Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd have to pay for exams and all that , but it 's all paid for at the end of the day in n it ? |
| 2 | This increase is practically all accounted for through the provision of public funds , making legal aid the fastest growing social service in Britain . |
| 3 | The salary of the ophthalmic photographer , depreciation of the van and camera , running and servicing costs for the van , and the cost of the film and its processing were all accounted for in the calculation of the cost of the service . |
| 4 | Intel Corp 's storming first quarter figures ( see page seven ) have not gone down well everywhere , and Hancock Institutional Equity Services analyst Eli Sayegh reckons that there is not much more to go for in the stock : he yesterday downgraded Intel to sell from hold , saying he thinks the company is near peak operating margins at just over 40% , double the historical norm ; he said the company 's margins have been driven largely by a shift from the 80386 chip to the 80486 chip ‘ and this can not go on for too long ; ’ he reckons that Advanced Micro Devices Inc will immediately take 10% of the 80486 market with its planned clone , and could take as much as 25% over time ; his damper wiped $1.75 off Intel shares at $115.75 . |
| 5 | Around 85% of those cared for in the capital are gay men , with an increasing number of women and children . |
| 6 | This question has been answered to some extent by a recent paper which showed a significantly higher mortality and morbidity among diabetics discharged solely to primary care in the community compared to those cared for by the hospital diabetic clinic ( Hayes & Harries , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | Reagan 's success in the Senate was never in doubt , and on 29 July a package of tax cuts virtually identical to those asked for by the president was approved by 89 — 11 . |
| 8 | Yeutter had opposed proposals to extend the 1988 drought relief legislation in 1989 , but a bill signed by Bush on Aug. 15 , 1989 , provided $900,000,000 ( and not the $1,000 million called for in the legislation passed by the House in June ) to pay compensation to farmers who had lost more than 35 per cent of their crops due to the drought . |
| 9 | Residuals can tell us about the general level of variability of data over and above that accounted for by the fit ; we can judge atypical behaviour against this variability , as measured , for example , by the midspread of the residuals . |