Example sentences of "[adj] for the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Economics ( and the fear of being bored witless for the third time in 10 days ) demanded that I , and my son , only got to the first two matches and watched from the Kop . |
| 32 | Her cheeks pink , she took a deep breath , and , enormously grateful for the solid bulk of Leo at her back , she stepped inside . |
| 33 | One must be grateful for the smallest grain of humour from the Germans . |
| 34 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that an enormous number of people in Herefordshire are very grateful for the spectacular increase in knee and hip replacements that has taken place in that health authority 's area during the past 10 years ? |
| 35 | I am grateful for the constructive way in which my hon. Friend is addressing the problem . |
| 36 | She was grateful for the small privacy of her sunglasses . |
| 37 | I am also grateful for the unstinting help of those who staffed the stall and baked as well . |
| 38 | We are grateful for the continued support of . |
| 39 | By the time the timpani signalled a perky rapprochement of the Chichester Psalms and the Young Person 's Guide , having long ago left Berg behind , there was every reason to be grateful for the consistent vigour of the solo writing and to admire Zukerman 's unstinted flair in putting it across . |
| 40 | ‘ A promise , ’ Merrill confirmed , grateful for the friendly strength of his warm hand . |
| 41 | I am also grateful for the continuing support of the other Board members , particularly Michael Lunn who has been of great assistance to me in his capacity of Deputy Chairman . |
| 42 | We are grateful for the loose change of Messrs Lonsdale and Pugh , but let me assure you all , with a family-sized packet of Fisherman 's Friend extra throat lozenges placed firmly on my heart , that I will strive in ever-decreasing circles to bring the sponsorship of a major international to ‘ The Tip ’ to provide much needed support to our glorious team . |
| 43 | The night air amplified the snort and splash of animals and I was very grateful for the orange glow of the fire through the canvas walls of the tent . |
| 44 | On July 29 the Northern Ireland appeal court in Belfast released three out of four of the former Ulster Defence Regiment ( UDR ) members imprisoned for life in 1986 for the 1983 murder of a Catholic man [ see p. 34318 ] . |
| 45 | Within the framework established by the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 for the head teacher to be in overall control of discipline in a school ( taking account of the governors ' policy on discipline ) , the law is content to allow teachers much discretion in the enforcement of school rules and application of sanctions . |
| 46 | Ea transgene copy number ( Figure 2D ) was determined by Southern blots of DNA derived from transgenic mice spleens , digested with the restriction enzyme Kpn I , and then hybridised using a DNA probe specific for the second exon of Ea . |
| 47 | However , the temperature today at the base of the Cytherean exosphere rarely exceeds about 300 K , which is too low for the thermal escape of very much hydrogen even over 4600 Ma , and chemical escape might not make a lot of difference . |
| 48 | Alan tried in vain for the ensuing limbo of time to distract and comfort Chrissy . |
| 49 | Vaguely she wondered why the daily woman who had been with them for years had not put in an appearance before now , and listened in vain for the cheerful clatter of tea-cups in the passage outside . |
| 50 | When he again came to visit he found a very different situation , with the starving Buttery spirit stretching out in vain for the wholesome food on the larder shelves . |
| 51 | Congress delegates waited in vain for the congratulatory telegram from Moscow when the new party was formed . |
| 52 | In 1971 the small group of regular journalists at the Old Bailey received £150 damages each for the intolerable insult of being collectively described in " The Spectator " as " beer-sodden hacks " . |
| 53 | We can gain some idea of this from data included in the household survey cards compiled in 1929–30 for the New survey of London life and labour ( see Appendix 1 ) . |
| 54 | However Anna , fiery , wilful and impulsive , was temperamentally unsuitable for the regulated routine of royalty . |
| 55 | This story about an ageing monarch was considered quite unsuitable for the young Queen at the start of her reign . |
| 56 | However , PCR is expensive and time consuming , and is generally regarded as unsuitable for the mass screening of clinical samples . |
| 57 | For the growing number of northern Europeans who wish to spend their expanding leisure time in warmer climates , public transport has replaced private for the weekly retreat to the country . |
| 58 | Such action , however , is hardly cruel for the porous structure of the dome of an elephant 's skull easily absorbs the blow . |
| 59 | Penetrance was almost complete for the recessive homozygote in all liability classes . |
| 60 | " This Meeting , with every feeling of humanity for the distressed Sufferers , who have the misfortune to be shipwrecked on the coast of this Island , have to regret that numbers of the Country prople , shaking off all fear of God , or regard to the laws , are in the constant practice against every rule of Christian charity , or hospitality , of resorting in numbers to the shores , where strangers have the Misfortune of being shipwrecked , and that for the sole purpose of plunder ; which practice this Meeting hold in the greatest abhorrence , and now declare their disapprobation of ; and in order , as much as possible , to remedy this evil , this Meeting not only collectively , but individually , pledge themselves to use their utmost exertions , not only for the preservation of the property of the individuals , who may have the Misfortune to be wrecked on these coasts , but also for bringing to condign punishment all and every such persons as may be found plundering from wrecks : " |