Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [noun] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it breaks down and you get a governing body that is split down the middle , where you get staff who tend to who might tend to go in an opposite way to the head teacher , where you get parents who are asked to make difficult decisions as with an opt out ballot , then I think that you have to look very hard at the way that that school is managed and the way that it 's going in the future , because those are the sort of issues that unless you get those right the future for the school can not be as bright as it is for one where they are working as a team . |
| 2 | The inedibility of the early land plants to animals and , apparently , fungi led to the great Coal Measures of the Carboniferous and thus to the fuel of the Industrial Revolution and thence the technology for the destruction of those forests ' successors . |
| 3 | Josie switched on the lights for the department 's makeup mirror , and Lucy winced as the brightness hit her . |
| 4 | This is both in respect of the run up to the seventy fifth birthday and also with the increase in responsibility to take on the remit for the development of our work in relation to the European Community , central and Eastern Europe . |
| 5 | A consistent feature of unpaid caring , demonstrated by all the available detailed studies , is that once a particular relative has taken on the responsibility for the care of an elderly or handicapped person they get rather limited support , if any , from other relatives or friends . |
| 6 | Thus evidence was taken on the need for the bill and why it was proposed to deal with problems in a particular way . |
| 7 | Later , he donned the vast pyjamas , switched on the television for a bit of background and settled down on the bed with the half-bottle of Jim Beam and The Book of Ultimate Truths . |
| 8 | A night of beer-swilling revelry was abruptly deflated at 11.30pm when someone switched on the television for the draw for the FA Cup third round . |
| 9 | She 's switched on the radio for the traffic update . |
| 10 | Between palace and castle runs the processional route of the Royal Mile , for long the arena for the city 's most important activities , climbing as it does up a narrow ridge cramped between steep slopes carved out by ancient glaciers to either side . |
| 11 | You know , i i it is a very fine line between er how we talk to our customers , which is why I , I , I ca n't stress enough the need for the project coordinators to talk face to face with the customer first of all , and perhaps gently lead him down some of the items in this list that the project coordinator thinks the client might not have remembered . |
| 12 | So they fan off the loose and close down the spaces for the fly-half or blind-side winger . |
| 13 | I wish to notify other divers that while diving in Cornwall earlier this year , my buddy and I were charged £2 each for just walking down the slip for a shore dive . |
| 14 | This is bloody hard work — if I 'd wanted a holiday like this I could have gone down the mines for a fortnight . ’ |
| 15 | He has dumped down the notes for a greyhound , has given his heart to the beast , and is derided for this by his friends in the pub . |
| 16 | ‘ They 're putting down the foundations for the bar today , Paul , ’ she told him . |
| 17 | Treaty four questions on the interpretation of provisions of Community law governing , in particular , the right of establishment and of the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination on grounds of nationality , with a view to determining the compatibility with Community law of national legislation laying down the conditions for the registration of fishing vessels . |
| 18 | Vivian Ellis of Mr Cinders and Bless the Bride talked enchantingly about Joyce , whilst Reggie and family and Simon Williams and other chums queued down the stairway for a hug and a plastic cup of champagne . |
| 19 | Write down the goals for the week as usual . |
| 20 | It is difficult not to see in that agreement what has come to be called the ‘ cascade ’ model of curriculum development : materials are prepared centrally and passed down the line for the classroom functionaries to implement . |
| 21 | Police have scaled down the search for a man who commited at least two rapes , because they have no other leads to follow . |
| 22 | He put down the radio for a moment , taking one last look at the boat as it chugged slowly up river . |
| 23 | This may arise when there are excesses in the diet or when the digestive system is upset and weakened so that it can not fully break down the food for the body to use . |
| 24 | You wonder at times if anything is straightforward in Bob 's world : does he find popping down the shops for a loaf of bread an emotionally distressing experience ? |
| 25 | ‘ Nova Scotia ’ is a laid-back , somewhat funky groove hidden inside an eggshell rhythm , defying all the traditions but laying down the ground-rules for a music destined to be the ‘ rock ’ of the future . |
| 26 | The local authority therefore lays down the specification for the road construction and in view of the long-term maintenance obligations , insists on high standards of workmanship and materials . |
| 27 | Dad said I should wait until it stopped snowing so hard , so I watched from the window , and before very long it did ease and I was sent down the cellar for the fuel . |
| 28 | She did n't go out drinking or dancing ; she did n't do as one mother she 'd known ( in a story of maternal neglect that I remember feeling was over the top at the time ) and tie a piece of string round my big toe , dangle it through the window and down the front of the house , so that the drunken mother , returning from her carousing , could tug at it , wake the child , get the front door opened and send it down the shop for a basin of pie and peas . |
| 29 | That evening , when Mrs Hollidaye crept into Dot 's bedroom to damp down the fire for the night and check that the guard was securely in place , she had filled a trug basket with garden produce . |
| 30 | Perhaps the conflict for the parent could be resolved by removing the means test until 16 , while social services departments might be able to obtain central funding for this small group of children . |