Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] for the [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 | ‘ Then she burst into tears — as she always has done for the four years I 've known her ’ |
| 4 | Then she burst into tears — as she always has done for the four years I 've known her . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This looks almost inescapably like a type of variation according to the referential category represented by the noun — i.e. not really a matter of syntactic relation at all — and this impression is strengthened by his further remark , " Having provided for the two extremes of referent-modification and reference-modification , we can now assess the blending that frequently — perhaps more often than not — takes place between the two . " |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In the Undercroft was the Guild 's now famous Baking Stall ( £643 ) kept supplied for the 6 days by our indefatigable cooks , who , it was noticed , were anxious to get away in the afternoons so as to return to their stoves ! |
| 10 | er , from , I should get paid for the disabled games |
| 11 | By July 30 , 12 candidates had registered for the presidential elections due to be held simultaneously with legislative elections on September 29-30 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Moat put considerable store in this scheme at Three Hills as the the next stage of our partnership er with the Council and erm we are committed to doing the scheme in accordance with your overall master plan that you 've adopted for the Three Hills area er our proposals will com complete the re-development of the vacant sites at Three Hills providing a further a hundred and nine properties for for social housing both for rent and for low cost home ownership . |
| 16 | Gabriel went back and told God what he had done for the three brothers . |
| 17 | I had nothing against Dr Hill , except that he seemed to me an entirely incongruous appointment that Harold had made for the wrong reasons . |
| 18 | There , I would dissect the brains into the same crudely defined regions we had adopted for the imprinting studies and do the biochemistry . |
| 19 | There were unpaid bills , receipts and invoices , all spread around the large dog-eared ledger that Fred had used for the past-few years . |
| 20 | Joanne spoke with the same contempt Jacqui had shown for the high achievements of forensic science . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | No doubt a lack of soap and water had accounted for the black faces , and not the pigment of their skin . |
| 26 | Earl Patrick might well bring Edward himself here — who had paid for the improved defences . |
| 27 | Er , I got paid , I got paid for the disabled games last year |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |