Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The underlying assumption identifies fieldwork with the job of linking with the family and through this contact planning for the children 's future . |
| 2 | Do n't try and make me out to be some kind of embittered nut compensating for an unsatisfactory sex-life . ’ |
| 3 | I was up going on the ski slope , and this is like , I 've been up a couple of times before , but it had been really cold and bi and I went at Easter , I was so like hot , but it 's still really good snow , and we went up there and I just could n't believe it , I just went dad , erm , oh , I do n't feel too good , and he just went , do n't be so stupid , and Nathan and I collapsed , I was at the front of this queue waiting for the ski lift and the whole queue just went |
| 4 | On the immediate constitutional front , corruption was attacked ; virtual representation was no longer seen as enough ; and whilst some attacked the rights of landed property in politics urging the principle that every man of means should be directly represented , some went further to attack the political privilege of all property arguing for the " rights of man " , complete equality , and a democratic republic based on the true sovereignty of all the people . |
| 5 | For example , a general election for the House of Commons must be held at least every 5 years but only certain people have access to the vote and not all votes for different parties are of equal power in the absence of proportional representation making for a close correspondence between votes cast and seats won ; the House of Lords ( once a very powerful state institution ) can now only delay bills passed by the House of Commons ; the Prime Minister " must " come from the Commons ; and it is " expected " that a government will resign and call a general election if it is defeated in a vote of confidence on the floor of the House of Commons . |
| 6 | The events of that year , combining as they did an enormous outflow of dollars ( the overall deficit for 1971 of $30 billion exceeded by 70 per cent the cumulative total for the previous ten years ) with considerable ‘ cashing in ’ of dollars for gold in the weeks preceding the suspension of convertibility , reduced massively the extent of potential gold backing for the dollar . |
| 7 | But when she arrived at the hotel , Miss Crossland , 27 , claimed she ‘ was fobbed off all morning waiting for the cheque ’ . |
| 8 | Unfortunately they were again delayed by rough terrain , and when they got to the road they found it choked with German armour heading for the front . |
| 9 | In addition to vehicles using the motorway and North Circular , the junction normally copes with heavy traffic heading for the Brent Cross shopping centre . |
| 10 | Joshua Nkomo , leader of ZAPU , now dissolved and merged with the ruling party , was reappointed one of three Senior Ministers in the President 's Office and was expected to be made vice-president along with Simon Muzenda under forthcoming legislation providing for the creation of two vice-presidencies with equal rank . |
| 11 | In the present series we report our experience with biliary endoprosthesis placing for the management of common bile duct stones over a two year period . |
| 12 | Some composers have written eucharistic settings in traditional vein providing for the needs of choirs with limited resources and expertise . |
| 13 | The absence of any letters between them from mid July until October suggests that they deliberately refrained from regular letter writing for a time . |
| 14 | There are two member categories : Associate members , which are drawn from a large number of manufacturers and distributors ; and Full members , consisting of companies which have been involved in successful kitchen retailing for a minimum of two years . |
| 15 | Out of sixteen instances , four were shopkeepers , one a hotel proprietor , one in insurance , and four were farmers ; and nearly all provided either houses — in one case paying for the maids , coal , and gas as well — or land . |
| 16 | It talks about one budget covering for the two centres and it also talks about two heads of centres which is more practicable and more rational than any other s situation that would have been if the merger decision would have stayed . |
| 17 | After Feb. 24 opposition to the war was reduced , although 500 Moslems marched in London on that day calling for the withdrawal of allied troops . |
| 18 | As Tables 5 and 6 , above , demonstrate , each period surveyed shows a broadly similar pattern of usage , with modern material forming a high proportion of all items of known date issued , and with material published in the decade prior to each survey accounting for a particularly high proportion of all dated issues supplied . |
| 19 | If you are going from a 2x1 rib to full needle setting for the main pattern , then finish with the lock at the left of the bed , lower the stitch size and knit two rows with the lock set to CX/CX . |
| 20 | I was in a wine bar the other day and it was just before the opening of Stanstead , a few weeks before , and I met a chap in there who worked in the airport and we were just in conversation and he said , asked him what he did , and he said , ‘ I 'm basically on temporary contract preparing for the Queen coming to open the airport . ’ |
| 21 | Ultimately each citizen will have a unique NHS number , and nationally linked population registers will ensure both that information needs to be entered only once and that it is available to any clinician caring for the patient . |
| 22 | In between minor television roles , in series like ‘ Divorce Court ’ , Jack took to practising script writing for a time , while waiting for work . |
| 23 | Durham are hoping for a quality entry and with £350 £50 up on last year waiting for the champion , they wo n't be disappointed . |
| 24 | Punjab had been under president 's rule since May 1987 and its assembly , suspended at that time , had been dissolved in March 1988 [ see p. 36692 for constitutional amendment passed at that time allowing for the continuation of president 's rule for three years ] . |
| 25 | Although the US , or at least the State Department , ‘ frankly [ had ] no solution of problem to suggest ’ it was obvious that the US was at this stage hoping for a negotiated settlement , a settlement in which their further hope was that France would find it possible to be more than generous . |
| 26 | The bunting was strewn , the green shoots already recovering the banks , nerves were at full stretch preparing for the balloon to go up . |
| 27 | The group , reminiscent of the old drug-happy hippy-freak Unix culture that was so enamoured of free software , was at one point calling for a boycott of AT&T services . |
| 28 | ‘ You were n't by any chance waiting for a fare , were you , sir ? ’ |