Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adv] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catering entrepreneurs will have three choices : first , to take over an existing catering establishment as a going concern and adapt the premises as they see fit ; secondly , to convert already existing premises to be used as a catering establishment , such premises being derelict or presently used for some other purpose ; and thirdly , to have purpose-built premises designed by an architect and built to their specifications . |
| 2 | Cells were detached from flasks by first washing three times with Ca 2 + - and Mg 2 + -free phosphate buffered saline and then incubating for three minutes at 37°C with the same phosphate buffered saline to which 0.02% ( w/v ) EDTA had been added . |
| 3 | Although many economists would argue that capital gains , as for example when ICI shares are purchased for 2 and subsequently sold for 3 , are as much income as the dividend component of the return on an asset , in practice the Inland Revenue assesses and taxes capital gains separately . |
| 4 | The Aug. 6 statement was accompanied by a photograph of United States hostage Terry Anderson , kidnapped in March 1985 and now detained for longer than any other of the Westerners captive in Lebanon . |
| 5 | They were repeatedly told he was too busy , and when finally , at the eleventh hour , they were granted a meeting , some sort of communication problem caused Mrs Sue Amphlett and her associate to be sent from one building to another and then to wait for some time in the wrong one , until they had to leave to finish the report in time for the news conference they had called . |
| 6 | They were both introduced in 1979 and now account for 30 per cent of sales in the US of Z80-type microprocessors . |
| 7 | Beyond the door lay the cargo compartment , bare , bleak , functional and obviously designed for one purpose only , the transport of missiles . |
| 8 | In British English , examples of this are [ h ] -dropping and glottalling , which are regionally widespread and usually marked for social status or style . |
| 9 | The context , temperature , is one of the most obvious and frequently used for negative numbers . |
| 10 | Two forms of design right are proposed , one subject to registration , the other right being unregistered but only lasting for three years . |
| 11 | In the two months prior to writing this chapter , my counselling has involved one thirteen-year-old babysitter for a coven who was drugged and sexually abused for two years before eventually plucking up the courage to tell her parents . |
| 12 | Martial acts might also be more dramatic or better recorded for wider public esteem . |
| 13 | Apart from that she was unremarkable , short and stocky , solid-breasted , round-shouldered , with sturdy hips and ankles , not yet fat but genetically programmed for early obesity . |
| 14 | But in assessing the usefulness of VARBRUL , it is important to note that it is at present neither commercially available nor adequately documented for inexperienced users . |
| 15 | ‘ He got very worried and immediately sent for one of the consultants from the hospital . ’ |
| 16 | These interviews were tape-recorded and usually lasted for eight or nine hours ( although one mammoth sitting lasted for twelve ) . |