Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 2 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 3 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest which you have shown . |
| 4 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown . |
| 5 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 6 | We 've asked four top designers to join us for the day and show just how they would accessorize the little black dress that is a staple of this season 's wardrobe . |
| 7 | The majority of Athenian citizens were working men who needed the meagre payment that was eventually made for carrying out public duties to compensate them for the loss of daily earnings . |
| 8 | Her apparent cry of anguish last week that John Major has treated her legacy without due reverence is not convincing ; the old bat cares nothing for the well-being of the Conservative Party or indeed Conservative government . |
| 9 | As my right hon. Friend prepares himself for the important meeting with President Yeltsin later this week in London , will he take the opportunity of seeing what can be done to deal with the massive threat which still exists from all the different independent Russian states ? |
| 10 | What scientific evidence have we for the existence of ESP ? |
| 11 | Woosnam himself , angry at the time of the incident at the 13th , said this week that ‘ only a few people spoilt it for a lot ’ . |
| 12 | This would not apply , for instance , to reference use of the library , where public use qualifies us for a discount on book purchases , but would apply for , say , postal loans of slides , commercial enquiries , online searches , photocopies and so on , where such services would use staff time and involve paying for resources which we would not otherwise have to buy in . |
| 13 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 14 | Specialising in fabric and wedding accessories , Bridal Fayre has everything for the bride to create her dream dress — over 1,000 fabrics including James Hare Silks , trimmings and ribbons . |
| 15 | It would give the American parent group a chance to examine his potential at close quarters and at the same time he would be able to undergo some training to prepare him for the more elevated positions he was destined to occupy in future . |
| 16 | The boy was in Nunnery Lane when another youth asked him for a ride on the bike and never returned . |
| 17 | He would take frustrating and puzzling journeys on the serpentine British railways to see her for a snatched fraction of a weekend in a provincial rep . |
| 18 | The same information will help members of a project team to understand what is going on , and why , strengthening their contribution and going some way to prepare them for the project management role when it comes their way . |
| 19 | Although few performers really enjoy working under the glare of high-power lights , their use is sometimes essential , and the most acceptable way to use them for the illumination of small areas is to employ the technique known as bounce-lighting . |
| 20 | The dark eyes fixed her for a moment . |
| 21 | It was a real pleasure to win something for a change but unfortunately I do n't like knitting . |
| 22 | His sad tones prepared them for the news as he announced that German troops had not withdrawn from Poland and consequently Britain was now at war with Germany . |
| 23 | The effect of Lenin 's strategy , he warned , would be that the party substitutes itself for the class , ‘ the party organization substitutes itself for the party , the Central Committee substitutes itself for the organization and , finally , a ‘ dictator ’ substitutes himself for the Central Committee ’ . |
| 24 | However , the Bishop of London refused Hossmer a licence and the following November issued one for the incumbent of the English Church . |
| 25 | What Mr Byrne 's unpleasant and excitable letter omitted , and what has been omitted from all subsequent debate , is that Mr Smith is unanswerably the only serious contender offering himself for the leadership . |
| 26 | The Chinese , who used ivory for elaborately carved handles and vessels as early as the Shang dynasty and in later times used it for a wide variety of personal items such as brush pots , wrist-rests , boxes , seals , snuff boxes and fans , had increasingly to import the material as the elephant herds in the southern provinces diminished . |
| 27 | Tory plans to sell it for a small shopping mall were scuppered when Labour seized control last year . |
| 28 | The utility continues to make satisfactory progress to reposition itself for the periodic price review . |
| 29 | I mainly use the package with my Brother 950i , to which I have a connecting cable , but I ca n't wait for Soft Byte to produce one for the Pfaff 6000 so that I can view the patterns on screen before knitting them . |
| 30 | Appeal organisers would like anyone thinking of holding a coffee morning or jumble sale in aid of a worthy cause to do it for the day care centre . |