Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adding this in and multiplying by a factor of 2 produces the delay for the round trip Earth Venus-Earth : . |
| 2 | So who wins the fight for the remote ? |
| 3 | Quattro Pro for Windows wins the award for the best ‘ conventional ’ spreadsheet to run under Windows . |
| 4 | Positive Answers emphasises the need for the residential sector to highlight good practice and to continue to push for change and improvements . |
| 5 | There are promotions for David Hunt to the employment department , for Gillian Shephard to agriculture and for John Redwood , the Thatcherite and cerebral local-government minister who joins the cabinet for the first time as Welsh secretary . |
| 6 | This contains the recording for the Listening Test . |
| 7 | This has the advantage for the medical profession of certainty , but does not allow for children maturing at different ages . |
| 8 | Actually I 'll be operating between the village hall and the Cross Keys and Mr Roger has the pub for the last sixteen years or so . |
| 9 | The French colt , Machiavellian , now heads the market for the 2,000 Guineas at between 7-1 and 10-1 , with Be My Chief , who has twice beaten Balla Cove , disputing second favouritism with Mukddaam at around 12-1 . |
| 10 | This interpretation is confirmed by correlation measurements of which an example is given in Fig. 21.20 ; this shows the correlation of x-components of the velocity as a function of separation in the x-direction , and we consider curve B for which there is also a ( fixed ) separation in the y-direction : the asymmetry of this curve about r x =0 illustrates the tendency for the large eddies to be tilted downstream . |
| 11 | Lastly Hahnemann paves the way for the final step , into his most perfect method , with a famous paragraph concerning the number of succussions given to the vial when preparing centesimal remedies . |
| 12 | It paves the way for the first national lottery in the UK since 1826 . |
| 13 | This combination of various voices , including the choric , makes the fifth section distinctly dramatic in its fragmentation , and , clearly deriving from the techniques employed in The Waste Land , also paves the way for the fragmentary drama of Sweeney Agonistes . |
| 14 | Derbyshire 's 22-year-old batsman Chris Adams , who now holds the record for the fastest century in the county 's history , is another with hopes of a place in the Australian sun this winter . |
| 15 | Kelso also holds the record for the highest-priced winner , Equinoctial , at 250-1 in a handicap hurdle in November , 1990 . |
| 16 | The Gaboon viper holds the record for the longest fangs — of the snake 's 3 m ( 10 ft ) length , the fangs measure almost 3 cm ( 1 in ) . |
| 17 | Ian Wright has become a player who holds the key for the two Grahams , George and Taylor . |
| 18 | Herein lies a paradox for the classical view . |
| 19 | I understand Turkey holds no attraction for the out-of-contract striker , who has refused to sign a one-year deal at Anfield . |
| 20 | Not only that , but on hatching , the young cuckoo throws out the host species ' own eggs or young so that it has no competition for the foster parents ' time and attention . |
| 21 | A mechanism is therefore suggested such that a protein that has no affinity for the double stranded PPT element can interact specifically with one DNA strand after formation of the cruciform . |
| 22 | He has no taste for the new world , either in Africa or in Europe . |
| 23 | He has no time for the factory-made products of China , Pakistan or Morocco . |
| 24 | This bear of a man clearly has no time for the smug certainties peddled by the top pop politicos … |
| 25 | He has no time for the fair-weather aid groups , who will only go to Romania in the summer and is annoyed by those who deliver basic supplies , take a few pictures and never return . |
| 26 | Mr Murray has no time for the fashionable preoccupations of academic critics or for the dead-end road of existentialism . |
| 27 | He certainly has a vision for the Burmese farmer , and I have never liked him so much as I did last night as we sat talking together under the stars . |
| 28 | Miss Murdock has a fancy for the occasional scene of action , though they always have a meaning , a symbolic resonance for their particular book , and she has , too , a gift for writing them . |
| 29 | When it does decide to rouse from its slumbers and join in the fun , it has a flair for the unexpected . |
| 30 | Mr Ridley plainly has a taste for the weird . |