Example sentences of "[adv prt] of [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Hargreaves admitted that one potentially lucrative source of sponsorship had dried up two days previously , when two-year-old Kate stepped out of nappies for the last time . |
| 2 | But it wo n't be that much because I 've been out of things for the last year and before that I had shut my eyes anyway . |
| 3 | Elland Road stages the event between August 1–2 as the tournament moves out of London for the first time . |
| 4 | She also looked great — out of dungarees for the first time and into a becomingly simple black dress . |
| 5 | Edouard wanted to weep with anger and frustration , but he hid his feelings out of consideration for the old man . |
| 6 | This , perhaps the most tragic of all goals seen at Wembley , sent the Cup out of England for the first and last time . |
| 7 | Between 1912 and 1928 Lutyens was responsible for redesigning eighty square miles of offices , avenues and palaces in New Delhi to house the British Government in India , an undertaking that kept him out of England for the best part of every winter . |
| 8 | Conservative commentators are urging Republicans to stage an all-out attack on Mr Clinton as an old-fashioned ‘ tax-and-spend ’ liberal , locked out of government for the first time since 1981 , |
| 9 | ‘ She is now out of plaster for the first time in ten years and can get into a bath , ’ she said . |
| 10 | DIANA stayed out of sight for the third day running on her Scottish holiday at Balmoral yesterday . |
| 11 | DIANA stayed out of sight for the third day running on her Scottish holiday at Balmoral yesterday . |
| 12 | These screws are for overall height adjustment purposes only and should only be touched if the desired action height is out of range for the individual saddle height screws . |
| 13 | He has not done so and , therefore , it would be out of order for the Hon. Gentleman to pursue his present line of argument under this new clause |
| 14 | Brundle was out of luck for the second race running . |
| 15 | The Squadrons of Land Sailors ( Esquadras de Navegação Terrestre ) were formed out of nostalgia for the military service . |
| 16 | James , one of the best writers who out of love for the old detective story has taken it and made something more of it , once summed it up very neatly . |
| 17 | Apart from nostalgia for her troupe of Tamworths , this is partly out of gratitude for the plasticised pig valve in her mother 's heart — ‘ so pigs came to the fore again ’ — and partly her horrified response on reading about European factory farms in Peter Singer 's seminal book Animal Liberation . |
| 18 | It would always be a secret : even if the doctor 's wife died and the doctor married Miss Lavant it would still be a secret about the child that had been born , because they 'd never want it to be known out of respect for the dead . |
| 19 | The R A F says its other Shackletons are n't flying today , but Mr King says that 's out of respect for the dead crewmen , not because of any technical problems . |
| 20 | The verdict of convocation was read to an assembly of the earls who duly concurred , though whether out of respect for the clerical judgement or from expediency is uncertain . |
| 21 | Pouring out of thanks for the young Timothy who spent the time in prayer if you wish to say a short simple prayer of thanks do so end it thank you God and we 'll all join in thank you God . |
| 22 | Out of office for the first time since 1951 , the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat . |
| 23 | On the day Khomeini flew in to Mehrabad Airport , she and Nader Nadirpur flew out of Teheran for the last time . |
| 24 | On Saturday , the clowns troop out of Butlins for the high point of the convention — the grand parade through the town on foot , stilts or in any number of clown cars — Volks-wagen Beetles mostly , one with four reindeer perched on its bumper , another with wooden hands in place of windscreen wipers . |
| 25 | out of frame for the heroic riders |
| 26 | ‘ Having run out of excuses for the abject failure of your Government 's economic policies , ’ he said , ‘ you are now trying to pin the blame on your predecessor , in whose Government you were responsible for economic policy . ’ |
| 27 | He felt like an infant staggering uncertainly out of doors for the first time into the infinitude of the universe . |
| 28 | By Tuesday , he was able to venture out of doors for the first time since arriving home , late and ailing , on Thursday night . |