Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] to [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sheer quantity of calculation and printing required for this stretches the modest administrative processor to its limit for two days . |
| 2 | Attlee , an astute judge of men , banked on Mountbatten 's ambition to provide an adequate counterweight to his proclivity for risk , and in this judgement he was proved to be correct . |
| 3 | Prince Charles could never have dreamed of this twist to his call for respectful allegiance to the past . |
| 4 | By defining sites of special scientific ( mostly ecological and geological ) interest , and setting upper limits to catches of seals , fish and krill , between them these measures ensure that the Antarctic area will not be despoiled casually , and that its biological resources will not again be exploited without some reference to their capacity for sustained yield . |
| 5 | Philip would go this morning to his source for such things , talk it over ; if one was available , did she want him to buy it , and if so , did she have the money ? |
| 6 | This hatred of accepted barriers was another throwback to his distaste for Victorian attitudes still practised in many Northern towns . |
| 7 | In that year a regional office was opened in Newcastle , providing easier access to their ground for staff working in north-east England . |
| 8 | This shows more inhumanity because he is willing to send another man to his death for no other reason that he is black and that he does not like him . |
| 9 | In so far as decorum allows I have tried to do so myself , and at some cost to my reputation for a sympathetic bedside manner . |
| 10 | Moreover , some of Picasso 's painting of 1906 bears testimony in a very direct way to his admiration for this Spanish master . |
| 11 | Dr Kohl was speaking at the end of a two-day visit to Dresden — his first official trip to East Germany — which left him clearly pleased with his reception and warm response to his striving for German unity . |
| 12 | We 've had an amazing response to our search for a cure for the chronic skin complaint psoriasis . |
| 13 | We 've had an amazing response to our search for a cure for the chronic skin complaint psoriasis . |
| 14 | We 've had an amazing response to our search for a cure for the chronic skin complaint psoriasis . |
| 15 | We 've had an amazing response to our search for a cure for the chronic skin complaint psoriasis . |
| 16 | We 've had an amazing response to our search for a cure for the chronic skin complaint psoriasis . |
| 17 | We 've had an amazing response to our search for a cure for the chronic skin complaint psoriasis . |
| 18 | Those guys have been spoon-feeding this pure shit to their audience for so long , that that 's why they do n't have an attention span ! |
| 19 | If Labour wins the election , I imagine all scientists will emigrate anyway , but a new Conservative government should give serious thought to my proposal for deporting any research scientist who asks for government money . |
| 20 | The tutor makes application for all of their students to take the final theoretical examination in a similar way to their application for the Foundation Test , but forwarded to the Secretary of the NEBE showing the Registered Student/ Candidate numbers . |
| 21 | I have expressed a general thanks to all counsel but special thanks should be recorded to the Official Solicitor and to Mr. Michael Nicholls of his department for the rapid response to my cry for help and for the superb way in which the Official Solicitor and Mr. Butler , who holds his brief , have responded . |
| 22 | ‘ I have observed you very closely , Alice , and I do not believe you lack a passionate side to your nature for all you choose to appear so cool and so calm . |
| 23 | MARK ‘ HE SLIMED ME ’ CASWELL tracked our sluggy hero to his lair for the full slippery story . |
| 24 | This was the obvious sequel to its policy for the past four years . |
| 25 | Mohamed claimed that " the anti-tropical timber activists see in the Penans an opportunity to put a human face to their campaign for temperate timber . |
| 26 | " Are you sure , senator , " he said at last , " that you would n't be better taking that fever to your cot for the day ? " |
| 27 | We have a good response to our call for proposals . |
| 28 | We had a good response to our appeal for Americana , with flags and documents and American Indian artefacts to put in an exhibition . |
| 29 | We , for our part , would have put it the other way , by expressing appreciation to the people from other churches both for their ready and effective response to our request for help and for the way they enlivened our company . |
| 30 | Frelimo gave a major boost to its drive for peace on Aug. 16 , when its central committee unanimously endorsed the scheduling of multiparty elections in 1991 and the effective abandonment of the one-party state [ see p. 37643 ; 37843-44 ] . |