Example sentences of "the [adj] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Indian Supreme Court on Aug. 27 cleared the way for a resumption of investigations into allegations of high-level corruption in connection with the 1986 deal for the purchase of Bofors artillery from Sweden for the Indian army [ see p. 37184 ] . |
| 2 | We 've got the French to thank for the explosion of patterned underthings in the 1980s . |
| 3 | The Treaty of Brètigny provided for this , and a treaty which the French appeared for the moment willing to accept was a much more substantial victory for Edward than one which gave him a vast area on paper but which the French would be bound to resist . |
| 4 | The botanist J. D. Hooker postulated a massive extension of land in the Antarctic to account for the similarity of plants between New Zealand , South America and the islands of the remote south . |
| 5 | Japan could be of much importance in the event of war and it might be feasible for the Japanese to fight for the United States after a war had begun . |
| 6 | TICKET sales in Cornwall have approached the 30,000 mark for the ADT County Championship final at Twickenham tomorrow , confounding fears that the Easter holiday would deter supporters from travelling to London . |
| 7 | In 1976 , unemployment in Britain passed the one-million mark for the first time since the Second World War . |
| 8 | Neither the Lamoureux nor ‘ Symphony Orchestra ’ in the early 1930s were first rate ensembles technically , but the authentic feel for the music is there , no mistake about it . |
| 9 | A sticking-point seemed to be the Burmese demand for the Frontier areas to be brought into the constitutional process . |
| 10 | It serves to remind us that the collapse of the old political certitudes in Eastern Europe and the awakening of new political alternatives to market capitalism are precisely of a piece with the erasure of the old artistic ‘ avant-garde ’ and the ceaseless searching for the ‘ new ’ . |
| 11 | The crucial social question raised by the zombies , relevant to all societies , capitalist or communist , is ‘ Why should the many work for the few ? ’ |
| 12 | Note that I said ‘ do I want to be ’ rather than ‘ would I like to be ’ as the latter allows for the possibility of failure . |
| 13 | The latter had for the moment deserted him . |
| 14 | The latter provides for the creation of a special federal service that will deal with the export of works of art . |
| 15 | There have to be big spending cuts and bigger interest rate cuts , the latter compensating for the former . |
| 16 | In 1987/88 , the number of certificates issued in a session topped the 100,000 mark for the first time — almost 115,000 were issued . |
| 17 | ‘ If the going is suitable , Whaat Fettle could come back here next Thursday for another handicap chase , ’ added the trainer , joining Martin Pipe on the 33 mark for the season . |
| 18 | Darren Biggs hit the 50 mark for the season with his win on Iommelli at Sandown yesterday . |
| 19 | None of the characters he meets comes alive ( designer Wayne Cherry is the nearest ) , and the dramatic feel for the politicking , pressures and personal fears and obsessions that so enlivened Kidder 's book is lacking . |
| 20 | Nonetheless , the rights of local residents have to be given very careful consideration by the haulier applying for the grant of an O licence . |
| 21 | The brick was wrapped in two notes , the first apologised for the mess and the second , bearing Trevor Proby 's signature , offered to lend me the £250 the club are still trying to stitch me for after that car boot sale fiasco . |
| 22 | Mina was the first to leave for the fields . |
| 23 | I delivered Eliot to Magdalen , and was one of the first to arrive for the English Club meeting , accompanied by a Somerville girl to whom I had become attached . |
| 24 | With the race being the first nominated for the Commonwealth Games panel to ride , the 80-strong field contained a big 21 contingent of top riders and they closely marked each other for most of the race . |
| 25 | Despite all this external activity he spent long periods of time in his diocese , active in every facet of ecclesiastical administration , as is revealed by his register , the first to survive for the diocese of Winchester . |
| 26 | The ratio T/To in the above compensates for the change in terminal modulus in the rubbery material ( where rubber elasticity theory predicts GT ) while the density ratio arises from thermal expansion . |
| 27 | Although the above allows for the cost of an aircraft to be written-off over five years , this is not especially generous by commercial standards . |
| 28 | Presumably none of the former volunteered for the project ! |
| 29 | So the Irish went for the next best thing , consultative status , getting a toe in the door . |
| 30 | I did n't want to have to keep carrying her back to the same perch for the rest of her life , although she did occasionally fly to the perch herself , she was so used to it . |