Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 2 | It is known as the Appropriation Act because it not only grants approval for the total sums requested , but also prescribes how the overall sum is to be apportioned to particular votes in order to finance specified services . |
| 3 | For example , contacting users ' families not only causes unpleasantness for the individual concerned but also damages the centres ' carefully nurtured congenial atmosphere . |
| 4 | ‘ Cyclists and hikers … day excursionists , refugees from cursed towns ’ were prominent enough to provide fuel for the poetic pen of C. Day Lewis . |
| 5 | The purpose of these laws was not only to provide guidance for the day-to-day running of the Israelite community , but to teach how a holy God was to be worshipped by a holy people . |
| 6 | By the 1940s , retirement had been written in to state support for the elderly and , as such , became part of a new institutionalized dependence . |
| 7 | ‘ They have issued personal protection weapons to construction workers , yet most of them only face danger for the short-term duration of their contracts , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Now , Muze magazine may not have been a high profile organisation but it did provide a much needed platform for the flourishing Manchester rock scene . |
| 9 | is well known for her charity work , raising much needed money for the local children 's hospice — Hope House . |
| 10 | Although the decision represents a much needed victory for the regulatory authorities , it is unfortunate that the appellate courts had to intervene in the first place . |
| 11 | During her time at social services she had overseen much of the work , and had been involved in some of the preliminary work setting up housing associations to help provide much needed accommodation for the elderly . |
| 12 | That political commitment will naturally demand respect for the legislative measures adopted by Parliament as the representative assembly , a respect for which the legal doctrine is in almost all likely circumstances a suitable expression . |
| 13 | Surprisingly the recall data appeared to show enhanced recall of information in the arousal condition , both for peripheral and central information , though this contrast only reached significance for the central information . |
| 14 | This unit was supplemented in April 1993 by a more highly tuned version for the RSi model . |
| 15 | Our branch of the association has around nine members who work together to raise money for the full training of guide dogs estimated to cost £1,000 . |
| 16 | The government view has been that the way towards prosperity is for the state to do less and so leave room for the private sector to expand . |
| 17 | The students in this respect were merely showing support for the official position and expressing their patriotism , but they went too far in their protest action . |
| 18 | In Riga they paid Hughes the compliment of putting two defenders on him but that merely created space for the other Northern Ireland players . |
| 19 | The houses remained until the early 1950s when they were knocked down to make way for the new church . |
| 20 | The church was closed for repair and restoration during the years 1887–8–9 , when the old ruinous south chapel was pulled down to make room for the present commodious aisles , the reason for this being the increase in population due to industrialisation in the village . |
| 21 | In May 1890 , the minutes state that ‘ the old Saloon Shed having been pulled down to make room for the new Paint Shop , a shed is required for the three shunt engines ’ . |
| 22 | Nuns of her order already provide food for the homeless . |
| 23 | Many of those institutions would not seek incorporation for the obvious reasons . |
| 24 | ‘ Although we 're already writing material for the new album . |
| 25 | Yet it would be quite proper , and indeed is necessary , for non-scientists to have views about whether or not to buy meat for the coming weekend . |
| 26 | Even with the drama of Munich and the prospect of war it seemed as though Alec Reid had not found time for the outside world . |
| 27 | That would just leave time for the necessary visas to be obtained . |
| 28 | Work for the A-level examination in English Literature means a narrow concentration on a limited number of texts , and curricular pressures do not leave time for the undirected contextual reading that would provide broader literary experience . |
| 29 | Hume 's argument , however , does not hold water for the simple reason that it assumes that the question of the possibility of significantly ascribing identity to objects as ontological existents can and should be decided via an analysis of the conditions of their identification , whereas the simple fact is that the concept of an entity as a potential topic of discourse is analytically linked with , and hence inseparable from , that of identity . |
| 30 | Half an hour is the minimum for each side ; so if the moot starts at 8.30 p.m. , and if three judges each take ten minutes to give judgment , it is 10 p.m. even if not a minute has been lost — and this does not allow time for the presiding judge to invite the audience to comment before judgment is given . |