Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are my outside tip for the title . ’ |
| 2 | All the anger , frustration and hurt finally exploded into action in violent contrast to the lethargy that had been her constant companion for the past few months . |
| 3 | Given the few moments of contemplation she 'd wanted , it would probably have been her own choice for the evening . |
| 4 | Klemperer would still be my first choice for the Pastoral . |
| 5 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 6 | The struggle to determine the party 's attitude to the aspirations of Labour was to be its chief battleground for the next six years . |
| 7 | She wished she could believe that Mother Clare in Dublin would welcome Eve and tell her that the Dublin convent would be her new home for the next year . |
| 8 | Finally , at a time when the demand for public accountability has never been greater , it is worth remembering that many museums receive substantial grants towards what is supposed to be their educational provision for the general public . |
| 9 | Figures , the human body in motion or at rest , would be his prime material for the immediate future . |
| 10 | His basic earthiness means that this will be his last season for the Harlequins , the club he joined from Blackheath in 1986 in order to have a tilt at international honours . |
| 11 | It will certainly be the biggest ‘ live ’ audience Wright has played in front of — and it could well be his last game for the Magpies . |
| 12 | The white candle , which is placed in the middle of the wreath on Christmas Day , represents the Christ child born that day and whose teaching will be our guiding light for the coming year . |
| 13 | ‘ Making Glasgow work ’ will be our main theme for the year ahead . |
| 14 | And that 's my Italian name for the time being , let's now hear let's now see how Colin will do with er the Pisa players down at Lane , Colin it 's all yours . |
| 15 | What these two exponents have in common is their deep concern for the education of children and their considerable reservations about what goes on in the name of education in our present institutions . |
| 16 | There can be no connection between the appointment and the person unless it is their utter unsuitability for the position . |
| 17 | There appears to be no suggestion of lies or deception nor is there any room for the application of the Ghosh test of dishonesty which applies in the law of theft and related offences . |
| 18 | Is there some basis for the sound symbolism ? |
| 19 | Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage . |
| 20 | But is it good news for the political parties : are they spending their money wisely ? |
| 21 | Who 's your hot tip for the Royal Wedding Stakes ? ’ |
| 22 | What 's your recommended gap for the bridge on a PRS Custom , again from the body to the underside of the plate ? |
| 23 | She 's our brightest hope for the Bursary Comp . ’ |
| 24 | Perestroika , even if it is creaking , is our only hope for the future . |
| 25 | Turning to the specific allegations , Hiatt-Thompson of Chicago is our exclusive distributor for the whole of North America and is free to use our name on its brochures even though the brochures may be promoting equipment totally unrelated to ourselves . |
| 26 | I assure the hon. Member for Normanton — with whom it is a pleasure to be debating again ; it has been our daily dose for the past three weeks , and he is a worthy opponent — that my party and I are not living in the past . |
| 27 | This , sadly was my last foray for the month as I went down with an attack of bronchitis soon after this expedition , and form which I have not fully recovered . |
| 28 | ‘ I came here at the beginning of the week thinking that this was my last tournament for the year , maybe forever , ’ Evert said . |
| 29 | I guess the fifties was my favourite period for the blues and so the guys that were making records — most of the Chicago people who were playing in the fifties and who are still around — are the ones that I am always interested in playing with . ’ |
| 30 | It was their deep love for the Llŷn landscape , and a desire to keep it protected for future generations , which prompted the three Keating sisters , Honora , Lorna and Eileen , and their eighty-year-old mother to buy Plas-yn-Rhiw and its fifty-eight acres in 1939 ; later they purchased over 300 acres more with the express purpose of giving the land to the trust . |