Example sentences of "[verb] for [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to be as patient as I could and I think David 's mother has realised for quite a long time that I was quite a good daughter-in-law to her ( although I was n't a daughter-in-law at that time ) but as a girl friend , I could understand her finding it obnoxious that her son brought some strange person into the house . |
| 2 | The BBC 's Children 's Department , Newman felt , was still catering for only a small proportion of the nation 's youngsters : the ordered few for whom parents bought Look & Learn , The Eagle or maybe even Hotspur . |
| 3 | However , in a number of cases the variables on the right-hand side of equation ( 6.5 ) account for rather a small proportion of the variance of the left-hand side variable , suggesting that some important influences on have been omitted from the estimating equation . |
| 4 | It may well be , however , that this approach misses important explanatory factors which account for why the military-industrial complex has developed . |
| 5 | I understand perfectly well why that should be so , as the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) made clear in the Second Reading debate his support for the higher education reforms , which account for quite a large part of the bulk of the latter part of the Bill . |
| 6 | However , the particles in even the most opaque Cytherean clouds account for only a tiny fraction of the atmospheric volume occupied by the cloud , and therefore the cloud particles , as on the Earth , are minor atmospheric components . |
| 7 | Joint ventures account for only a small part of Hungary 's company start-up boom . |
| 8 | While this represents an important development in Parliament 's powers of scrutiny , non-departmental bodies account for only a small part of the work of these committees which are quite unable to exercise anything like detailed oversight . |
| 9 | A major difficulty is that the inert gases account for only a small fraction of the volatiles known at the surfaces and in the atmospheres of the three planets , where the volatiles almost entirely consist of CO 2 , H 2 O , N 2 and O 2 , or of compounds derived from them such as carbonates , hydroxy-silicates and nitrates . |
| 10 | As yet , these schools account for only a small amount of annual expenditure — 3 million in 1989–90 — but the government 's expenditure plans provide for this sum to increase ( to 20 million by 1991–2 ) as more schools choose to ‘ opt out ’ of LEA control and financing ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 11.1 ) . |
| 11 | Further analysis showed no differences in results between schools in which the projects were taught for only the minimum time compared with those that taught it for longer . |
| 12 | The activity was sustained for quite a long time by pupils who , according to their label , have difficulty sustaining anything . |
| 13 | Printed by Imprimeries Réunies , Lausanne , the books are intended for both the general public and scholars . |
| 14 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |
| 15 | It also made for quite a wet ride as the Seayak ‘ bobbed ’ downwards . |
| 16 | I have … often been worried that we are imposing more and more on a system of collective ministerial decision-taking that was designed for quite a different era . |
| 17 | Only by qualifying for either the English Tourist Board crown grading and quality scheme , or one of the other nationally recognised quality schemes , can establishments be singles out with the relevant symbol and this is the result of independent , objective assessment by trained inspectors , not as a result of decisions by council staff . |
| 18 | I know that the Consolidated Fund Bill allows for only a short debate , but there will be other opportunities for raising the matter , including tomorrow . |
| 19 | This new use meant a severe criticism of the earlier knowledge , since Marx believed that the studies he was using had originally been made for exactly the opposite purpose to his ; they had been made in order to justify the oppression which Marx say as the core of the capitalist system . |
| 20 | Having to stop on every other move to bury one hand at a time in the confines of barely warm armpits made for rather a stilted ascent , but it was worth it . |
| 21 | No no no it 's a well taken goal and and that 's that 's what he was looking for just a little touch on . |
| 22 | I think there 's less risk of you being caught then — Lee 's and your mother 's people are looking for either a single man and woman or two unrelated young people ; it seems as if they think it 's inconceivable that you should have remained together . |
| 23 | It revealed in September that it was looking for either an outright buyer or a substantial injection of capital for a minority stake in order to expand the publication . |
| 24 | They have n't been moved for quite a long time , and it 's funny how buildings which claim to have extraordinary flexibility sometimes turn out to be really quite rigid . |
| 25 | The images lingered for only a brief time before changing , the Retreat demolished in the storm of stones and a new structure raised in the whirl : the Tower of the Tabula Rasa . |
| 26 | But the association of menstrual blood pollutes her and she loses for ever the pristine purity of a female child . |
| 27 | The artefact 's capacity to separate itself from the immediacy of a relationship embodied in the concept of utility is most evident in the manner in which it is used for precisely the opposite function , that is , to separate the individual from productive activity . |
| 28 | Having completed the steeplechase , I let the horse canter along for about half a kilometre , then I allow him to walk for nearly a whole kilometre , bearing in mind , you will most likely have to ‘ make up time ’ later on . |
| 29 | ‘ It was n't easy paying for both the new carpet and the runabout . ’ |
| 30 | It is also advisable not to wear contact lenses , as you will have your eyes closed for quite a long time , usually about twenty minutes . |