Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless these friends will be aware that the sufferer ultimately has to make his or her own way back to recovery and that " helpful " actions should not serve to enable the sufferer to continue the recovery-threatening attitudes or behaviour without organising his or her own responsibility for the consequences . |
| 2 | On the other hand I 'm afraid I could n't tell you whether Stuart was wearing his medium-dark-grey suit or his dark-dark-grey suit for the ceremony . |
| 3 | Commenting on its most recent losses ( page five ) Advanced Logic Research Inc , Irvine , California said that more price competition reduced its turnover , and that its gross margin for the latest six months was just 14% compared with 22% in the year-ago period ; the impact of the reduction was partially offset by cost-cutting programmes , and its cash position improved by $5.5m to $35.1m during the latest six months while the company simultaneously cut bank debt $7m . |
| 4 | She knew that her irresistible hunger for the snipe pudding would lower the happy euphoria of the wine holding her airborne , almost exultant ; for the maintenance of that happy state more champagne was needed . |
| 5 | The Ministry was to spend considerably more than its total allocation for the period 1964–69 . |
| 6 | He bought a magic set for Sebastian ( although his ideal present for the kid would have been a brand-new name ) and a marionette for Louise . |
| 7 | Nor did she fail to take the hint that his only reason for the embrace had been to comfort her . |
| 8 | Surely , in a different generation , John Jackson would have gained more honours than his single appearance for the Football League . |
| 9 | This meant that our annual plan for the curriculum training days needed to recognise and reflect the training needs arising from the secondee 's work . |
| 10 | That our instinctive loathing for the way Dr. Briant is manipulating human life , is using a human child as a lever to open the box that holds God 's secrets about life , our response , I say , is not reactionary , not the stupid fears of little men , but is born of our awareness of the dangers of knowing too much , is a God-given warning , if you like . |
| 11 | Interest can continue to be received gross if you certify prior to closure that your total income for the year , including that arising on closure is less than your tax allowance for the year and you are therefore a non-taxpayer . |
| 12 | The best tip in using fats like butter , margarine or their lower-calorie alternatives such as Outline or St Ivel Gold is to weigh out half an ounce or an ounce each morning and make that your ready-calorie-counted ration for the day — saves a lot of fiddling around with small quantities . |
| 13 | So you will have less than your planned time for the descent . |
| 14 | Nobody seemed to accept that I 'd been in charge of my own body and my own medication for the best part of my life ; they seemed to think that was a very strange idea . |
| 15 | This will be used to identify the structure , dynamics and boundaries of the complex and to analyse its historical origins and its contemporary relevance for the crisis and future prospects of the South African economy . |
| 16 | This development , currently under construction , is an example of this Government 's total disregard for the process of democracy and its equal contempt for the attendant principle of genuine accountability . |
| 17 | This met with some opposition , for there were those who regarded music with suspicion because of its ‘ human ’ origins and its consequent unworthiness for the offering of pure worship , Nevertheless , hymns grew in favour in succeeding years and especially in the first part of the eighteenth century . |
| 18 | They urged Mr Michael Fallon MP and his Labour rival for the Darlington seat , Mr Alan Milburn , to intervene to ensure that in-patients were fully catered for from the start . |
| 19 | The upsurge of young talent at present must make 1993 Short 's only realistic chance to take the title and his personal dislike for the current world champion , which Short makes no attempt to hide , may add an extra edge . |
| 20 | A comparison of turn-lengths reveals a marked contrast between the weariness he implicates here and his uncontainable enthusiasm for the subject in scene four . |
| 21 | Beyond these two technical talents , it was Jimmy 's desire and his innate feeling for the game that helped to achieve his greatness . |
| 22 | Lewis , in any case , was conservative rather than right-wing , and the alien world of Eliot 's French-style royalism and his longstanding admiration for the Action Française never remotely appealed to him . |
| 23 | The Duke of Kent had to wait until his fiftieth birthday for the Garter , the senior ranking Duke of Gloucester ( at 45 ) is still waiting . |
| 24 | If your chosen pattern for the main fabric uses an unusual needle setting , perhaps with a different setting on each bed , then study the pattern before you begin and choose a welt which will give you the least amount of transferring for the final setting . |
| 25 | Einstein 's famous equation E=mc 2 already existed but its full import for the release of vast energies in radioactivity and other nuclear processes still lay in the future . |
| 26 | The " right of reply privilege " is often overlooked , but its constitutional significance for the protection of freedom of expression deserves to be recognised . |
| 27 | The ‘ special service ’ included occasional intelligence work abroad , but his main work for the next decade was the construction and command of the Southampton boom defences . |
| 28 | While his genuine care for the parties in the case may have won him their respect , another contributor to this was his respect for them which is demonstrated through his sense of perception and realism . |
| 29 | According to the Smallholdings and Allotments Act of 1908 , a smallholding was defined as ‘ an agricultural holding more than one acre and not more than 50 acres in extent , though the area may be extended beyond 50 acres so long as its annual value for the purpose of income tax does not exceed £50 ’ . |
| 30 | In January Aquino acknowledged her debt to Ramos by endorsing him as her chosen successor for the presidency [ see pp. 38728-29 ] . |