Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb past] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This presumably discouraged a liking for beer . |
| 2 | This duly formed the blueprint for the Financial Service Bill , which later , after amendment , emerged as the Financial Service Act 1986 . |
| 3 | This merely confirmed the distaste for Communists which Bevin and other union officials had acquired in the 1920s . |
| 4 | However , this only deepened the mystery for the outside latch on each shutter was also down and , apart from the fresh footprints of Lady Beatrice and Rachel , there was no sign that anyone had used the window to get in or out . |
| 5 | At first , this largely involved the search for loop-holes in central government legislation : if , for example , the rules suggested that future grant depended on spending in a particular year , then it was possible with little difficulty to prepare the accounts to show that spending had been higher or lower that year ( whichever was the required answer ) , More important , perhaps , as time went on , it become common for councils and their treasurers to seek new sources of funding which were not covered by the rules or were covered by different rules . |
| 6 | Whereas endogenetic processes had not been studied as extensively as exogenetic ones this now gave a focus for study by physical geographers as illustrated by the analysis of eruptions by Etna ( Clapperton , 1972 ) . |
| 7 | But that teacher also turned out a lot of good scholars — some even passed the examination for grammar school , although not all those who did actually went . |
| 8 | Although Truman speedily allayed the worst of his visitor 's fears , this simply cleared the way for other issues . |
| 9 | One in five never visited a doctor for such complaints and preferred self-treatment . |