Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most amusing commentary on the limitations which are inherent in this type of research , however , is perhaps that enshrined in the Indonesian concept of a ‘ statistical Muslim ’ ( or Islam statistique ) , a person who , while not actively practising the faith , so records his identity for census and other purposes . |
| 2 | It must not only drop its concern for style and ethos but also for parish boundaries . |
| 3 | ‘ If I could perhaps have your address for delivery please , Miss Milligan , ’ the chief assistant requested . |
| 4 | Obviously taking her silence for agreement , he gave a little snort of disgust . |
| 5 | His new status made it much easier to raise money for expeditions and so satisfy his quest for adventure . |
| 6 | He embraces suicide as deed , as the one true act in a false world , as supreme podvig , as feat to end feats , God-killing , god-making ; and in doing so he exemplifies , as others before and Ivan Karamazov after him , the truth that Dostoevsky can only satisfy his hunger for crisis and clarity by bestowing it on the enemy . |
| 7 | For those who are dumb , a sign language is useful and especially for mentally handicapped people who have speech difficulties , there are symbolic languages such as the Bliss Symbolic Communication System and the Makaton Vocabulary Language Programme which have greatly improved their capacity for communicating ( Kiernan et al , 1983 ) . |
| 8 | But even this has not stopped my love for canoeing as I have been out many times since and this summer , when I was at camp , I was going down a weir , when I got caught in a stopper at the bottom and nearly drowned myself again . |
| 9 | It does not cover your car for damage in an accident , therefore it is usually the sort of policy taken out by people with old cars . |
| 10 | Ending the agreement , whether by you or the Bank [ see Conditions 9 and 13 ] will not affect your responsibility for withdrawals made before the agreement is ended . |
| 11 | So the tribunal has a mere supervisory jurisdiction and will probably not substitute its view for Customs ' ( VAT Act 1983 , s 40(1) ( hh ) ) . |
| 12 | Hyacinth , who could not catch her breath for excitement , found herself in the arms of the Prime Minister . |
| 13 | But Welshman Davies and Oxford-based Saxton , both 25 , have not dropped their bid for compensation . |
| 14 | Sport that invokes excessive emotion , especially anger and aggression , may not suit our need for balance and peace of mind , and this can be destructive to our striving for harmony . |
| 15 | It 's like you not painting your house for years and waiting for the glass to fall out of the windows before you start … it 's not the way to do things |
| 16 | 9.7 Accidents The Landlord shall not be responsible to the Tenant or to anyone at the Premises or the Centre expressly or by implication with the Tenant 's authority for any accident happening or injury suffered or for any damage or to or loss of any chattel sustained in the Premises or the Centre There is a question mark attached to the effectiveness of this provision on the basis that a party can not exclude its liability for death or personal injuries caused by its negligence . |
| 17 | From a traditional Labour background , my mother rejected the politics of solidarity and communality , always voted Conservative , for the left could not embody her desire for things to be really fair , for a full skirt that took twenty yards of cloth , for a half-timbered cottage in the country , for the prince who did not come . |
| 18 | Robert Bolt , the eminent playwright who had produced A Man For All Seasons and had just seen his screenplay for Lawrence of Arabia completed , wanted Ken for a Puck-like part for his forthcoming play , Gentle Jack . |
| 19 | Eventually men could probably be readmitted to positions of influence , provided they had somehow overcome their taste for violence , greed , rape and power for its own sake . |
| 20 | Even when , as we show later , Brazil had an opportunity to do so when it invited the multinationals to establish its automobile industry , it chose not to exercise its power for fear of discouraging potential entrants . |
| 21 | Economy Minister Jean-Paul Delamuraz confirmed on Dec. 11 that Switzerland was not withdrawing its application for EC membership [ see pp. 38930 ; 39244 ] . |
| 22 | This is simply an agreement by each creditor to hold off and not to press his claim for settlement for an agreed period as long as the other creditors do likewise . |
| 23 | This was said without fear but with considerable surprise , as most certainly such a thought had not crossed his mind for months . |
| 24 | The arguments centred on scheduling , with Serbia and Montenegro insisting that referendums should take place in each republic at the same time and with the same questions , Croatia announcing that it had already scheduled its referendum for May 19 , Macedonia asking for a postponement of the deadline to mid-June , and Bosnia-Hercegovina suggesting that the referendum should take place in two stages . |
| 25 | The soldiers happily carried out their orders and , having lost their fruit , the inhabitants soon lost their desire for rebellion . |
| 26 | Versant has also just shipped its stuff for OS/2 . |
| 27 | " Iraqis , " he said , " will not sell their freedom for food . " |
| 28 | They did not share her enthusiasm for peace and space and wide skies . |
| 29 | He does not share my talent for deceit , the agility of lies . |
| 30 | He did not share my passion for Frank O'Hara , Robert Duncan , Denise Levertov ( whom I had met in London and Paris ) , James Merrill and the early Pound ; nor did I agree with his high estimate of Robert Lowell , Howard Nemerov and T.S . |