Example sentences of "for [adj] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , because of the serious recession of the early 1990s , especially in the South East , the government decided in its Budget of 1992 to keep the increase for 1992/3 down to the current inflation rate of only 4.1 % , instead of the 24.1 % which would have been the maximum ‘ phasing in ’ amount payable . |
| 2 | We ca n't pay for that out of the general population in the City of Oxford , we 've got to take it out of the people who live in council houses and are paying rent and this seems to me a most iniquitous way of erm financing our people on how incomes . |
| 3 | Local social services departments ( formerly local health departments ) provide day nurseries for some up to the age of 5 . |
| 4 | Modular catering cars retained an orthodox grill for that perennial favourite , the Great British Breakfast , which in 1987 accounted for 630,000 out of the total of 1.1 million main meals served . |
| 5 | The boys obtained significantly higher success rates than the girls for 17 out of the 29 items and the girls were more successful in four . |
| 6 | By contrast , and despite there being a duty on local education authorities since 1944 to provide for all up to the age of 19 , significant numbers of young people with special educational needs began to enter colleges only in the mid-to-late 1970s . |
| 7 | It is also interesting to note that for 33 out of the 36 errors , the top rated candidate strings have the same overall word shape as the intended words ( see section 5.3.3.2 for further discussion of word shape ) . |
| 8 | For those out in the cold , the wind and the rain , trying to sell books , that traditional Christian Aid Week lunch of soup , bread and cheese is ‘ magic ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ I have been leading scorer at Boro for five out of the last seven seasons — but it has become a way of life to be talked about as the player who is leaving or out of the team . |
| 10 | Laurie Degnan has watched his youngsters take national junior boxing titles for nine out of the last ten years . |
| 11 | In total more than 60 companies have applied for 122 out of the 435 blocks in the first two stages of the 14th offshore licensing round — the biggest response for 20 years , according to energy minister Tim Eggar . |