Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aldergrove stands by for big take-off |
| 2 | ‘ It was assigned to me by the press , a breed which in my experience cares little for such irrelevancies as accuracy . ’ |
| 3 | If the pilot light goes out for any reason , a heat-sensing thermocouple detects the fault and prevents the main gas supply from operating . |
| 4 | Hill ( 1963 ) showed that for equal phase rigidities , G , the following result holds exactly for any geometry whatever where are the Voigt and Reuss estimates found earlier . |
| 5 | The smoke analogy holds well for flying brents too . |
| 6 | I will be true despite thy scythe and thee ’ ) , in Sonnet 116 the Friend seems to have receded into the background while the poet stands up for all men ; Although the poet 's love is included in the affirmation , I would agree with Ingram and Redpath in seeing the poem rather as ‘ a meditative attempt to define perfect love ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Jerry here will snore his afternoon beer-snore , so I am jus ’ gon na have to put a pillow over my head and pray to God the roof stays on for another winter . ’ |
| 8 | 3 Upon impact , the whole of the body weight follows through for maximum effect . |
| 9 | The main point is to raise money for Christian Aid , and although preparatory work goes on for many months , the 3 weeks during which the Church is used for sorting , and them selling , seem to bring out all the best feelings . |
| 10 | This type of question goes back for several generations , and small children are able to answer freely without any effort or strain on their part . |
| 11 | ‘ Counties have sponsorship deals now for pre-season trips , although at Essex we have never believed in pre-season tours because April is the only time you can get your first and second XI captains together . ’ |
| 12 | Above : From Crosby 's high-performance Alpha range , available in hardwood or softwood , this single sash window rotates fully for easy cleaning , and comes with a wide range of options , including ventilator and decorative swept head . |
| 13 | The process goes on for several days , a few polyps occasionally expanding briefly , until finally the coral returns to its former glory . |
| 14 | An exciting period lies ahead for Fine Arts Brass , with concerts on an increasingly larger international stage at major Festivals and Concert Halls , several recording projects and further TV and Radio appearances . |
| 15 | Town tunes up for top brass THE sound of music will take over at Rhyl 's seafront New Pavilion Theatre when 36 top brass bands compete in the second annual Rhyl Festival of Brass , on the weekend of June 19–20 . |
| 16 | Less ambitiously , you might ask your employer to agree to repatriate you , together with your family and possessions , free of charge , if your job ends prematurely for any reason , except perhaps if you have been dismissed for misconduct . |
| 17 | Briefly , their ‘ epidemic ’ model proposes that , from a stable endemic baseline , the number of new cases of heroin use ( incidence ) in a community increases rapidly for four years before peaking at ten times the level of initial endemic incidence in year five , and then dropping sharply to the previous endemic level during years six and seven ( see Figure 3.2 ) . |
| 18 | Farming comes in for much criticism , largely it appears because farmers have responded to the need to make a livelihood from the land by producing more primary commodities using industrial techniques . |
| 19 | Standardization comes about for functional reasons , and its effect is to make a language serviceable for communicating decontextualized information-bearing messages over long distances and periods of time . |
| 20 | I must just run up to the Casa to make sure the lorry comes back for another load . |
| 21 | As a seller , it costs you £25 to cover lost legal fees of up to £300 if your buyer pulls out for any reason other than an adverse survey , a defect in title , or unreasonable delay on your part . |
| 22 | If the baby cries uncontrollably for several hours each evening , it is more likely that the cause is so-called 3-month or 10-week colic ( sharp tummy ache ) . |
| 23 | At some point the object spreads sufficiently for this approximation to break down , and the collective bow shock dissolves into separate bow shocks as the fragments accelerate away from one another . |
| 24 | At higher packing densities a separate overflow area may be useful for small bucket sizes , while chained overflow in the prime data area remains best for large bucket sizes . |
| 25 | The great metabolic activity of insects during flight is indicated by their greatly increased oxygen consumption under these conditions ( e.g. Davis and Fraenkel , 1940 ) and as flight continues uninterruptedly for many hours in some species , a reserve of oxidizable material is required ( Sacktor , 5970 ) . |
| 26 | I see arts students ' timetables , an English student comes in for two hours a week , and he 's home for the rest of the time . |
| 27 | The exhibition runs here for three weeks . |
| 28 | Capital grants specifically for temporary fencing of farm broadleaved woodland ( or of native Caledonian pine in Scotland ) should be raised to 70% in the LFA in order to encourage the long-term retention of valued winter livestock shelter ( and landscape/nature conservation interest ) . |
| 29 | Further , confronted by the uncompromising Ben Hiant ( the Holy Mountain ) which , rising to 1729 feet , bars the way forward , the road turns inland for several miles into a bare moorland before the contours relent and permit a return to the coast . |
| 30 | Some vignerons will tell you that a cask lasts only for four years . |