Example sentences of "for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Darren Wigg ( Newcastle ) won the award for 11–12-year-old boys with four first places , and Mark Bewick ( Sunderland ) topped the 13–14 group with a hat-trick of wins .
2 Apart from certain exceptional cases , a trustee is entitled to no remuneration for his trouble , unless the terms of the trust so direct , and is liable not only for dishonest dealing with the trust property , but for all loss due either to non-observance of the directions in the settlement and the general rules of law , or to failure on his part to act up to the high standard of care which equity and statute law require of him .
3 Correct forms are regular and simple , e.g. the English language usage by which straight is a metaphor for honest and crooked a metaphor for dishonest .
4 It is the same Brian Thomas Jackson who in 1982 was refused a credit broker 's licence because of previous convictions for dishonest dealing .
5 It can also be used in cakes instead of the usual solid fats — as in this wonderful recipe for tangy orange cake ( if you prefer , you could alternatively use soya , sunflower or any other vegetable oil ) .
6 As well as playing for Quintus , she is now also principal clarinetist with the City of Oxford Orchestra .
7 Amateur Rugby League : Uphill battle for armed forces
8 The police also found Mr Mandela 's diary , documenting his travels to raise support for armed rebellion , and hundreds of documents which betrayed the plans of Umkhonto .
9 Police warned against approaching Richard Sean Hyland , 26 , from Kentish Town , London , who was serving four years for armed robbery .
10 All the mobile guns working for Armed Response are white .
11 The Court therefore excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police and went on to quash Samuel 's conviction for armed robbery .
12 Intruder jets from the aircraft carrier Ranger , and Cobra attack helicopters scoured the area for armed men .
13 Police have launched a nationwide hunt for Moore , who has served a jail sentence for armed robbery .
14 NATO will now plan opening up a land corridor to the beleaguered city of Sarajevo for armed relief convoys .
15 This time , the Daily Mail was reporting his conviction for armed robbery .
16 Once again the Party was preparing for armed struggle and the stunning German victory of 1940 would have appeared to many Vietnamese to be ‘ the moment of great opportunity ’ .
17 In 1967 , a progressive candidate , backed by the Communist Party , won the elections , but again the military fraudulently imposed their own candidate , The PCS split , with Salvador Cayetano Carpio opting for armed struggle .
18 Employers refused to recognize their right to negotiate and called freely upon the State for armed support against worker protest , as in the case of the Lena goldfields strike in 1912 .
19 Robinson was in for ten years for armed robbery , while his companion was half-way through a twelve-year stretch for a similar crime .
20 What is often overlooked because of Cuba 's active ( although never particularly substantial ) support for armed struggle in Latin America later in the 1960s is that , initially , the Castro regime made consistent attempts to build diplomatic relations with its hemispheric neighbours .
21 What we were told about that your criminal record is that you had convictions for armed robbery and aggravated assault , is that out of the record that you were aware of is that correct ?
22 Surely , it is time that some form of flexibility was introduced into the compensation legislation for armed services personnel who are severely injured in the course of their duties .
23 At the end of the Jan. 21 ANC meeting Nzo issued a statement reflecting no change in the organization 's stance on conditions for entering negotiations , and again reaffirming the need for armed struggle .
24 On April 20 two leading opposition groups — the African Liberation Forces of Mauritania ( FLAM ) and the United Front for Armed Resistance ( FURAM ) — said in a joint statement that without Taya 's resignation and a general amnesty there could be no genuine democracy .
25 Extra funds were given to agricultural production , food subsidies , and housing for armed forces personnel .
26 He stopped , waiting for armed Twenty-fourthers to swarm out of every window , demanding to know why Robert was proposing to barge in on their most secret and important ceremony .
27 Stephen Windsor is challenging his conviction for armed robbery and attempted murder .
28 An Edinburgh man who 's fought for eight years to overturn a conviction for armed robbery says he 's prepared to go the European Court of Human Rights .
29 Mr got erm I understand that no convictions , even for armed robbery itself .
30 I do n't think Lawrence got any convictions for armed robbery has he , or that there are any subsequently ?
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