Example sentences of "[adv] for the [adj] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The collection of essays edited by Joyce ( 1987 ) is an important contribution to the history of work , not only for the satisfying ways in which it challenges orthodoxy about the social and political role of work , but also for its advocacy of the need to rethink work as a social construct . |
| 2 | It 's probably harmless , even pleasantly nutty , and Brand makes a living out of them but there 's another side to his business : the school attracts more than its share of gays , especially for the residential courses in the summer . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said . |
| 4 | In 1642 he was acting as a commissary , or supply officer , at Chester , sending provisions over for the Anglo-Scottish forces in Ireland . |
| 5 | Many closely related subjects are grouped together , and an application for a course in any group ensures consideration also for the other courses in the same group . |
| 6 | Members of this house will recall that this matter was raised er in relation to an amendment er at committee stage and we argued during the committee stage of the bill that it was not feasible for an entirely new electoral system to be set up for the European elections in June nineteen ninety four and that it was er silly to apply a different system for the additional six seats to that applying to the other eighty one . |
| 7 | The 1986 and 1987 figures show a rapid pick up for the larger firms in particular . |
| 8 | Look out for the new formulations in colour-coded packaging : |
| 9 | Look out for the huge holes in the trees made of black woodpeckers and with luck you will see the culprit and even hear it at work . |
| 10 | But it was left to Oxford Hawks in the gold shirts and Gloucester City in the red to battle it out for the minor places in a Central South derby . |
| 11 | It is not a bad idea to say ‘ thank you ’ every now and then for the good things in your life . |
| 12 | The evidence suggests that variations are systematic to an extent , but that this does not account completely for the considerable differences in family support which one can observe in practice . |
| 13 | February 1989 saw a giant step forward for the Amazonian Indians in their fight against the Brazilian government and the World Bank . |
| 14 | A special word of praise is in order too for the explanatory panels in Italian and English , which are unusually helpful and informative . |
| 15 | The climate had worsened significantly for the remaining Jews in Germany following the invasion of the Soviet Union , in a period of stepped-up hatred towards the ‘ Jewish-Bolshevik ’ arch-enemy and heightened tension , as Party activists agitated with renewed pressure for action in the ‘ Jewish Question ’ . |