Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb base] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cato had an instinctive interest and perhaps respect for the conquered populations of Italy and the provinces . |
| 2 | The whole point is that if the intrepid aviator got shot down while blasting Gerry out of the skies above enemy territory , he could simply unzip his boot-legs and have a pair of civilian-looking shoes on his feet , and thus pass for a native and so escape those dreadful SS men in their tight little black uniforms . |
| 3 | Flintshire must win by at least five wickets to snatch second in the four-strong group and thus qualify for the semi-final knockout stage . |
| 4 | We are not going to have any shooting trouble with them but they are tough bargainers and always ask for the whole earth , expecting maybe to get an acre . " |
| 5 | I 'd give Rocky a chance on the right or if not move Kelly forward with Bardsley in behind ( kind of like the way Jack Charlton plays Terry Phelan behind Steve Staunton ) and probably go for a new left winger to help Dorigo ( sorry Mrs. Dorigo Anthony ) . |
| 6 | Kinsbourne ( 1975a ) argued that " both hemispheres draw upon and often compete for a finite amount of attention invested in the organism as a whole " . |
| 7 | ‘ To make lips look fuller , the trick is to define them with a brown eyeliner and outline the shape you want them to be and then go for a light coloured lipstick . |
| 8 | From these , we can derive ( using the assumptions about the random terms ) the difference equations for the second moments ( variances and covariance ) , and then solve for the steady-state values to which they converge . |
| 9 | He may dodge that and instead go for a big money battle against London 's Colin McMillan , the WBO world champion , who was at ringside . |
| 10 | I humbly and obediently beg for a close examination of the musical powers of my child , above all for the sake of his honour . |
| 11 | If they have never let their son or daughter go but are still jealously holding on to them , they may resent the marriage partner and therefore look for every possible fault . |
| 12 | Scottish & Newcastle ( McEwans and Youngers beers , Newcastle Brown ) have a relatively low holding of tied public houses ( which are mainly in Scotland and the North East ) , but still account for a significant proportion of total beer sales , partly through sales to free houses and partly through the strong position of their brands in the off-licence trade . |
| 13 | He had maintained that ‘ some of these bases do not even answer to strategic necessities in connection with the possibility of a world war , but simply serve for the imperialist domination of the peoples concerned , the subjection of nations and the combating of movements of national liberation ’ . |
| 14 | Both Encina and Tuxedo could interoperate with CICS/600-based systems , though neither provide for a direct and easy migration route to it , according to Data Logic . |