Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is possible to meet my standards for a quality basic marine system for below £250 and it was time to go cap in hand with a swift apology to the PFK Editor for doubting his judgement . |
| 2 | This has its advantages for the mother . |
| 3 | Around half returned almost immediately , while half deferred their studies for a year . |
| 4 | Not that this affected his appetite for the bottles on Franco 's highest shelf . |
| 5 | The Happy Mondays may have been all too willing to sell their souls for a few column inches , but watching Shaun gaze at the floor ‘ uhming ’ and ‘ aahing ’ , struggling to get his brain into gear , I feel like a voyeur . |
| 6 | This concerns your responsibility for the accuracy of the parliamentary record . |
| 7 | This gave them sympathy for the victims of the slave trade and slavery and , as the abolitionist John Bowring stressed , formed a strong bond of union between them . |
| 8 | The appropriate strategy is perhaps to wait to determine whether the Japanese businessman is prepared to offer his hand for a handshake or whether he is going to bow . |
| 9 | You 're afraid to ask you landlord for a repair because if you do , are you setting yourself up for a rent increase ? |
| 10 | He was just as at home behind the wheel of a Sports Car as he was in a Grand Prix car , and his passion for all branches of the sport possible hindered his quest for the world title . |
| 11 | If Hastings ' performance did much to underline his candidacy for the Lions captaincy — no one else of his individual stature has a similar gift for bringing players together on and off the field — it also made a significant contribution in bringing the new Murrayfield to life . |
| 12 | So if you had a word with Liz I bet she 'd be delighted to give you permission for the kids to visit the old family home . ’ |
| 13 | The rebuff did much to undermine his enthusiasm for the Conservative party . |
| 14 | I am delighted to share his wish for a modern recording of Die Liebe der Danae but is it ‘ musically much superior ’ ? |
| 15 | The Bank of England Task Force for Securities Settlement is due to announce its proposals for the replacement system by the end of June . |
| 16 | The Security Council debate had been preceded by a series of statements by and an exchange of letters between de Klerk and Mandela in which each stated their terms for the resumption of constitutional talks . |
| 17 | They all sat around , reminding each other of things they all remembered , each waiting his cue for the next reminiscence to be slotted in . |
| 18 | It will be hard to match its success for the return visit in 1994 . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll be glad to stretch your legs for a bit longer in Thunder Bay , and some of you might visit your horses . ’ |
| 20 | After a heavily-publicised week on the slopes of Lech with their mother , the Princess of Wales , the princes are likely to join their father for the next part of their Easter holiday . |
| 21 | Education plans are made well in advance and for each intake of learners it should be possible to predict their whereabouts for the whole of the training period . |
| 22 | Youngsters aged between 14 and 18 made their bids for the title of Cleveland 's Young Consumer of the Year at Middlesbrough town hall last night . |
| 23 | Fresh from his defeat in the gubernatorial election in Louisiana in November [ see p. 38566 ] , David Duke on Dec. 4 announced his candidature for the Republican nomination . |
| 24 | Forlani , 66 , had on May 17 withdrawn his candidacy for the presidency after up to 60 members of parties participating in the former ruling coalition , including many DC deputies , had failed to vote for him in the fifth , sixth and seventh rounds . |
| 25 | In 1216 it was Eustace who commanded the fleet which ferried Philip 's son , Louis , across to England when the latter mounted his bid for the English throne . |
| 26 | The Moroccan Organization of Human Rights on Aug. 3 denounced the government 's policy of " political detention " and " inhuman prison conditions " , while on Aug. 7 Amnesty International renewed its call for the " immediate release of all army personnel held in secret beyond the expiry of their sentence , for over 17 years " , a reference to some 60 people said to be still detained under conditions of " rigorous imprisonment " at an isolated fortress in Tazmamart . |
| 27 | Vaclav Havel , who had been federal President from June 1989 until July 1992 [ see p. 39015 ] , on Nov. 17 confirmed his candidacy for the post of president of the Czech Republic . |
| 28 | He could have quit last Wednesday when the party 's national executive rejected by a 21-3 vote his demands for a referendum and a rethink on the Maastricht treaty . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought I had made that clear , ’ said Wheeler with no attempt at all to disguise his contempt for the Archdeacon . |
| 30 | The Department of Education and Science remains unwilling to declare its criteria for the recognition of overseas qualifications ; one suspects that the decisions are not based on any defined criteria , when one considers that British degrees are recognised irrespective of the class and subject in which they were taken , whilst a first degree in a community language from an overseas university will not generally be recognised . |