Example sentences of "[to-vb] for the [adj] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Greenford was in Middlesex and many was the night I spent in the pissing rain having walked to Acton Town station to wait for the first train home in the morning . |
| 2 | Why was it everyone seemed to go for the easy way out ? |
| 3 | They are trained to search for the overall picture so that they can advise on overall financial policy or make an overall judgement on the truth and fairness of the accounts . |
| 4 | She felt sad and immensely tired that she was about to see for the first time how Eddie had died . |
| 5 | The Great Powers thus pressed their territorial control outwards to encompass for the first time virtually the whole surface of the globe , to centralize the world on a few centres of power . |
| 6 | In 1958 she was invited to work for the Gulbenkian Foundation where , as Director of Music she initiated an ambitious programme of activities , including the formation of the Gulbenkian orchestra , choir and ballet company . |
| 7 | THREE appeal court judges were asked to rule for the first time yesterday that parents could sue doctors for negligence over the loss of a child though the fatal injuries had been suffered before birth . |
| 8 | Although he is currently with the Halifax , as an existing borrower he is not allowed to apply for the fixed rate currently on offer from this society . |
| 9 | Hence , one might expect the middle class to opt for the political party most likely to conserve the existing state of affairs . |
| 10 | For the celebration , soldiers of his Army had been forbidden to shave for the last month so that their faced would more nearly represent those of warriors of old . |
| 11 | GATT officials warned that failure to reach an agreement by October would jeopardise the chances of meeting the deadline of March 1 , 1993 ( extended from March 1991 — see p. 37930 ) , required for US approval of the GATT agreement using the so-called " fast-track " legislation , under which the US Congress would be obliged to vote for the entire package rather than on specific amendments . |
| 12 | And if Oliver had betrayed him , as he had betrayed all the others , what would she have been able to do for the Chartist candidate then ? |
| 13 | [ he ] … began to understand for the first time just how much there was in this business of being a ship 's officer . |
| 14 | We note the elapsed time at that quarter-point , knock off a minute to allow for the initial climb out of Gransden , and mentally predict the arrival time at the half-way point . |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest , who have already had bids of £1.5m and £1.75m for Stan Collymore rejected by Southend , are expected to bid for the 22-year-old striker again . |
| 16 | It was a relief therefore to make for the frozen shore where the parson was protesting that his wife would be safer and more comfortable if she remained in the carriage . |
| 17 | If a cat enters a room where several people are talking , it is very likely to make for the one person there who has an abnormal fear of felines . |