Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of italics , the French translator of the above extract opts for repeating the last statement to achieve similar emphasis : |
| 2 | When there is a certain amount of risk involved in an event , most promoters opt for paying the minimum amount of guarantee possible against a larger percentage for the artist . |
| 3 | Other enhancements include a compilation environment that allows users to build and install both uni-processor and multi-processor versions of the system , installable reference binaries for the Intel platform , system management commands for administering the multi-processor features and a preliminary version of the application programming interfaces for multi-threaded enhanced security features . |
| 4 | Consequently , to test this viewpoint three educationalists and two consultants helped prepare a questionnaire asking 28 questions under four headings : professional details of the consultants ; their present arrangements for training preregistration house officers ; their assessment of the effectiveness of this training ; and their view of the help required for implementing the new recommendations . |
| 5 | However , in Chipata , in Eastern Province , there were reports of shopkeepers threatened with having their trading licenses withdrawn and public workers dismissed for supporting the MMD . |
| 6 | Cotton lavender is a decorative garden plant for the silver or grey border and traditionally was one of the plants chosen for edging the geometrical beds of the Elizabethan knot gardens . |
| 7 | So , for example , the break in the earnings link for uprating the National Insurance pension in 1980 has resulted in cumulative savings of some £16,000 million . |
| 8 | The difference between the two countries is that the formal wording of the United States Constitution can be amended only by an extraordinary process , i.e. , one that goes beyond the provisions employed for amending the ordinary law . |
| 9 | This was accepted as a small price to pay for having the wide range of voltage output , and unless a load situation arises which takes a rapidly fluctuating current from some low value up to beyond 3A at the 15V point , the performance of the unit is quite satisfactory . |
| 10 | Such a situation offers great scope for opportunism when occasion arises for changing the original terms of the contract . |
| 11 | Depth : Most reputable aquatic plant suppliers display charts offering information relating to the depth of water required for planting the different varieties of waterlilies . |
| 12 | On the Mohs scale for measuring the relative susceptibility to scratching of different minerals nephrite is rated at c. 6.5 by comparison with jadeite at 6.75 , steel at 6 and diamond at 10 . |
| 13 | One man in Kufra specialized in producing silq , a form of spinach used for wrapping the spiced ground meat which is a traditional Ramadan delicacy . |
| 14 | The Education Department appeared to be delighted with what they were doing with the family , and any materials required for teaching the one girl were supplied eagerly and promptly . |
| 15 | The stags ' antlers are cast each year and are best left where found as they are nibbled and eaten to recycle the chemicals and nutrients needed for growing the next set , which is probably more useful than lying in the loft at home or being turned into a table lamp . |
| 16 | The Unimog used for inspecting the overhead wire , can travel on road or rails . |
| 17 | The teenagers , aged 15 and 16 , were given a police caution for distributing the illegal unclassified tapes . |
| 18 | In 1948 local authorities had a variety of old premises used for accommodating the elderly , mostly old public assistance institutions . |
| 19 | Experiments were carried out to determine the best formula to use for scoring the possible transitions in a text of 372 words derived from the Malhotra corpus ( Malhotra , 1975 ) , a corpus traditionally considered to be syntactically difficult to process . |