Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it clear that support for proportional representation would win votes : in the ITN exit poll , 52 per cent said they preferred the present system , including 45 per cent of those who voted Labour . |
| 2 | It is , as suggested earlier , becoming clear that support for applied research is more attractive to funding bodies than support for fundamental research . |
| 3 | Turn left on this and follow for 1/2 mile to junction with main drive of Witley Court . |
| 4 | It was not intended to give this impression , and we take this opportunity to make that clear and to apologize for any embarrassment caused . |
| 5 | Raise heat to very high and cook for 3–4 minutes , shaking pan . |
| 6 | This issue paid 8.45 p.c. tax free if held for five years and the maximum holding was £1,500 . |
| 7 | We 've had four three-legged dogs over the years : Bless-her , who was born with a hind leg missing ; Belle whose front leg was amputated at seven weeks because of a ligament problem ; Tulley , a road accident victim who came to us at nine months old and fought for 18 months to keep his damaged front leg . |
| 8 | Children employed by such as William Douglas at his cotton mill in Salford were often taken from the workhouse at six or seven years old and worked for long hours , and were sometimes so ill-treated that they committed suicide . |
| 9 | Membership is automatic if you are at least 16 years old and work for 30 hours or more per week . |
| 10 | You are eligible to join providing you are at least 16 years old and work for 15 hours or more per week . |
| 11 | Left empty and decaying for some years , the buildings were at last put up for sale . |
| 12 | They will highlight their plight at UNCED and call for greater urgency in efforts to combat the greenhouse effect . |
| 13 | To confront the anger of God in the way the ancient Israelites dared to do , to face it as directed against ourselves and the society of which we are so much a part , is to escape the romantic pretence , the unrelieved jollity , or the easy , unthinking speech of so much that passes for Christian belief and worship . |
| 14 | Mustelids are intermediate between categories 2 and 3 ( Table 3.13 ) , with only 24 per cent of the incisors digested but the degree of digestion is heavier than seen for most category 2 predators ( Fig. 3.24 G ) . |
| 15 | As we know , the committee decided to ignore that last objective in 1991 and plumped for five countries , a decision which left those playing in France out in the cold . |
| 16 | They are competitively priced children 's books which are both entertaining and instructive and cater for all age groups . |
| 17 | Finally : the Prescription Act 1832 , still in force , provides that easements other than rights to light become absolute if enjoyed for 20 years . |
| 18 | On the other hand , in Joseph Hone 's W.B. Yeats , 1865–1939 ( 1942 , p.367 ) we read that the Yeatses went to Sicily in November 1924 and stayed for two months , ‘ the attraction there being , besides the sunlight , the presence of Ezra Pound on the island , and the Byzantine mosaics of Monreale and the Capella Palatina at Palermo ’ . |
| 19 | Manufactured from high-carbon tool steel , hardened and tempered for lasting strength and blade sharpness , the blades are hollow-ground to give an extremely shape cutting edge . |
| 20 | Encarnación Valdiva ( " the Tiger " ) reportedly replaced Morán as re-contra leader on Sept. 7 and called for fresh negotiations with the government . |
| 21 | It had been the first definite sign that something was wrong ; though she had been moody and withdrawn for some weeks before , he had thought this a normal reaction to her baby 's death . |
| 22 | Mr Timms resigned but Mr Cooke denied he had been dishonest and stayed for two years until he was fired in August last year . |
| 23 | Although the famous gallery owner is thinking of retiring and has for some time been searching for an institution to take on his private collection , the title of the event ‘ TransForm ’ is not a veiled reference to his forthcoming conversion from art dealer to museum collector . |
| 24 | Grip lashes with the curlers as close to the roots as possible and hold for five seconds , then repeat halfway down the lashes . |
| 25 | She herself was detained in June 1986 and held for nineteen months . |
| 26 | ‘ I was very upset and felt for those players who played , ’ Durie said . |
| 27 | And a society 's ideology must be constantly reproduced if the society is to survive , just as ( for example ) an industrial society must continually renovate and update its machinery and ensure that the next generation of workers is produced , kept alive and prepared for productive labour . |
| 28 | Its tip can stay alive and grow for many days , thereby increasing its chances of meeting a host . |
| 29 | IRA man Philip Manning ( 22 ) of Springfield Crescent , also Belfast , denied the charge but was found guilty and jailed for 14 years . |
| 30 | If we work at that and strive for extra quality and performance , we can come out of the recession pretty good shape . |