Example sentences of "[verb] for [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foster parents can often claim fostering allowances of 2–3 times the Supplementary Benefit that the natural parent would have received for looking after the same child … which is peculiarly ironic when one considers that some children might not be in foster-care at all if their parents had adequate incomes in the first place ( Fairbairns , 1976 ) . |
| 2 | Theodosiou was the first to go for stamping in the 72nd minute and Greg Downs followed after protesting at a penalty decision . |
| 3 | It is as though the Prime Minister is trying to paint a canvas in the style of Georges Seurat , if I may be forgiven for referring to a continental artist . |
| 4 | Perhaps the rationalisation the person devises for coping with the first loss is shattered by the second loss . |
| 5 | She has also been optimised for racing with a Kevlar sail wardrobe . |
| 6 | If forced to answer the question ‘ is firmware hardware or software ? ’ , you would be excused for responding with a helpless ‘ yes ’ . |
| 7 | With no football to relieve his loss , Billy took it hard and , on Tuesday 26 July 1932 , the day after the team had reported for trailing for the new season , he was found dead in one of the dressing rooms . |
| 8 | An early decree ordered the destruction of heathen temples ; and the pressure of Westernisation was so relentless and meticulous that at one stage male Christians could be fined for urinating in the oriental , crouched position . |
| 9 | Matthew , now in his 20s , was caned for bullying by the then headmaster , William Blackshaw . |
| 10 | Answer ( b ) is an example of ellipsis because does can not be said to substitute for sing in the above question . |
| 11 | The friend he 's looking for served with the Royal Military Police in Austria from . |
| 12 | Such a system would benefit Sunderland not only financially there would be full-houses for each match but also the big crowds would surely help the Rokermen to get the safety points they are looking for to climb above the Second Division danger zone . |
| 13 | The same sort of approaches were adopted for cycling for the same reasons . |
| 14 | The structure plan can not be seen for providing for a major or sudden change in direction . |
| 15 | Potato starch , rather than harmful chemicals , is being used for scouring in the finishing process . |
| 16 | BEEM capsules ( Polaron Equipment Ltd , Watford , Herts ) are used for embedding with a low viscosity resin ( e.g. Spurr ) . |
| 17 | This distortion may be important in providing the flexibility needed for binding of the binuclear iron cofactor . |
| 18 | This session provides an opportunity to learn about forms and styles of education in different cultures , to examine the relationship between developing study skills and general language learning and to make practical suggestions which will help students to develop skills that are needed for studying within the British educational system . |
| 19 | One of my in fact was I can remember , I went up when I was first er paying for paying for an annual ticket with their bus passes and eight pound for a single ticket for us er for our quarterly ticket . |
| 20 | In those days there was considerable emphasis on its carcass quality and 60,000 fat Jutlands were sent to England with another 30,000 lean cattle going for fattening on the German marshes . |
| 21 | In his commendation , Chief Constable Keith Hellawell says : ‘ Detective Constable Turnbull is commended for acting in a highly-professional manner , displaying diligence and initiative while off duty . |
| 22 | For example , at the lowest level a phoneme lattice was produced for processing by the lexical access component . |
| 23 | The second equally obvious point is that , given the disparate analyses , a variety of prescriptions have been offered for dealing with the presumed causes of the nation 's ills . |
| 24 | On the other hand , only 25 per cent of the Kosovo electorate turned out to vote , most of these being Serbs , following calls by ethnic Albanians for a total boycott , and Tanjug reported that in Kosovo some 400 polling stations had not been opened for voting by the local authorities . |
| 25 | When volunteers were called for to drop on a remote Yugoslavian mountain , their packs laden with gelignite to blow up bridges , I carefully avoided the challenging eye and the demanding notice board . |
| 26 | By nightfall Mr Rajmohan Gandhi was calling for repolling throughout the entire constituency . |
| 27 | The majority of elderly people ( 76% ) being cared for suffer from a physical disability only . |
| 28 | While I am on my feet , perhaps I may apologise for referring in an earlier answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton , North when I meant my hon. Friend the Member for Littleborough and Saddleworth ( Mr. Dickens ) , who made the suggestion . |
| 29 | The hilltop we were aiming for looked like an angry volcano . |
| 30 | Both Mac and Morrissey were well known for slagging off the entire rock world outside their own small circles . |