Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bakker also took $3.7m of that money for his own use . |
| 2 | I want that building for my new car . |
| 3 | It will be necessary over the next decade or two to provide countries like Kenya with much more economic support for their rural populations , particularly those adjacent to the national parks and wilderness areas , while an effective long-term strategy for sustainable development is worked out . |
| 4 | According to NMW coordinator Jan Martins , some employers do n't just have separate canteens for different grades of staff , they even have two sorts of lavatory paper — soft for the senior executive and , you guessed it , the scratchy kind for your humbler bottom . |
| 5 | On the contrary , Aubrey 's instant approval of his choice of a wife had added to his own conviction that he had finally made the right decision for his future happiness . |
| 6 | By accepting the jurisdiction of an external authority in domestic matters , the UK in effect converted her responsibility for the external relations of the Isle of Man into a total responsibility for its internal affairs , and abrogated by a sidewind the semi-independence of the Islands , which are under the Crown but not part of the United Kingdom . |
| 7 | The shorthand way of putting this is that students must have the freedom-the academic freedom — to exercise due responsibility for their own learning . |
| 8 | Many bilingual students lack appropriate study skills and appear to take little responsibility for their own learning . |
| 9 | ‘ Red ’ is the technical term for what most people would call ginger , orange or marmalade . |
| 10 | Yet if we are to be realistic in our starting-point we must accept that the relationships which give rise to nuclear catastrophe are likely to be relationships between sovereign states , each able to possess and deploy armed force for their own interests . |
| 11 | Then he smiled across at me , a doleful witness for his own prosecution , and shambled from the room . |
| 12 | Josh only gave him some whisky for his own good . |
| 13 | Old Spannerbreaker picks up another award for his moody performance in a series of popular ads . |
| 14 | Some months earlier , in the autumn of 1182 , young Henry had once again asked his father to give him a principality , Normandy , so that he could make proper provision for his own knights . |
| 15 | Anthony John Allen , aged 23 , of Huyton , Liverpool , was cleared by the appeal judges , along with William Willis , aged 23 , who had been given an 11-year sentence for his alleged part in the attack three years ago on a Southampton publican , his wife , and a barmaid . |
| 16 | The group members have not been idle during their enforced stay from Glenburrell Bridge as we have been helping out on the Society 's stall at local shows as well as building Thomas , The Tank Engine and , having purchased the show stand that we used to borrow , we are now adapting this stand for our own use at shows . |
| 17 | Anticipating this difficulty for their new employee , the oil company installed an incinerator loo which , at the press of a button , was triggered into fiery life as six flame-throwing nozzles squirting blazing diesel in all directions enveloping and consuming all that lay in its path . |
| 18 | It was to be an opening of a very different kind for our hypothetical school-leaver . |
| 19 | At the presentation by HRH The Duke of Gloucester GCVO in addition to the Ian Allan Railway Heritage Awards and those made by the Railway Heritage Trust Westinghouse Signal Limited and others , the Association of Railway Preservation Societies Limited ( ARPS ) made its own presentation of the Peter Mainsty Award for Excellence to British Rail for their imaginative restructuring , refurbishment and revival of Liverpool Street Station . |
| 20 | Thames blamed unacceptably high levels of pesticide use by farmers , local authorities and British Rail for its poor showing . |
| 21 | His best guess was that the reference was to Nerys , that his unconscious mind had been looking for comfort in the prospect that Wayne would at least be with his mother , in which case he decided that there was probably some hope for his mental state after all . |
| 22 | ‘ Silly girl walked off with my car-keys , ’ Leo lied , giving an acceptable excuse for her sudden dash out of the shop . |
| 23 | Clearly it was not a popular revolution in the sense of an uprising by the masses , although popular discontent was widespread , legitimate and frequently manifest : those involved in the transfer of power did not seek to exploit this discontent for their own purposes , either before or for many years after 1868 . |
| 24 | Farmers have been slow to make adequate provision for their own retirement so it was important to see how many had this long term security and how much importance it carried . |
| 25 | Taking some responsibility for your own health and well being in an age of ‘ national health ’ seemed a revolutionary concept . |
| 26 | It also gives him practice in planning outings and taking some responsibility for his own actions . |
| 27 | At the same time , Mrs Aquino is mobilising popular support for her beleaguered government . |
| 28 | At the same time , Mrs Aquino is mobilising popular support for her beleaguered government . |
| 29 | Exploiting Boniface 's injudicious move , Edward sought to rekindle popular support for his Scottish campaign by a debate in parliament on his and the papal claims , in the course of which he employed no little historical research to justify his own rights , to refute the pope 's , and to persuade the public of all this . |
| 30 | It protects them and ensures they receive adequate payment for their musical skills . |