Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adj] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These pressures are much greater among the young who are attempting to find their own accommodation for the first time . |
| 2 | Here was yet another aspect of Thrush Green to increase his growing affection for the place . |
| 3 | Of course , you may have to provide your own substitute for the impeccable James who serves it . |
| 4 | The notion that the Japanese are a nation of workaholics who are willing to sacrifice their personal lives for the good of their company has become a popular image . |
| 5 | LIZ McCOLGAN will play ‘ mind games ’ tonight in a bid to drive her main rivals for the 10,000 metres gold crazy . |
| 6 | Not that the failure of Gatting and Co. to mount their anticipated bid for the Championship can be laid at Brown 's door . |
| 7 | [ I ] t can not be satisfactory for the Department to have to substitute its commercial judgment for the Board 's in this way . |
| 8 | All the teams gathered in trepidation at the college to receive their respective challenges for the day . |
| 9 | Highways committee members are being asked to state their preferred route for the Fordham bypass . |
| 10 | China , whilst approving the airport plan in principle , had been insistent that it should be able to set its own terms for the size and financing of the project . |
| 11 | The memorandum was widely seen as a victory for the Chinese side in the negotiations , with the UK effectively agreeing to Chinese demands that it should be able to set its own terms for the size and financing of the project . |
| 12 | If you 're complete beginners , active , familiar with camping or caravanning conditions , and two or you pay for our ‘ Introduction to Yachting ’ course in Nidri , then we know you 'll be safe to skipper your own yacht for the second week on flotilla . |
| 13 | But he proved , when he joined the illustrious band of Yorkshire bowlers to take 1000 wickets for the county , that experience and craftsmanship still count for much in a game which seems to reserve its greatest acclaim for the lean , young gunslingers . |
| 14 | She had no words in which to express her present distaste for the idea . |
| 15 | We are anxious to express our wholehearted support for the renewal , on a permanent basis , of the Nuclear-Non Proliferation Treaty — an objective which we know is shared by HMG . |
| 16 | Buckingham Palace , 12th December 1987 My dear Miss Jones , We are writing to you to express our sincere gratitude for the way in which you recently risked your life by diving in front of the runaway horse of one of our Lifeguards to save one of our Royal corgis . |
| 17 | MY WIFE and I would like to express our sincere gratitude for the heart-warming friendliness shown to us by the Liverpool citizens we met at the celebrations . |
| 18 | Despite Sealink 's best efforts , I ca n't wait to escape our tiny cabin for the Bentley , whose interior I reckon has about the same amount of room but is more expensively trimmed . |
| 19 | Lineker and Paul Gascoigne have both been in touch with Spurs to wish them good luck for the new season . |
| 20 | Well , you know , apart from anything else they always they were prepared to give me free tickets for the would never do that . |
| 21 | I 'm going to do my good deed for the day . |
| 22 | The Central Authority itself had to fix its own tariff for the bulk supply of electricity to the Boards and initially did well in reflecting costs by resisting pressure for ‘ postalisation ’ or charging a common national price . |
| 23 | Voters ' ideological self-placement on a left-right scale also tended to predict their relative preferences for the Conservative or Labour Parties . |
| 24 | In Britain , especially , the political ideas of trade union leaders in recent decades have been very confused ; on one side , most of them have continued to proclaim their general support for the Labour Party , and thus for the idea of a socialist society , however vaguely conceived , while on the other side , many of them have accepted in fact the principles of a market economy in the emphasis which they place upon ‘ free collective bargaining ’ . |
| 25 | Her position as expressed to me was that if the private sector wanted to use its own money for the tunnel then we should certainly not stand in the way . |
| 26 | Melissa had been intrigued to know what kind of man could persuade Iris to leave her beloved garden for the best part of a fortnight at the height of the growing season . |
| 27 | Curry , from London , outshone allcomers to retain her British title for the third year running . |
| 28 | Gloucester undertook to settle the countess ' debts to a total of £240 and to give her unspecified sums for the performance of her last will . |
| 29 | Gloucester undertook to settle the countess ' debts to a total of £240 and to give her unspecified sums for the performance of her last will . |
| 30 | Dawn 's parents had to give their written permission for the transfer , which added to their anxieties about the situation . |