Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun pl] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had set the tone later reflected in the harsh rules of the Indian Penal Code 1860 ( prescribing long sentences of ‘ rigorous imprisonment ’ ) , in the Prisons Act 1894 , in gaol manuals allowing cruel punishments for the smallest breach of discipline , and in a lasting policy of spending as little as possible on the gaols . |
| 2 | The economic crisis and in particular the slump produced lower totals for the next two years , but by 1939 , the number of holidays booked had risen to a substantial 62,500 , comprising 29,500 holiday-makers travelling overseas , and 33,000 taking home bookings . |
| 3 | The BCS does lots of other good things , like sitting on 31 standards committees , working with 15 European computer societies to harmonise professional qualifications for the single market , accrediting computer science courses to make them less theoretical and more oriented towards projects , maintaining a register of expert witnesses , setting up ad hoc specialist groups very quickly on new areas like expert systems , natural language translation and parallel processing , and helping the disabled . |
| 4 | She wanted to arrange sole rights for the overland trade in frankincense and other goods between her country and the rich markets to the north . |
| 5 | Afterwards to wear clerical clothes for the first time , and instantly to be expected to be a confidant or soul 's friend , was to many ordinands the more heartfelt turning-point . |
| 6 | So when [ named defendant ] , 41 , made sexual overtures for the first time during their five-year friendship she went to a neighbour and cried rape . |
| 7 | Benjamin pulled me into the shadows as Mandeville came out to issue curt instructions for the dead sheriff 's body to be removed and informed the soldiers that he would stay at Templecombe for a while . |
| 8 | The Open Software Foundation says vendors have registered 22 platforms for the Distributed Computing Environment Interoperability Festival it is hosting between April 12-30th at its Cambridge , Massachusetts headquarters . |
| 9 | But why do n't the rules stipulate that on a grey you have to wear brown breeches for the same reason ? |
| 10 | Hezbollah announced 12 candidates for the first two rounds , eight of them in Baalbek , three elsewhere in the Bekaa , and one in Beirut . |
| 11 | Explanation screens then suggest possible causes for the identified problems . |
| 12 | Others wrote about what Walter Machin 's books had meant to them at the time of their publication , and to these Viola wrote faintly magisterial replies of thanks and interest which usually also contained subtle plugs for the two books which were as yet unpublished . |
| 13 | Madhuri Dixit is challenging Thundering Thighs for the top slot |
| 14 | The company now generates 16% of total group turnover , and its biggest customer is Conner Peripherals Inc , although it also develops electronic components for the automotive industry . |
| 15 | Near nightfall he saw his younger sister Katya come out of the kitchens into the yard , saw her empty some slops for the few chickens who scuttled about . |
| 16 | We will also seek further opportunities for the private sector to contribute , as it has for example with the Channel Tunnel , the Queen Elizabeth II bridge at Dartford , the second Severn Bridge and the Birmingham Northern Ring Road . |
| 17 | Pollyanna 's , 2 Battersea Rise , London SW11 ( 071–228 0316 ) is another establishment which has recently enjoyed some changes for the better . |
| 18 | The Athens Agreement created further duties for the Mixed Commission , including the application of the Agreement . |
| 19 | In addition , the system can be instructed to accept different spellings for the same word , or different words with the same meaning . |
| 20 | These included inner-city offices for the Small Firms Service of the Department of Trade and Industry ; grants for inner-city Local Enterprise Agencies ( see Chapter 8 ) ; higher loan guarantees for small business in the Task Force ( see Chapter 4 ) ; and investment of about £10 million in managed workshops by English Estates — a development agency of the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 21 | A second problem with the " diglossia " paradigm is that " Creole " has distinct meanings for the different generations . |
| 22 | I did it partly for aesthetic reasons ; partly to economize on the number of genes necessary ( if genes did n't exert mirror-image effects on the two sides of the tree , we 'd need separate genes for the left and the right sides ) ; and partly because I was hoping to evolve animal-like shapes , and most animal bodies are pretty symmetrical . |
| 23 | The health authority will make agreements with a range of hospitals and other units in order to provide comprehensive services for the local population . |
| 24 | MacDonald has colourful explanations for the two failures . |
| 25 | Unemployment posed serious problems for the British trade union movement during the early 1920s . |
| 26 | Roman Catholic charity and the work of priests and nuns provided similar services for the large poor Irish communities which were especially numerous in parts of London , Liverpool , Manchester and Glasgow . |
| 27 | Three years ago the first ever races here drew 12,000 fans for the flashing lights , thunderous music , fireworks , balloons — and , yes , the ski racing . |
| 28 | It also has serious implications for the professional health of the Authority and its schools , since the belief that getting on is merely a matter of saying and doing what significant others wish to hear and see produces not just disaffection and cynicism but also unthinking conformity and the loss of The professional analysis and debate which are essential to educational progress . |
| 29 | Another set of problems that has serious implications for the social survey involves issues to do with data analysis rather more than collection but , none the less , does have a bearing in getting us to understand the limits of the survey and of variable analysis . |
| 30 | This has serious implications for the whole economy . |