Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Howe , who has treated Tony for the past four years , said : ‘ It has been discussed endlessly in the newspapers and I think it is time to let it be . ’ |
| 2 | Beginning with relatively peaceful " teach-ins " at which the issues raised by the war were debated , the movement grew , using marches , rallies and sit-ins , designed to disrupt recruitment for the armed services . |
| 3 | wants to see plans for the modified programme in early June , and a first draft is expected by mid-May . |
| 4 | Douglas Roaf has given money for the Physical Sciences , and an anonymous donor for the Biological Sciences . |
| 5 | My man in the sombrero tells me of an incident at Goldsmith 's Mexican estate two weeks ago which has severed relations for the foreseeable future . |
| 6 | Those whose desks will be rearranged to find room for the new machines will find it harder to exert some control . |
| 7 | The Museum of Modern Art , 30 Pembroke Street , from January 24 to March 28 is reviewing the opus of that doyen of American minimalist and conceptual art , Sol Le Witt , presenting a concise historical survey of his career from 1963 to the present rooted in the Bauhaus , and fruiting so to speak in the fashion and perfume house of Nina Ricci ( sponsors of this show ) for which he has designed packaging for the manly fragrance Ricci Club . |
| 8 | Sony Corp says it will reduce recruitment of new graduates next fiscal year to 500 from the 990 that it has offered jobs for the current year : it will be the second consecutive year-on-year decrease in recruitment after a peak of 1,750 in the 1992-93 fiscal year . |
| 9 | A sponsored swim by 61 probationary police officers at Aykley Heads , the North-East District Training Centre in Durham , has raised £1,227 for the British Epilepsy Association . |
| 10 | But the French-born widow does personally own a chateau believed to be worth £3 million and has found £900,000 for the legal fees of her sons Ian and Kevin . |
| 11 | Mr Symington , who proudly describes himself as one of the last supply-siders , has cut taxes for the past two years . |
| 12 | A ‘ good ’ book needs to have meaning for the individual reader and it must bring meaning to what is experienced in our daily lives . |
| 13 | The partners expect to complete networks for the vast majority of Time Warner 's clustered cable systems by 1998 and will share equally in the design , implementation and direction of the full-service networks . |
| 14 | But she and the children are expected to join Andrew for the Royal Family 's annual get-together at Balmoral in Scotland today . |
| 15 | There were projects in rural areas too , such as the Arnhem-Elst-Nijmegen route , which were designed to improve conditions for the large volume of cyclists who cycle to school or work in neighbouring villages and towns . |
| 16 | Dr O'Connor , 75 , has studied autism for the past 40 years . |
| 17 | And the head — above all — needs to take responsibility for the whole programme . |
| 18 | After observing the industrious building of castles in the air in the past few days , I thought it would be appropriate to look at an odd phenomenon that has puzzled meteorologists for the past ten years : the series of giant mushroom-shaped cloud formations round the periphery of the Siberian land-mass . |
| 19 | Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith sympathised with the general outlook and tried to prepare people for the necessary discussion and negotiations which would have to precede any expression of national opinion and the consequent negotiation with the British Government . |
| 20 | As more and more data is read , old data that has been accessed least is discarded to make room for the new . |
| 21 | The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) has published guidelines for the practical application of economic instruments , eg taxes and charges on emissions , waste management and noise . |
| 22 | Reed has published Steinbeck for the past three years , having taken over his novels and short stories from Pan . |
| 23 | In 1968 , the last word in its title was dropped to make way for the National Eye Institute . |
| 24 | Installation time is largely dependant on how much disk space the files you have already take up , since what 's already there is squeezed to make room for the extra drive , and squeezing takes time . |
| 25 | The previous occupant had been a Swiss merchant who had been evicted to make way for the English milord and his lady , and Jane had a suspicion that the Swiss , like all foreigners , harboured strange and filthy diseases . |
| 26 | ( part of Barnardo 's providing support for HIV positive parents who want to make plans for the future care of their children ) |
| 27 | One example is ‘ Barnardo 's Positive Options ’ which provides confidential and independent information and practical help for parents who want to make plans for the future care of their children . |
| 28 | The 5–14 proposals , which are designed to prepare children for the Standard Grade and Revised Highers syllabi currently in place throughout mainstream Scottish Education , will form the basis of Scottish Primary Education for the rest of this century and beyond . |
| 29 | Secondly , most of the fancy school fees plans are designed to make money for the financial institutions which put them together , and for the intermediary or agent who sells them . |
| 30 | Neither was it organised to recruit members for the Anti Nazi League/SP . |