Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The usual scramble for the bathroom in the morning , cycling through the sunny streets to the shop , serving cakes and pies and bread all day , then cycling home and the rush to prepare for a dance or a visit to Sarah . |
| 2 | The first occasion was in the early 1980s when it and the Stock Exchange spent three years trying to develop an automated settlements system for the gilts market before the Bank took over total responsibility for the project in 1985 to develop what has become the highly effective Central Gilts Office . |
| 3 | Prim suits for the races in sober colours open to reveal linings and blouses in vivid Indian bright silks ; glacial evening gowns in iced blues , apricots and silver epitomise restrained good taste . |
| 4 | He freely acknowledged that responsibility for the development in rural areas of Essex would lie with the RAC but he invited the resident tutor to expand , if he so wished , his activities into existing WEA centres at Chelmsford , Harwich , Dovercourt and Silver End . |
| 5 | A comparison of turn-lengths reveals a marked contrast between the weariness he implicates here and his uncontainable enthusiasm for the subject in scene four . |
| 6 | Two external factors suggest possible reasons for the increase in numbers . |
| 7 | Two external factors suggest possible reasons for the increase in numbers . |
| 8 | Suggest possible reasons for the increase in the velocity of circulation . |
| 9 | This makes it important to select the right measure for the purpose in view . |
| 10 | The Habsburg government in particular had a great reputation for its skill in this respect and maintained offices for the purpose in Liège , Brussels , Frankfurt and Regensburg , as well as in Vienna . |
| 11 | He entered Swindon 's record books , scoring 32 goals for the club in a single season . |
| 12 | The war was a dislocating experience for the group in other ways too , disrupting families , interrupting working careers , sometimes precipitating emigration . |
| 13 | As mentioned in the previous section , there are sound reasons for the slowdown in big-city population decline . |
| 14 | AA signed unqualified audits for the thrift in 1984 and 1985 , but in 1986 and 1987 noted that the state 's precarious economy made the thrift 's property investments risky . |
| 15 | There was much public sympathy for the miners in general , however rebarbative the personality and creed of Arthur Scargill himself . |
| 16 | In the first place protectionism had been traditional Conservative policy before the emergence of free trade and Joseph Chamberlain had revived some sympathy for the idea in the early twentieth century . |
| 17 | There was , however , some sympathy for the applicant in his desire to set up a viable farming unit . |
| 18 | The SDLP 's public support for the Tories in the 1987 General Election caused its former leader , Gerry Fitt to comment : ‘ I would not vote for the SDLP because it is not a socialist party … |
| 19 | This , in itself , would appear to present a further anomalous dilemma for the Association in that last year , Tretorn signed a three year agreement with the LTA Trust to sponsor its Starter programme for schools . |
| 20 | Also when we was giving this demonstration for the people in Bloxwich for the , our unit in King George 's playing fields , we 'd got all our weaponry on , on , on show what we 'd got Vickers machine gun , the Brownings rifles this anti-tank bomb anti-tank tube , whatever you li gun , whatever you like to call it , but also we 'd got what , what was termed a bucket bomb . |
| 21 | There are now two television and video training companies , both of whom offer personal injury training , which may have some attractions for the partners in your firm , as training can be done outside normal business hours . |
| 22 | Leopold 's own career progressed slowly and unadventurously : by 1758 he had risen up the ranks to become second violin , and also court and chamber composer , and five years later he became deputy kapellmeister ( the German term for the musician in charge of a musical establishment ) . |
| 23 | The speeches by and in support of the hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West raised important questions of principle that govern three important matters : first , the need for open justice ; secondly , the provision of proper opportunities for the defence in criminal proceedings to deploy the case on which the defence relies ; and thirdly , the issue on which we focused most , the effect of the existence of those rights on third parties who necessarily can play no part in the proceedings and who consequently have no immediate opportunity to defend themselves or their reputations . |
| 24 | The second question was whether it was lawful to pass sentences totalling 12 months for the offences in respect of which the appellant had been committed under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.56 . |
| 25 | For example , a sub-contractor on a building site may agree to do some work for the developer in return for a certain sum of money to be paid when the work is finished . |
| 26 | Durie , who at 31 , is fast becoming one of the foremost ambassadors for the sport in this country , and known for her passion and honesty for the British game , went on to give some basic practical advice to the enthusiastic youngsters . |
| 27 | There will always be some return for the self in any gift — unless it can be articulated in an economy of ingratitude , a movement without return . |
| 28 | Although both approaches argue that the only solution to the problem is the ultimate replacement of capitalism by a more socialist and pacifist economic and political system , these two approaches offer different explanations for the increase in military expenditure and the close interrelationship between the military , industry and the state |
| 29 | A FISH merchants ' leader last night blamed illegal landings of black fish by Scottish and English boats for the collapse in quayside prices which has sparked an outcry against imports of foreign fish . |
| 30 | Charlton Athletic 's former Sunderland goalkeeper Bob Bolder makes his 250th appearance for the club in today 's game at Barnsley . |