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 | A simple ‘ Forties ’ style sweater with puffed sleeves , very fashionable these days , just needs a few crochet flowers for the finishing touch . |
| 4 | Punk rock had had a purging effect on pop music ; clearing out the old to make way for the new . |
| 5 | As well as losing power this provides support for the pronounced body lean into the turn . |
| 6 | The possibility of commercial suicide aside , the single was to become the perfect deflecting plate for the new album . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The federal government has suddenly ‘ discovered ’ high technology , say the scientists , and is likely to back plans for the new institute . |
| 15 | Twelve ( 13% ) of these represent successes for the colonoscopic surveillance programmes — that is , Dukes 's A/B cancers detected by regular colonoscopic surveillance . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Melsonby Hall meeting : A public meeting will be held at Melsonby School on March 17 to discuss proposals for the new village hall . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | On the other hand , we now may be able to provide explanations for the measured values of some quantities like the cosmological constant . |
| 23 | Reef tanks will also culture algaes and other encrustations on the rock surfaces which provide endless busy picking activity for the curious wrasse . |
| 24 | Table 3.2 shows figures for the estimated unemployment percentages in 1984–85 for selected countries . |
| 25 | The reason that his brush has stroked not a lot on these pristine pages of late is twofold : firstly , he 's been very busy providing illustrations for the soon-to-be-seen N-Force magazine ( which Europress are launching for Nintendo fans = both of them ! ) , and he 's been sunning himself on the golden shores of beautiful Bali for the past three weeks ! |
| 26 | Those holding tickets for the pulled September show are asked to exchange them at the point of purchase . |
| 27 | Despite CBoT/CME cooperation thereafter , several launch dates for the new electronic global trading system have been missed and as a result other exchanges have lost interest in the concept or decided to develop their own in-house electronic system . |
| 28 | On the other side , across a narrow lane called Watergate , is the original Bishop 's Palace , built in the twelfth-century to provide accommodation for the splendid new cathedral . |
| 29 | Only for five years between 1945 and 1983 has approval for the Prime Minister exceeded that of his party by more than 10 per cent , and Harold Wilson , and Harold Macmillan are the only post-war premiers to have retained the support of 50 per cent or more of the electorate for two successive years . |
| 30 | Other industry arrived , notably the Dinsdale Steel and Wire Works in 1882 making bits for the new-fangled telephone and telegram . |