Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for the [n mass] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least that 's some improvement for the 50% or women in Britain who currently fail to qualify for maternity leave at all . |
| 2 | Hard times for the hake and pilchard , |
| 3 | In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria . |
| 4 | Submerged oxygenating plants are those that we affectionately refer to as ‘ weeds ’ , and their function is to maintain healthy , well-oxygenated water for the fish and other livestock . |
| 5 | Do you think then that the er trams provided a better service for the people than the buses ? |
| 6 | But plenty of the money spent by the parties in those frantic few weeks of the election itself , particularly on newspaper advertisements , will be fresh funds — which has to be good news for the media and agencies . |
| 7 | The Conservatives have presented their Election manifesto with Mr. Major promising more power for the people and moves towards a lower tax rate . |
| 8 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc 's prospectus for public offering indicates it will offer an initial 6m shares , 3.6m of them new , with 1.2m to be sold outside the US , at a target price of $12 to $14 a share ; it does n't give any plans for the $14m or so net proceeds . |
| 9 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Santa Cruz , California leader in the low-end Unix operating system market , has now formally filed to go public with an initial offer of 6m , 3.6m of them new , with 1.2m to be sold outside the US , at a target price of $12 to $14 a share ; it does n't give any plans for the $14m or so net proceeds . |
| 10 | The Finance Ministers were united in expressing modest support for the yen and the implication was that central banks would be ready to intervene in the event of another speculative attack , although there was no specific reference in the final communiqué to stabilizing exchange rates . |
| 11 | Since the imposition of these conditions on equation ( 3.25 ) gives an equation which is identical to equation ( 3.16 ) we have derived a model of consumption which has a different underlying theory of consumption and assumes irrational expectations , but which has exactly the same implications for the data as our rational expectations consumption model . |
| 12 | As Jakobson put it , historians of literature had become practitioners of what he called ‘ homespun ’ disciplines based on psychology , politics and philosophy , where literature itself could only offer secondary and defective evidence ; Evgeny Onegin is likely to prove a somewhat unreliable document for the people that Osip Brik called the ‘ maniacs … passionately seeking the answer to the question ‘ did Pushkin smoke ? ’ ’ ( 1977 : 90 ) . |
| 13 | It 's been a difficult time for the sales and marketing team at Thame in Oxfordshire . |
| 14 | The pictures have to be developed and printed to a suitable quality for the media and you will need enlargements , possibly in some quantity . |
| 15 | There was no basis for finding that Savory was liable as a constructive trustee for the £13.5m and Eagle 's claim was struck out . |
| 16 | Further , it was a huge step for the staff and everybody else associated with me , because this sort of thing had never been done before . |