Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , not enough was known of the biology of stocks to make control measures credible or effective , and whalers in international competition for declining stocks had no alternative but to press for the largest allowable quota , and hunt at maximum efficiency to attain the largest share . |
| 2 | These changes strike at the very base of rugby union football as played for the last 100 years in that a player could play when , where and for whom providing that he paid his subscription before departing from his old club . |
| 3 | By that I mean that I see the New English Art Club as standing for a cultured , civilised , very English approach to art — a kind of visual stability . |
| 4 | Again , quote Country Living when booking for a 10 per cent discount . |
| 5 | Thus , the enterochromaffin like cell density , histamine content and histidine decarboxylase activity of the oxyntic mucosa all increased with increasing gastrin dose up to a maximal level at a gastrin concentration in the same range as found for the maximal histamine releasing and acid stimulatory effect of gastrin . |
| 6 | I encountered an old lady of a more awkward sort while canvassing for the Tory candidate in Crosby — a by-election subsequently won for the SDP by Shirley Williams . |
| 7 | According to Le Monde of Nov. 22 the number of asylum seekers ( who came especially from eastern Europe ) had risen to 1,700 per month , and a new law to speed the processing of asylum applications stipulated that these should be processed within two months , after which an applicant recognized as a refugee could take up provisional residence while waiting for a definitive decision . |
| 8 | He had the Jaguar prize firmly in his sights when opting for a steady clear round in Tuesday night 's Rover Classic , instead of attempting a time which might have made it more difficult for Nick Skelton to win on Burmah Serenade . |
| 9 | Repeat the process as defined for the upper floors , inspecting each room in a convenient order , but with three important additions : inspect for rising damp ; check the security of the windows and doors ; and finally check the meters , valves and fuses etc , associated with the water , gas and electricity supplies . |
| 10 | A sleeve as used for the Aramid lines , Spectra and Dyneema would help , but do n't think of using this material for the flying line ! |
| 11 | For a few weeks , he drove a taxi while searching for a permanent appointment . |
| 12 | Hunter would have gone further ; to him , ‘ embalming ’ meant a technique more sophisticated than that practised by the Egyptians , a technique ensuring perpetual preservation of the corpse 's remains , involving permanent chemical arrest of decomposition whilst allowing for a pre-mortem appearance . |
| 13 | In particular , the Company promised in the advertisement to pay £100 to anyone who contracted influenza after using a carbolic smoke ball as instructed for a specified period . |
| 14 | If you are single and ambitious , then your career pattern and development will be important to you , and any prospects for promotion in the longer term are a significant factor when looking for the right opening . |
| 15 | This is also the first thing we can tell about a person when meeting for the first time . |
| 16 | It is a better strategy to create resources for industrialization to go for a rich peasant economy than to go for a middle peasant economy . |
| 17 | One of the usual planting media as recommended for the other species of Cryptocoryne is suitable . |
| 18 | Carmel Keens , the home economist for Tate & Lyle Sugars , recommends cane sugar when decorating for a perfect finish , as it is finer and easier to beat . |
| 19 | And yet , awkwardly , schizophrenically , these twisted sickos are taken up by the right-on , their cause espoused in the same breath as calls for a better world the assumption being that the better things in life — hip hop imports , clothes , socialism — would undoubtedly cohabit in utopia . |
| 20 | He lost his first-team place and then broke a finger when fielding for the 2nd XI . |
| 21 | Some motorists deliberately set fire to their cars , others do under-the-counter deals for new tyres or batteries when claiming for a new windscreen . |
| 22 | The young composer practises his scales while waiting for a big break . |
| 23 | As there is still a marked shortage of UK accountants with language abilities , it could be wise to take a crash course while searching for a new job . |
| 24 | Would not it be far better to seek an effective non-proliferation treaty than to go for a new generation of nuclear weapons ? |
| 25 | Your education or training will have taken you far above the ordinary man although allowing for a proper pride in such an achievement , it does not require you to become intolerant of others not so fortunate . |
| 26 | In Scotland during the past year we have witnessed the distasteful spectacle of Dounreay scouring the planet and touting for business as the nuclear prostitute of the world , seeking to sign as many contracts as possible to dispose of other countries ' spent nuclear fuel while the clock ticks away towards the 1994 deadline set by the Government when funding for the 250 MW prototype fast reactor will cease . |
| 27 | Multivariate proportional hazard regression was used to analyse the relation between waist-hip ratio and probability of conception per cycle while controlling for the above variables . |
| 28 | b , Mature males have a higher mortality when searching for a female than on a female 's web . |
| 29 | There is little evidence from controlled trials in this age group from which to assess either the value of treatment with antihypertensive drugs or their cumulative risk when taken for a remaining lifetime of 60 years or more . |
| 30 | Up to the age of 39 he was one of that sad , nervous and obscure clan of people who scraped a living as a barrister while waiting for a distant relative to die and leave him an independent income . |