Example sentences of "[adj] for [art] [adj] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should be grateful for the Financial Secretary 's guidance on these two points . |
| 2 | Claudia shook her head , grateful for the other woman 's offer . |
| 3 | I was grateful for the Foreign Secretary 's friendly reference to me at the Conservative party conference , and his acceptance of my expertise on one subject — even though it was only the cinema . |
| 4 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's kind personal comment and for his continuing support over many years for the policy of integrated education . |
| 5 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's opening comments , but not very grateful for his latter comments . |
| 6 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's first remark . |
| 7 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support . |
| 8 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support which I take to be absolutely unequivocal support for the Trident programme . |
| 9 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's words about Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 10 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support . |
| 11 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support for Mr. Norman Warner , whose appointment will be widely welcomed by those who know him as an independent-minded and good man . |
| 12 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's remarks about the overall agreement that we have reached . |
| 13 | Cooper was interviewed by Rovers last weekend and emerged as favourite for the vacant manager 's job ahead of Port Vale 's John Rudge and ex-Southampton manager Chris Nicholl . |
| 14 | Hopes were high for a pleasant summer 's day fishing , but unfortunately this was not to be : heavy wind and rain — and a stomach-churning eight foot swell — resulted in a lot of green faces and a fewer that expected number of fish being caught . |
| 15 | Is not the approach to lawmaking found in this Bill a topic fit for the Royal Commission 's attention ? |
| 16 | THE 1992 programme is going to run a bit late for the European Community 's financial-services companies . |
| 17 | Last night Det Chief Supt Colin Port , heading the kidnap hunt , said : ‘ We are gravely concerned for the abducted man 's safety . |
| 18 | ‘ Are you all right , Wei Feng ? ’ he asked , concerned for the old man 's health . |
| 19 | Detectives say they 've no proof that a serial killer is responsible for the four women 's deaths , but they are pooling all information in the hope that a common link may be found |
| 20 | During the late seventies , Johnny collaborated with and produced albums for the legendary Muddy Waters , and in so doing was almost single-handedly responsible for the great bluesman 's comeback . |
| 21 | Since 1805 husbands had been legally responsible for the married couple 's tax affairs and any married couple 's allowance had been received by the husband . |
| 22 | But Conran claims that it was the application of the commonsense element of design that was primarily responsible for the retail group 's eventual runaway success . |
| 23 | The idea that the peace movement was responsible for the National Government 's policy of appeasement will not withstand examination . |
| 24 | If you add on the transfer of resources caused by rich countries paying much less for the poor world 's raw materials , then the flow is more like $60 billion . |
| 25 | Stocks of ingredient X are currently available for a whole year 's production of Abrasive , and are valued at their original cost . |
| 26 | Willingness is essential for a good child 's pony , and one would think necessary , although perhaps to a lesser degree , for most adults to really enjoy riding too . |
| 27 | Mr Byers , MP for Tyneside constituency Wallsend , wants the inquiry by the National Audit Office to be part of its investigation into VSEL 's successful tender for the Royal Navy 's new helicopter carrier . |
| 28 | Once , desperate for a full night 's sleep , he had accepted her offer of a Valium , sluicing it down with his usual nightcap , and moved about the next morning like a diver walking on the seabed . |
| 29 | Both groups were about equally confident of their judgements ( mean confidence rating 2.6 for the black group 's correct guesses , 2.5 for the white group 's ) . |
| 30 | In addition , NNS and NN papers assumed that it was total unemployment and employment income that were relevant for the unemployed individual 's optimisation problem . |