Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb pp] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1980 Irish constituencies had their boundaries and the number of their seats reviewed for the first lime by independent Constituency Commissioners . |
| 2 | The BAAB will encourage all its athletes selected for the Olympic Games to use the Vauxhall Invitation and it is expected that top Americans , already in Europe for the Grand Prix meets in Lausanne on July 8 , Crystal Palace ( July 10 ) and Nice ( July 12 ) , will also head for the North-East . |
| 3 | It is important for the humanities community to make its requirements known for the national acquisition and provision of dataset services . |
| 4 | John Hurst , the managing director of Deon who make a Ferrari Dino replica , has often had his cars mistaken for the real thing by owners of the genuine article . |
| 5 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
| 6 | In thus questioning whether poverty should be defined as existence in conditions below the barest subsistence minimum , or whether a higher minimum standard should be established in the interests of humanity and of aiming for high national standards of comfort and efficiency , Bowley and his colleagues raised for the first time some of the problems concerning the definition of poverty , which have remained at issue ever since . |
| 7 | Keep our fingers crossed for the poor kid ! |
| 8 | While I am sure we are all keeping our fingers crossed for the fledgling states of Eastern Europe , it is exceptionally hard to see how a group of dissidents could draw inspiration from the lyrics of Lou Reed . |
| 9 | He said that our grandfathers fought for the Holy Land and that we must stick to the Holy Land . |