Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If there is anything we can do at the dams , it may be that we can raise their levels by even two or three inches , but that has implications for the surrounding countryside . ’ |
| 2 | DoE might be prepared to provide money for the initial cost of investigating polluted sites . |
| 3 | Many more farmers would be willing to undertake conversion if the Government were prepared to provide subsidies for the first five years to help re-equip . |
| 4 | We 'll even give you free glazing insurance for the first 12 months . |
| 5 | The Scottish Rugby Union are thus free to enlist sponsors for the younger age groups . |
| 6 | ‘ Last spring , bluebells grew in this cleared area for the first time in years , ’ Alan said . |
| 7 | In 1975 , women with husbands in social class V gave birth for the first time a mere nine months after marriage , as at most times in the past . |
| 8 | A simple ‘ Forties ’ style sweater with puffed sleeves , very fashionable these days , just needs a few crochet flowers for the finishing touch . |
| 9 | Punk rock had had a purging effect on pop music ; clearing out the old to make way for the new . |
| 10 | As well as losing power this provides support for the pronounced body lean into the turn . |
| 11 | The possibility of commercial suicide aside , the single was to become the perfect deflecting plate for the new album . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ Although TSDO play a supporting role they are a crucial part of the overall success of the project and as such deserve recognition for the tremendous job they are doing . ’ |
| 13 | The existence of the topological ‘ fold ’ singularities in regions II and III implies bounds for the initial Cauchy hypersurface in both of the directions from which the waves emerge . |
| 14 | However , as the government proposed to separate the Rate Support Grant systems for England and Wales , it decided that it would be logical to have separate pooling arrangements for the two countries ; consequently , there has been a separate pool for Wales since 1981–2 . |
| 15 | New entry to the industry has been frequent ( Table 5.8 ) ; the total number of bookrunners has risen sharply since 1980 and 54 firms have entered the top 50 issuers since 1975 , while 15 firms have gained positions in the top 10 lead managers for the first time ( see Table 5.8 ) . |
| 16 | This is exactly what Benjamin Bevan constructed between 1810 and 1813 , except that some reshaping of the middle and lower side ponds took place in 1898 to make room for the inclined plane embankment , and that some reconditioning of the locks took place between 1908 and 1910 in preparation for re-opening . |
| 17 | As well as improving NATO 's defences against Russian tanks , the new missiles look set to become moneyspinners for the three participating countries . |
| 18 | It was of course appreciated that the public at large was in favour of retaining the death penalty and that its abolition would be likely to lose votes for the Labour Party . |
| 19 | This made the task of the prosecutor somewhat easier , but it had the paradoxical effect that a person who distributed such material with a mischievous intention could argue that the recipients of his material were unlikely to be influenced by it , and he was therefore not guilty if his audience were already corrupt , or were members of an anti-racist organisation , or if the publication or spoken words were so contrary to human decency that they would be likely to provoke sympathy for the intended victim rather than hatred of him . |
| 20 | How is a consultant physician or surgeon in a busy hospital supposed to find time for the formal educational supervision suggested , much less the pastoral aspects ? |
| 21 | And since Cambridge University of 1924 was hardly likely to breed recruits for the Labour Party — that took another three years — the young men and women of the university could not do much but move , or move further , towards the Conservative side . |
| 22 | The federal government has suddenly ‘ discovered ’ high technology , say the scientists , and is likely to back plans for the new institute . |
| 23 | Twelve ( 13% ) of these represent successes for the colonoscopic surveillance programmes — that is , Dukes 's A/B cancers detected by regular colonoscopic surveillance . |
| 24 | Working on the stage of the Folies was fraught with difficulty — there were so many trap doors for the various effects : fountains , moving staircases , foam cascading down the side , even mimosa perfume sprayed from the flies in one number . |
| 25 | Melsonby Hall meeting : A public meeting will be held at Melsonby School on March 17 to discuss proposals for the new village hall . |
| 26 | Since Death in Venice is also to be performed , would it not have been better to keep Grimes for the new house and to have included a Rossini opera as a nostalgic as well as topical reminder of golden evenings ? |
| 27 | Cases of the latter type , where the adjective is used only to aid identification and does not actually apply to the entity of the phrase , closely resemble the great bulk of noun + noun phrases in their structural value , examples such as : ( 11 ) army manoeuvres the piano factory a sea monster an angle bracket However , even among noun + noun phrases , certain specimens occur which are clearly analogous to the former type ; as in : ( 12 ) a doctor journalist ( or doctor-journalist ) Chancellor Kohl a bed-settee These would permit an affirmative answer to our diagnostic test , although normally it is necessary to allow a little leeway in the shape of an added determiner to allow for this requirement of English : ( 13 ) Maurice is a journalist and he is also a doctor 2.3 It would be useful to have names for the two types of adjectival use , and there are fortunately two terms available which fall in the right semantic area and which have not been pre-empted for any other widely accepted technical linguistic purpose . |
| 28 | To the left of the camera , and probably at the other end of the studio to get the size ratio right , we had a black draped set for the miniaturised companion to walk in front of . |
| 29 | Erm I was rather interested by the comparisons which you explained a little earlier in the evidence erm if you 've got an aircraft which is er going to replace , as I understand it the Jaguar and the Phantom which has already been retired , er against which you 've been comparing the F three er and the G R four of the tornados and the harriers , then er that gives rise in my mind to the possibility that this is an aircraft which might replace all of these , in which case will that have consequences for the still er publicly declared intention to order two hundred and fifty , might we order more for example ? |
| 30 | Failure to do so will mean that your efforts in negotiating long-term security of tenure might be in vain , as you could eventually find the shareholders deciding to bring your contract to a premature end and discover that you are unable to claim compensation for the full period during which you expected to work . |