Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Howe , who has treated Tony for the past four years , said : ‘ It has been discussed endlessly in the newspapers and I think it is time to let it be . ’ |
| 2 | It is clear from this brief appraisal that prevention through genetic counselling has limited value for the first born , but is an important consideration for parents who have had a mentally affected child or at least conceived one . |
| 3 | wants to see plans for the modified programme in early June , and a first draft is expected by mid-May . |
| 4 | Douglas Roaf has given money for the Physical Sciences , and an anonymous donor for the Biological Sciences . |
| 5 | My man in the sombrero tells me of an incident at Goldsmith 's Mexican estate two weeks ago which has severed relations for the foreseeable future . |
| 6 | it is this ‘ discreditation ’ of the object which has dominated art for the last half century — it all goes back to Monet ! |
| 7 | The Museum of Modern Art , 30 Pembroke Street , from January 24 to March 28 is reviewing the opus of that doyen of American minimalist and conceptual art , Sol Le Witt , presenting a concise historical survey of his career from 1963 to the present rooted in the Bauhaus , and fruiting so to speak in the fashion and perfume house of Nina Ricci ( sponsors of this show ) for which he has designed packaging for the manly fragrance Ricci Club . |
| 8 | It then bores on in this vein until our hero — Bjorn Borg , unmistakably — has won Weembledon for the fifth time consecutively . |
| 9 | But 1992 has seen changes for the better . |
| 10 | Sony Corp says it will reduce recruitment of new graduates next fiscal year to 500 from the 990 that it has offered jobs for the current year : it will be the second consecutive year-on-year decrease in recruitment after a peak of 1,750 in the 1992-93 fiscal year . |
| 11 | A sponsored swim by 61 probationary police officers at Aykley Heads , the North-East District Training Centre in Durham , has raised £1,227 for the British Epilepsy Association . |
| 12 | But the French-born widow does personally own a chateau believed to be worth £3 million and has found £900,000 for the legal fees of her sons Ian and Kevin . |
| 13 | Mr Symington , who proudly describes himself as one of the last supply-siders , has cut taxes for the past two years . |
| 14 | Since the Soweto uprisings of 1976 a lot has taken place for the younger people . |
| 15 | A ‘ good ’ book needs to have meaning for the individual reader and it must bring meaning to what is experienced in our daily lives . |
| 16 | The new display group has started rehearsals for the 30th Anniversary but already we need to start planning for 1983 ! |
| 17 | Dr O'Connor , 75 , has studied autism for the past 40 years . |
| 18 | And the head — above all — needs to take responsibility for the whole programme . |
| 19 | After observing the industrious building of castles in the air in the past few days , I thought it would be appropriate to look at an odd phenomenon that has puzzled meteorologists for the past ten years : the series of giant mushroom-shaped cloud formations round the periphery of the Siberian land-mass . |
| 20 | The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) has published guidelines for the practical application of economic instruments , eg taxes and charges on emissions , waste management and noise . |
| 21 | Reed has published Steinbeck for the past three years , having taken over his novels and short stories from Pan . |
| 22 | That is why we feel justified in saying that Realism has held sway for the last forty years . |
| 23 | Coun Tomlinson , chairman of the social services committee , said : ‘ The Government has now announced how it intends to allocate funds for the next four years . |
| 24 | As a site for negotiation between divided interests , the state aims to secure support for the long-term survival of Japan 's capitalist society by , among other things , absorbing the legitimacy of the elected government into the process of constructing the national interest . |
| 25 | Hypo Foreign & Colonial Marketing has launched Protected Capital Plus , an open-ended Jersey-based rollup fund which aims to provide security for the original investment while locking in any gains in the FT-SE 100 Share Index each quarter . |
| 26 | Subscribers may have noticed the scepticism with which we have tended to greet analysts ' forecasts for IBM Corp 's earnings , and invariably their forecasts have proved too optimistic — but it seems to take time for the true awfulness of the situation to sink in with them . |
| 27 | In establishing this Virgin finally hopes to win compensation for the dirty tricks affair and damages awarded here could easily run to one billion dollars . |
| 28 | this committee post involves organising venues for the New Mums groups . |
| 29 | These committee posts involves organising venues for the New Mums and Open House groups . |
| 30 | This comparative study of five representative prisons for adult males in one region of the prison system , seeks to provide benchmarks for the 1980's as to how far humane containment is achieved in the context of maintaining security and control . |