Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear from this brief appraisal that prevention through genetic counselling has limited value for the first born , but is an important consideration for parents who have had a mentally affected child or at least conceived one . |
| 2 | Douglas Roaf has given money for the Physical Sciences , and an anonymous donor for the Biological Sciences . |
| 3 | it is this ‘ discreditation ’ of the object which has dominated art for the last half century — it all goes back to Monet ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Since the Soweto uprisings of 1976 a lot has taken place for the younger people . |
| 6 | Dr O'Connor , 75 , has studied autism for the past 40 years . |
| 7 | Reed has published Steinbeck for the past three years , having taken over his novels and short stories from Pan . |
| 8 | That is why we feel justified in saying that Realism has held sway for the last forty years . |
| 9 | ‘ I went to the surgery first , and they told me you 'd taken responsibility for the two of them . |
| 10 | Before grapes are allowed the full AOC status of Champagne , the vines from which they come , whether situated in a virgin vineyard or an old one just replanted , must attain their ‘ third leaf ’ , by which is meant that the plants , having produced foliage for the third time , will be three years old . |
| 11 | Having allowed time for the full import of this profound conclusion to sink in , the NCO would then inquire : ‘ What are you ? ’ |
| 12 | Reckless confidence , for a single traitor or allied spy could have meant ruin for the whole scheme ; yet none in the Grand Army thought such a thing even a possibility . |
| 13 | The left-wing Dev Sol group was reported to have claimed responsibility for the fatal wounding in the southern city of Adana on May 23 of Brig. -Gen . |
| 14 | For a Government that claims to have offered choice for the last 13 years , their stance on this issue is odd . |
| 15 | I think it was er fairly evident that he had given permission for the three British hostages to be released after Sir Edward Heath 's meeting with Tariq . |
| 16 | After Alexander the Great had regained independence for the Ionian cities he initiated the building of a new and large temple , dedicated to Apollo , on the site of the earlier building . |
| 17 | Less publicity shy was Stephen Quinn , publishing director of Vogue , the fashion magazine , who had voted Conservative for the first time in his life . |
| 18 | The Left had fought against fascism since 1933 and had organized support for the Spanish Republican armies since I 936 . |
| 19 | Near his Chalk Farm flat was an entrée to another social scene , the world of the small magazines , of Pete Brown , Mal Dean — who had done design for the first It and Robins was drawn towards it . |
| 20 | Even though you 've got funding for the first time for this I do n't want to spend an awful lot on materials . |
| 21 | The government was , also , committed to a private sector as , in its manifesto , it had pledged support for the small businessman , of whom there were many in Chile . |
| 22 | It began on Oct. 1 after tens of thousands of nationalists opposed to communist party domination of the Ukrainian government had taken part for the second consecutive day in demonstrations in Kiev . |
| 23 | The report added that participants had emphasised the significance of the exchange of military information , which had taken place for the first time in Vienna in mid-April , as " one of the key links in the development of a confidence-building and security system in Europe " . |
| 24 | He was hard pressed during the epidemic , and had obtained permission for the acting medical officer of health for the Borough to man a relief vaccination station at the Town Hall . |
| 25 | In August the KKE had expressed support for the attempted coup against Soviet President Gorbachev , and Papariga now declared that the process of perestroika " which has been presented as the political restructuring of socialism , is in fact a most savage … restoration of capitalism " . |
| 26 | It was like he had discovered sex for the first time , ’ said a friend . |
| 27 | Her father had been a history master at the local grammar school and Dotty had kept house for the old man until his death , when she sold their home , bringing some of the furniture , all the books , four cats , two dogs and a collection of medicinal herbs to her new home . |
| 28 | Carlos Manuel Castillo , 61 , an economist representing the social democratic National Liberation Party ( PLN ) which had held power for the past eight years , came second with 47.3 per cent . |
| 29 | Usually it 's D W Griffith of America who 's given credit for the intelligent use of the close-up erm but Smith was immensely interested in the portraiture area of photography , and made a series of films which were called at the time ‘ facials ’ . |
| 30 | Three of the Queensland team — Mark Catchpole , Brett Johnstone and Brenton Fielke , all of whom were in Dubai — have won selection for the Australian side for the tournament in Fiji this weekend , as the XV-a-side world champions continue to experiment with Hong Kong and Murrayfield in mind . |