Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , a delightful person , was my guardian angel for the first ten days of the tour , and was also good enough to rearrange my return journey from Hyderabad , so that I could get back in London in time for an appointment on 29 November . |
| 2 | ‘ Expanding Emporio is the most important aspect of my business plan for the next five years , ’ says the maestro , confidently plotting his way to a bright future as less resilient designers wring their hands or close shop . |
| 3 | At midnight , when , as the carol says , the animals were on their knees , I crept to the cot and put my pillowcase offering for the little fatherless one . |
| 4 | I 'm lucky enough to have a diary full of opera engagements , and my recording schedule for the next couple of years is particularly exciting : Così with Mehta [ See our interview in the next issue ! — Ed. ] , a disc of Mozart arias , and a Magic Flute ( all for Sony ) , a Don Carlos with Levine , a Verdi Requiem , all the Schubert Masses , a Verdi recital , some Russian bass/baritone duets , and a recital of Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov songs with Alexis Weissenberg ! ’ |
| 5 | Used my travel alarm for the first time having been appointed ‘ waker up ’ for breakfast — not a success as I had forgotten to resent for French time ( one hour ahead ) — many comments about my parentage . |
| 6 | They allowed cameras into their Hereford base for the first time , to drive home the message that the public must be on their guard in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 7 | They were both so obsessed with the place , its gossip and rumours and intrigues , that they wanted to spend every possible moment together there , comparing notes , exchanging opinions : who was in , who out , what X said about Y's review of P's book about Q. Well , she was sick and tired of the place , tired of its beautiful architecture housing vanity and paranoia , glad to exchange its hothouse atmosphere for the real if smoky air of Rummidge . |
| 8 | Also , as the claim of executive privilege involved constitutional issues , Greene ordered Poindexter 's lawyers to disclose their defence strategy for the forthcoming trial to Reagan and the Justice Department so that they could decide whether to proceed with their objections . |
| 9 | With their debut album for the superb independent label Dorado , D*Note are going to go clear . |
| 10 | It was voluntary for others at that stage , though from last year those transferring to fellowship had to show their CPD record for the previous three years . |
| 11 | Their maturity-depth curve for the Carboniferous of northern Germany , including the Ruhr , is described from a similar geothermal regime to the Southern North Sea . |
| 12 | The Hong Kong Government emphasises that its deportation policy for the Vietnamese is no different from its policy of sending illegal Chinese immigrants back across the border . |
| 13 | The ambitious plans were revealed when the company threw open the doors of its showpiece development for the first time yesterday . |
| 14 | Although the majority of these barbarians moved on to Spain in 409 , some stayed behind : there were Alans active in Gaul under their leader Goar for the next thirty years ; they were to be settled in Gallia Ulterior , that is on land to the north of the Loire , in the 440s . |
| 15 | But today had shown her that she was n't immune to normal natural feelings , and even her imaginery passion for the handsome singer had n't protected her from this very real and very frightening feeling of genuine affection . |
| 16 | Records show a huge surge in deals on the high-risk , high-return traded options market 24 hours before Kingfisher , the Woolworths-to-B&Q retailing empire unveiled its takeover offer for the troubled Dixons group . |
| 17 | The TI Engineering company says its takeover bid for the Dowty Group does n't threaten jobs . |
| 18 | Most operators see this as an accounting nicety , but it would seem that BT is taking the directive much further , using it as the basis for building its business strategy for the next millennium . |
| 19 | The CIS have chosen the London race as their selection point for the remaining two places in the Barcelona Olympics . |
| 20 | Adoption of Motif application programming interface specifications by X/Open Co Ltd offers a politically acceptable means for Sun Microsystems Inc to offer Motif products on its price list for the first time : its SunSoft Inc subsidiary plans to market Santa Cruz Operation Inc-owned IXI Ltd 's Motif toolkit under a deal already signed and due to be revealed soon ; subsequently SunSoft will offer a combined ‘ MoLook ’ -type COSE toolkit in first half 1994 . |
| 21 | Adoption of Motif application programming interface specifications by X/Open Co Ltd offers a politically acceptable means for Sun to offer Motif products on its price list for the first time . |
| 22 | BAe has announced it wants to recruit apprentices at its Broughton factory for the first time in three years . |
| 23 | Amid all the gloom of redundancies and take-over deals , BAe has announced it wants to recruit apprentices at its Broughton factory for the first time in three years . |
| 24 | Microsoft Corp is going to pull out all the stops this week at Windows World , its launch pad for the infamous Windows NT operating system . |
| 25 | Cosequently , the Treasury does not know whether its spending overdraft for the coming budget year will be closer to $350 billion or $400 billion . |
| 26 | IN WHICH the barefoot songstrel rewrote her life story for the late Eighties , and came back to claim what should have been hers years before . |
| 27 | In a telephone interview from her Calcutta mission for the poor , she said : ‘ Do n't destroy each other because God has created us to love and be loved . ’ |
| 28 | Mr Dobson , whom police said was about 40 , had lived with Ms Bell , a receptionist , at their Darlington home for the last two years . |
| 29 | With companies now planning their entertainment strategy for the coming year , some will be looking for a more exciting day out . |
| 30 | KOTC concluded that on their fleet of 23 vessels , repairs were cheaper than insurance and promptly cancelled their London cover for the entire fleet . |