Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [noun sg] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Shearer in this form , it will be a brave man who bets against Rovers in either this competition or their bid for the Premier League title . |
| 2 | If a horse is frightened , particularly a foal , it will rush back to the other horses or its dam for the psychological comfort of contact . |
| 3 | And in case anyone thought that that was the end of the bad news , the company says it expects that its revenue for the first quarter to September 27 will be below analysts ' expectations and that it will incur a loss for the quarter . |
| 4 | She had been so thrilled too at the discovery that her home for the next six months was to be such an unconventional one . |
| 5 | EUROPEAN Community leaders will move quickly this week to reassure the Soviet Union that their support for the future ‘ unity ’ of the German people at the weekend EC summit is conditional on the maintenance of peace and stability in Europe . |
| 6 | As for the other four schools , the absence of a clear commitment does not mean that proposals were exclusively concentrated on a narrow aspect of the curriculum , but rather that their concern for the whole curriculum was either implied or assumed . |
| 7 | ‘ Bomber ’ Smith ( who joined the Authority 's staff from the Ministry in September 1949 ) had his own doubts about the engineers , feeling that their desire for a good technical liaison with the manufacturers , and particularly the boiler-makers , tended to paralyse the BEA 's capacity to exercise commercial pressure on them . |
| 8 | But it was evident that an argument was taking place between the adults , possibly as to whether their need of a refrigerator was greater than their desire for a mammoth room heater . |
| 9 | Ganguly ( 1982 ) attempted to disaggregate the manufacturing totals and although his criterion for a small firm was 20–199 employees , his data illustrate well the higher employment share taken by small firms even in industries like metal goods , vehicles and electrical or mechanical engineering . |
| 10 | He suggested a mixture of alterations and re-routing , only leaving the 3rd as it was , although his recommendation for the 2nd was limited to slightly modifying the ridge on the third level . |
| 11 | Conservative strategists believe that his backing for the Prime Minister could persuade up to 500,000 wavering voters to support the Tories , and could be crucial in a number of closely-fought seats . |
| 12 | Douglas Groom , checkout assistant at Bramingham Park , was delighted to learn that his nomination for the Good Neighbour Scheme had been successful . |
| 13 | But the fact that the PSBR for the current year has looked like falling short of the Chancellor 's revised forecast of £37 billion had persuaded some analysts that his estimate for the coming year would turn out little , if any , more than last November 's Treasury forecast of £44 billion . |
| 14 | I pointed out that Abu Tariq was an older man who deserved respect and that his desire for a quiet life did n't give Mazzin the right to abuse him . |
| 15 | It is in this more informal context that his draft for a sixteenth and ironical discourse should be read . |
| 16 | In view of the late notification by the Sports Council advising that our grant for the current year would be out by £7000 the Society 's Steering Group felt we should all make a concerted effort to raise this amount so that all schemes and administration could continue as planned for 1988 . |
| 17 | We shall have occasion later to examine the evidence submitted to and conclusions of the Bullock Committee , and it is sufficient here to note not only the submissions from educational and public librarians but also the committee 's support for the work of librarians in schools , and its welcome for the now-emerging courses leading to people dually qualified as both teachers and librarians . |
| 18 | A question remains about the impact of this forceful intervention on the family and the caregivers and its significance for the subsequent course of events in Michael 's life . |
| 19 | The FMLN stated that the handover demonstrated its " willingness to negotiate and its support for a political solution and peace " but did not affect its anti-aircraft capability . |
| 20 | Once Today moved into Rupert Murdoch 's News group it changed its politics ; its neutral stance and its support for a middle-of-the-road SDP government in the 1987 general election gradually gave way to a more Conservative outlook . |
| 21 | The Arabian peninsula , unified within the GCC and its support for the multi-national force and the core for the proposed new security arrangements , now confronts a fragmented Levant and an increasingly hostile North Africa . |
| 22 | Far better to respect the work 's impermanence and its desire for a dignified end . |
| 23 | The question of road traffic was another area which brought town planning a wider frame of reference , by virtue of the profession 's overall concern for cities in their totality , and its claim for a comprehensive approach to all major development . |
| 24 | FREED prisoner Karl Maxwell-Smith flew home to Britain from Thailand yesterday — and met his granddaughter and her mum for the first time . |
| 25 | The first Leopold heard of it was when his son coolly informed him that he was accompanying Aloysia and her father for a few days to visit the Princess of Orange at Kircheim-Bolanden , where Aloysia was to sing several arias that Wolfgang had written for her . |
| 26 | Thanks also to Lynn Inglis and her team for the many newsletters they produced to such a high standard . |
| 27 | Mistinguett was drawing huge crowds at the FoliesBergeres ; the great Bernhardt , though aged and ailing , was still as seductive as ever , dividing her time between the theatre and her hospital for the wounded at the Odéon ; at the Opéra Comique Manon was all the rage , and in May , when the Germans were hammering their way on to Côte 304 , there was a glittering film premiere of Salammbô and once again the Spring Flower Show was reinstated in all its pre-war glory . |
| 28 | Shannon had met him for the first time when he 'd arrived to film the pilot episode , and her dislike for the golden Adonis had been instant . |
| 29 | And not just in the context of G.W. Fashions and their suitability for a mass market , but in a simple design sense . |
| 30 | The CRG set about trying to define a series of integrative levels upon which it would be possible to base the main classes and their order for a new general classification scheme . |