Example sentences of "[verb] for [noun] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the weekend the Stall offers for sale the usual selection of Catholic newspapers and Catholic Truth Society publications , rosary beads and medals , prayer cards and candles . |
| 2 | This became for cognitio the standard form of execution where judgment had been given in a sum of money . |
| 3 | Allowing for inflation the total budget for L E A's this year is around seventeen point five billion pounds , nearly sixteen percent more than last year . |
| 4 | After allowing for inflation the net income of the City within this category ( which excludes interest and dividends received ) tripled between 1966 and 1977 , but then it was almost stationary until rising by a further 20 per cent in the three years preceding 1983 . |
| 5 | Slopes had become the focus for revived interest since 1950 ( Strahler , 1950b ) and had been the subject for quantitative description and analysis ( Bakker and Le Heux , 1952 ) and then for measurements which could lead to measurements in specific areas using for example the Young Pit ( Young , 1960 ) and providing many indications of rates of erosion ( A. Young , 1974 ) . |
| 6 | Now began the long-drawn-out tragedy of the Congo which , according to General H.T. Alexander , ‘ produced a fundamental change in Ghana 's position vis-à-vis the West ’ , while Basil Davidson observes ‘ experience in the Congo … seems to have formed for Nkrumah the final demonstration that policies of ‘ tact ’ , of ‘ continuity ’ , of conformity with Western wishes had nothing more to offer . ’ |
| 7 | In Ethiopia , as in India , the role of the informal producer is not distinct from the mainstream of the economy , but is in fact a key part of it , producing for instance the home-spun cloth worn by most Ethiopian women . |
| 8 | In contrast to the monasteries of the Middle Ages and the Baroque period as well as the 1930's concept originally intended for execution the new abbey is not designed as an enclosed , homogenous complex . |
| 9 | His trunk swelled up to resemble that of a baobab tree , matching for bulk the whitewashed curvature of the charcoal oven that dominated the restaurant . |
| 10 | Imagine for example the stunning impact of ‘ pass the sugar ’ in proper chemistry , or being asked if you want ethanoic acid with your french fries . |
| 11 | The first full attempt at establishing a colony was Raleigh 's colony of Virginia , named for Elizabeth the virgin queen and located in what is now the Roanoke district of North Carolina . |
| 12 | In the late autumn or early winter one or two two-year-old shoots from each ‘ mother ’ vine are buried six to eight inches deep , leaving the one-year-old shoots for production the following year . |
| 13 | The police came , brusquely sympathetic as they assessed the damage and then informed Fran that there would be men sent out to dust for fingerprints the following day . |
| 14 | As they break for food the general conversation is n't much toned down for her benefit . |
| 15 | In the following list , I have used for convenience the geographical zone numbers indicated in the map ( see end papers ) . |
| 16 | Consider for example the distinctive variety that used to be known as ‘ motherese ’ ( now usually called ‘ caretaker register ’ or ‘ child-directed speech ‘ ) . |
| 17 | Consider for example the little lyric based on Augustine 's Confessions VIII , 5 . |
| 18 | The parties agree that , subject to legal and accounting due diligence , the [ purchasers ] will purchase for cash the issued share capital of ABC from the Vendors for the sum of £ [ X ] a share , making a total of £ [ ] for 100% of the shares . |
| 19 | It was a happy debut for the latest model to drop off the fast-bowling conveyor belt ; Patrick Patterson had played for Lancashire the previous summer without making much impression , but now on his home patch with the sun on his back he hit Test cricket with a bang . |
| 20 | After releasing a couple of singles on their own Hag label in 1989 , they signed for Musidisc the following year and released a debut album in ‘ A Weapon Called The Word ’ , which has since gone on to earn them a silver disc . |
| 21 | Witness for example the common front of workers and employers in the textile industry in Britain in 1980/81 calling for import controls , which , although they may be justified , would raise the price and restrict the choice of clothing for other workers . |
| 22 | When the Emperor calls for aid the Supreme Patriarch provides the battle wizards needed . |
| 23 | On a final afternoon in which lesser mortals might have wanted to run for cover the European team fought on even though at times its causes seemed hopeless . |
| 24 | He targeted for expansion the National Gallery 's videodisc programmes for schools , and noted the vast potential of the gallery 's mission to disburse artworks and related materials throughout the country . |
| 25 | His evidence is as follows , retaining for convenience the original paragraph numbers : |
| 26 | But not all Bonhams ' baubles are so expensive — the entire collection our model is wearing went for £450 the other day . |
| 27 | You , you apologized for lateness the only thing I wonder on there is er you know it 's ea it 's easy enough to say that you did n't actually sort of clarify the time that you were gon na be there , you just accepted that you were late erm but I mean that 's a you know ju just a point I wonder that rather than apologizing straight of all , straight , straight away if you knew you were late then that was one thing that perhaps you could 've got that in the initial greeting . |
| 28 | Taking for example the nuclear power plant control room , the question is whether the desk operators should be expected to cope with all emergencies which appear within the total information presentation or whether , for complex and dangerous situations , a more senior person such as the shift-charge engineer should be called upon to make the decisions . |
| 29 | Why did the designer of the west pediment choose for subject the Thessalian Centauromachy in its new Athenian guise ? |
| 30 | However , after a further round of talks with Saddam Hussain on Oct. 28 , he left for Moscow the following day , his only apparent success being the Iraqi agreement to allow the return in the coming weeks of some 1,000 Soviet nationals who had been working in Iraq . |