Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As such , he recalls the sessions in the 1950's when the strategy for Southern Africa was thrashed out — to exploit the arrogance of the whites , the anger of the blacks , turning Marx 's classic Class War into a race war . |
| 2 | Green realized he was better with the pencil than writing but made his excuse ‘ were his information for the satisfaction of an individual only , he would prefer the former as a vehicle for information , but to give to the public a numerous series of explanations all cloathed in bodily forms ; besides time and other minor considerations , it is necessary to consult the copper smith , the printer , and the paper merchant . ’ |
| 3 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that , under the current rules for SERPS , there is a cut-off in the amount which is the same as the cut-off for the earnings limit ? |
| 4 | It is no accident that the Greek word for ‘ person ’ is the same as the word for ‘ atom ’ . |
| 5 | This " instruction " for how to use a colon is the same as the instruction for how to use a semicolon . |
| 6 | The principle is essentially the same as the support for a cupboard on a wall — its main support comes from a horizontal batten and simple screws keep it vertical . |
| 7 | It will be seen that this is the Caldwell/Lawrence formula for recklessness ( analysed in Chapter 5.3 ( c ) ) , and is virtually the same as the test for the separate offence of causing death by reckless driving . |
| 8 | London 's rate of population loss in the 1970s was virtually the same as the average for the next five cities ( Birmingham , Glasgow , Liverpool , Manchester , and Newcastle ) , so the relative gap between them changed little . |
| 9 | In Ancient Egypt , where the term for wife was the same as the term for sister , and men frequently married sisters who were full siblings , the distinction seems to have disappeared altogether . |
| 10 | It shows that , overall , the breakdown of the 36,755 employees in this sector is 60.9pc Protestant and 39.1pc Catholic — almost exactly the same as the breakdown for the available labour force . |
| 11 | I suppose this is more of a forewarning than a request for permission , as I was going to send them this week anyway . |
| 12 | Such is the standard of junior sides in this competition that the game appeared to be no more than a formality for us , so our 4–1 defeat came as a complete surprise . |
| 13 | Moreover , Lord Cross 's appeal to the meaning of the word rape in common usage and the ordinary man 's understanding of rape is no more than a pretext for introducing his own view of what rape means . |
| 14 | Firstly , it represents no more than a proposal for reform of the internal structure of the public company and not an accurate description of how the board at present functions in such a company . |
| 15 | Latterly , however , it had become no more than a framework for the recording of successes , with little attention being paid to problems such as the intensification of production or the improvement of food supplies . |
| 16 | The Court of Appeal rejected the Council 's defence on the ground , not that the ticket changed hands too late , but that it was not a contractual document ; for no reasonable person would expect to find contractual terms in a document which was no more than a receipt for him to prove that he had paid and which in many instances ( i.e. in the absence of the attendant ) would not change hands until long after the contract was made . |
| 17 | But , as far as James was concerned , this was no more than a PRECONDITION for the abolition of slavery . |
| 18 | Lukic was guilty of no more than a challenge for a 50–50 ball with the speeding Rob Jones around the 18-yard line . |
| 19 | There was a minute cabin on the barge , no more than a place for the bargee to take shelter . |
| 20 | That was a crucial part of turning the Royal Family into no more than a diversion for the public . |
| 21 | If each party has his own private end to gain , but yet the joint aim is no more than a desire for prosperity or peace in industry , there is no tort . |
| 22 | The 1961 Programme , for instance , had defined itself as a ‘ Programme for the building of communist society ’ ; the revised version of 1986 was no more than a Programme for the ‘ planned and all-round perfection of socialism ’ and for further advance to communism through the country 's ‘ accelerated socio-economic development ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ The formal words about the necessity of the ‘ neutrality ’ of Afghanistan contained in the Carrington Plan ’ were described as ‘ no more than a screen for the creation of conditions in which it would be possible to achieve a restoration of the regime overthrown by the Afghan people ’ . |
| 24 | Was the Alpine orogeny no more than an encore for the Hercynian performance ? |