Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this stage , perhaps because she is unfamiliar with how the words look , she has substituted for the correct letters something which sounds all right but is inaccurate . |
| 2 | If the mechanisms which Kandel has uncovered for the short-term processes of habituation and sensitization can serve as a model for short-term memory , what have they to say about long-term memory ? |
| 3 | By the early twentieth century this was undoubtedly less of a calculative relationship than Michael Anderson has described for the middle decades of the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | Those problems have not been solved — just as we said that they would not be — because the Government did not take the issue seriously enough and did not press as they should have pressed for the substantial reforms that were needed . |
| 5 | There was the Trojan war , in which thousands perished over the indiscretions of Helen and Paris , who — give or take a sun-lounger — could have passed for the ancient Greeks ' answer to Fergie and John Bryan . |
| 6 | er , from , I should get paid for the disabled games |
| 7 | By July 30 , 12 candidates had registered for the presidential elections due to be held simultaneously with legislative elections on September 29-30 . |
| 8 | John McFall , a Labour home affairs spokesman , had pressed for the proposed penalties , a six-month jail sentence or a fine of up to £1,000 , to be increased . |
| 9 | So he found them a tiny cottage just south of Orvieto , in the grounds of the villa of some Italian friends of his who had departed for the northern mountains , a villa with a pool and a shady veranda along one side and an unspeakably romantic view down the steep hillside towards the floating cathedral . |
| 10 | Pc James Crane , one of six officers who had searched for the alleged raiders , said both men had been trying to hide in bushes and ferns . |
| 11 | I had nothing against Dr Hill , except that he seemed to me an entirely incongruous appointment that Harold had made for the wrong reasons . |
| 12 | There , I would dissect the brains into the same crudely defined regions we had adopted for the imprinting studies and do the biochemistry . |
| 13 | Joanne spoke with the same contempt Jacqui had shown for the high achievements of forensic science . |
| 14 | The Sejm ( i ) rejected his proposed constitutional changes ; ( ii ) voted to send the presidential draft electoral law to the Constitutional Commission for further examination ; ( iii ) rejected the date of May 26 which he had proposed for the parliamentary elections ; and ( iv ) instead approved the holding of parliamentary elections by Oct. 31 , 1991 . |
| 15 | I do n't know who they are — famous men , dead and living , who 've fought for the right things and created and painted in the right way , and unfamous people I know who do n't lie about things , who try not to be lazy , who try to be human and intelligent . |
| 16 | Miss Gracie had been the last governess , a pale sad woman who had lived for the brief holidays she could get away to spend with a beloved brother and his family in Stirling . |
| 17 | It postulates that agents will have an incentive to seek out information on the underlying ‘ correct ’ model of the economy which , in combination with adaptive expectations , had accounted for the systematic errors of the past . |
| 18 | No doubt a lack of soap and water had accounted for the black faces , and not the pigment of their skin . |
| 19 | Earl Patrick might well bring Edward himself here — who had paid for the improved defences . |
| 20 | Er , I got paid , I got paid for the disabled games last year |
| 21 | Students from all over the world have gathered for a unique championships . |
| 22 | Consider again the differential equation for the three-element model : where we have substituted for the various constants in terms of the relaxation times complex constants . |
| 23 | Skanform wall panelling from Norske Interiors could well be the answer for anyone seeking an economic , stylish , easy to clean , wall covering designed for the exacting demands of a hygiene-conscious environment , say the manufacturers . |
| 24 | Above all , they have emphasised the need for higher expectations from society as a whole about what disabled people can achieve , and have argued for the necessary resources to be devoted to helping them achieve them . |
| 25 | We have opted for a single 19″ Triton fluorescent tube in this 2′ tank . |
| 26 | the Tigersharks are one of the most successful clubs of its kind in the country … 20 have qualified for the national championships next month and in sixteen year old Jaime King they have one of the best breastrokers in the world … |
| 27 | Both students have qualified for the national finals in London next month . |