and catered for half a dozen teachers . |
| 6 | Read their notes and check for any change in their condition . |
| 7 | Gradually , however , if all goes well , the bond should loosen and each become aware of their different needs and strive for some degree of independence . |
| 8 | The Longeval Animal Sanctuary rescues and cares for many animals , and also regularly visit inner-city schools taking lambs , goats , piglets , calves , rabbits etc to give the children there the opportunity to see and touch these animals for themselves . |
| 9 | In the USA , loyalty is more likely to be spread across a variety of different sports and support for any one team is liable to be tenuous . |
| 10 | The disease front has been moving ahead by fits and starts for most of the last two decades and three years ago crossed the Italian frontier into the provinces of South Tyrol and Venice . |
| 11 | One minute the firm was having a few financial problems and hoping for some helpful investment advice , the next their premises were sold off to a factory development corporation , their directors sacked , the workforce were redundant . |
| 12 | The damaging period of their life cycle for our roses comes when , as minute caterpillars and chewing for all they are worth , they can be detected by knocking a plant so that it judders . |
| 13 | Stir in the spices and cook for another 1 minute . |
| 14 | In order to secure someone with outstanding qualifications and experience for this demanding appointment , an attractive and fully competitive remunerations package , and substantial performance bonus , will be negotiated . |
| 15 | But , but we are adjusting our rates and going for more work on the basis of a group , |
| 16 | Her invocation of themes and support for many policies favoured by the party 's grass-roots supporters has made the party more radical . |
| 17 | Even these more sophisticated attempts to elaborate where power lies and to allow for some freedom of manoeuvre for the state in capitalism can between , however . |
| 18 | Already equipped for this the fire brigade provided tarpaulins and arranged for more to be sent round . |
| 19 | Finally stir in the chicken pieces and mushrooms and cook for another 4 minutes , until everything is hot but still crisp . |
| 20 | Hence there is a regulated market system organized by the Grid interposed between the two , determining prices and supply for each half-hour period . |
| 21 | When one hellraiser comes face to face with another , everyone battens down the hatches and prepares for all hell to break loose . |
| 22 | Down into the Central Line , pick up abandoned newspapers and look for that advertisement . |
| 23 | Northallerton magistrates sentenced the 20-year-old to a total of seven months in a youth custody centre after he admitted two burglary charges and asked for another seven offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 24 | We welcome the advice that new retail development should be sited so as to reduce the number and length of car journeys and to provide for those who do not have access to a car . |
| 25 | They build and insulate their own houses , draw minimal wages and cook for each other . |
| 26 | They had a second round of drinks and talked for another twenty minutes . |
| 27 | Stir in the monkfish cubes and simmer for another 5 minutes or until fish is just done . |
| 28 | As we have stood enraptured on the mountain peaks , threaded our way through the bosky dells and trod for many a mile the vast moorlands , we have often felt it to be indeed a land of glory and beauty . ’ |
| 29 | For the first time the Federal government took responsibility for providing , with the co-operation of the states , old age pensions , unemployment benefits and help for such groups as the blind and the handicapped . |
| 30 | Then I was relieved from student and GLC battles and rewarded for all those years of unpaid activity by what some people considered possible selling out . |