Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After being held more or less fixed for years , spending on public works is to rise by 5% . |
| 2 | The playing-time was almost exactly two minutes , and such ‘ two-minute cylinders ’ became standard for commercial prerecorded fare , while 100rpm remained more or less standard for dictation cylinders and privately-made cylinders recorded in the home . |
| 3 | And then I was using it more or less daily for years … . |
| 4 | When you send your contribution it should be more or less ready for publication . |
| 5 | In reality , however , the difference between him and a shareholder may not be anything like as clear-cut , for the debenture may give the holder a contractual right : — to appoint a director ; to a share of profits ( whether or not available for dividend ) ; to repayment at a premium ; to attend and vote at general meetings and even to convert his debentures into equity shares . |
| 6 | Nothing has ever looked less inspired or more unready for action . |
| 7 | A simple draped dress suits everyone and could be either plain or really glittery for Christmas parties . |
| 8 | Steeply sloping sites may be totally or partially unsuitable for development and the writer can recall a site where only two thirds of the land was developable and the remainder barely suitable for inclusion in the gardens of the completed dwellings . |
| 9 | Less controversial , are applications where robots are undertaking tasks which would be impractical or even impossible for humans . |
| 10 | MIDNIGHT blue and brown were the other important colour trends , both combined with anthracite or even black for looks as sophisticated as this market ever dares to offer . |
| 11 | to capitalise the appropriate nominal amount of additional Ordinary Shares falling to be allotted pursuant to elections made as aforesaid , out of the sums standing to the credit of the reserves of the Company ( including any share premium account or capital redemption reserve fund ) or otherwise available for distribution as the Directors may determine and to apply such sums in paying up such Ordinary Shares and to allot such Ordinary Shares to members of the Company validly making such elections in accordance with their respective entitlements ’ . |
| 12 | It is too soon for counsel or judgement , but never too soon or too late for prayer , if penitence is truly felt . ’ |
| 13 | Some kinds of social need may not be met by the state because the groups involved are too small or too unpopular for politicians to be prepared to incur displeasure helping them alcoholics , drug addicts or battered women . |
| 14 | And the free market system does n't protect them because they tend to be too poor or too old for health insurance cover . |
| 15 | Materials and equipment less frequently used or too heavy for pupils to handle easily should be stored on upper shelves . |
| 16 | The most conspicuous feature of life on land is the plants : trees , wherever it is moist and warm enough ; grasslands , where it is too dry or too cold for trees ; and various intermediate or special states , as in scrubland and bog . |
| 17 | Questions of defence policy are vast , complicated , confidential , and wholly unsuited for ventilation before a jury . |
| 18 | Black is a light absorbent , non-reflective colour and most suitable for controllers who operate with a degree of social anonymity , upholding the rule of law and the abstractions of the legal system . |
| 19 | Like most others , he had never really trusted that Earl ; but this throwing in his lot with the English , while still Scots Chief Warden of the Marches , was a dire betrayal by any standards , and most menacing for Berwick , since as Warden he had overall authority for the town and port , if not the castle . |
| 20 | He looked up as I approached — he was really remarkably tall and strikingly well-dressed for Phraxos ; evidently one of the summer visitors . |
| 21 | For those of you who were wondering , married couples are jointly and severally liable for payment of the community charge ( poll tax ) . |
| 22 | Unstoppable , and so tailor-made for success it 's like them lying there , legs akimbo , waiting for the major companies to come in and shag the ass off them . |
| 23 | I mean , Elaine was so young , and so unready for motherhood . ’ |
| 24 | Back in the bad old days of the ‘ tripartite system ’ and the 11-plus , when it was more acceptable to know your place , and upward mobility was not such an unquestionably good idea , life was easier and less personal for teachers because to a much greater extent their values were stably enshrined in the organization and structures of the schools for which they worked . |
| 25 | Initially , I think that girls would have been more afraid and bewildered when first landing on the island and would have accepted their situation less easily than the boys as girls are usually more attached to their backgrounds and less willing for change ( of this sort ) than boys . |
| 26 | According to Lorton , the Newleys ' burglar-alarm system was ten or fifteen years old and long overdue for retirement . |
| 27 | But at least as important was the provision of coinage suitable for reasonably small deals and sufficiently abundant for merchants to be able to rely on the supply . |
| 28 | Two hundred years after the Declaration of the Rights of Man took place in France , 200 years after that historic announcement of tolerance and emancipation , we can still see the practice of the most odious and cruel despotism by a man who is the execration of humankind , who is directly and personally responsible for crimes against humanity , and crimes against justice . |
| 29 | Chalk , for instance , is too porous and mechanically weak for karren development . |
| 30 | It was mid-summer , and unseasonably warm for Glasgow ; Ash wore a long , rough silk shirt , and leggings . |