Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , the Soviets ' penchant for canvassing exhaustively for the best and cheapest may succeed in these objectives , but at the cost of enormous delay between the time when applications are approved and machinery actually installed . |
| 2 | ‘ I am particularly excited about the opportunities that it will provide for opening up for the first time higher educational facilities in the area . |
| 3 | This attractive young Woodbrook player , three down on the 13th , seemed to have a superb match against Eavan Higgins all wrapped up after jumping ahead for the first time on the 17th , but lost her ‘ thinking cap ’ completely down the last . |
| 4 | In 1911 , after playing professionally for the Southern League side Leyton , he was bought by Sunderland for £1,200 . |
| 5 | Manager Dick Graham immediately went back to his former club , West Bromwich Albion , and purchased Welsh International , Tony Millington to take over but , by the end of the year it was Jackson who was earning praise in the Palace goal after standing in for the injured Welshman and making his home debut against Cardiff on 28 November 1964 , and by the end of the season ‘ Jacko ’ , as he became popularly called , was in undisputed possession |
| 6 | The next night Geoffrey Appleyard went in alone , and after scouting round for the two agents he was to meet , he abandoned all caution , running up and down the beach shouting for them and waving his torch . |
| 7 | It went without saying that he did n't want to be seen , but it was worth the extra discomfort of hanging around for the extra information that he might pick up . |
| 8 | Someone must have done some extensive informing , because MacLane picked Susan and me out of the crowd without even the pretence of looking around for the usual suspects . |
| 9 | So , instead of splashing out for the big one , we 've got a number of gorgeous jewels to give away . |
| 10 | So , instead of going straight for the big one , we decided to build up our acclimatisation by first visiting some of Kenya 's other mountains . |
| 11 | Eric Cantona 's 85th minute goal was far too little and unfortunately far too late to save Howard Wilkinson 's men suffering the agony of going out for the second time in the space of five weeks . |
| 12 | A Goebbels article in Das Reich at the beginning of March , in which he had emphasized ‘ the great honour of the victims and of holding out for the new Europe ’ , for which it was worthwhile ‘ fighting to the last man in order to go down in history ’ , met with heavy criticism . |
| 13 | This is loss of hearing mainly for the high-pitched sounds ; sometimes the low-pitched sounds are little affected . |
| 14 | Another social problem which concerned him was the lack of housing both for the poor and for the tourists . |
| 15 | For semiconductor makers not already committed to building 16-megabit production lines , the case for going straight for the 64-megabit device looks increasingly attractive . |
| 16 | I know at last erm , budget meeting we talked about doing so for the entire health survey , because really the amount of money spent on sickness is quite astronomical , and one does need to look at this when you 're having to meet your budget . |
| 17 | ‘ I was thinking about coming on for the last five minutes when we were 2-0 down , to get a bit of glory , but the legs would n't let me , ’ he joked . |
| 18 | Before lining up for the first race of the season it 's off to the now-standard bits-and-bobs shop , where you can spend up to $100,000 upgrading your jalopy . |
| 19 | That will earn him his RIBA Part I. But then , he has to get a year 's relevant experience in practice before coming back for the final year of his course . |
| 20 | Because of this , my aunt and I returned home and ate before setting off for the first of our two destinations . |
| 21 | In 1984 we had ended the opticians ' monopoly and taken off the ridiculous restrictions on advertising which prevented the public from shopping around for the best value . |
| 22 | Since having the frame fitted at Middlesbrough General Hospital , Claire , of Warwick Street , Middlesbrough , can look forward to walking independently for the first time . |
| 23 | Since having the frame fitted at Middlesbrough General Hospital , she can look forward to walking independently for the first time . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's not snowing so heavily now , ’ he said , on climbing back for the sixth time . |
| 25 | With his experience and enthusiasm he was an instant hit and is now close to climbing aboard for the European Championship finals this summer . |
| 26 | " For people who take a sober view of life , " he said , " a person is liberal who is prepared not to take thought for his personal interests but to expend all his energy on standing up for the juridical independence of every citizen and the freedom of every action which does not undermine the well-being and the tranquillity of society " . |
| 27 | Just concentrate on watching out for the right opportunity to broach the subject of Janice , she reminded herself . |
| 28 | I am writing this quickly on my return ( Tuesday evening ) from London , prior to setting off for the European rural conference in Scotland . |
| 29 | In the disappointment of defeat , he was wavering about trying again for the blue boat next year , because of academic work . |
| 30 | I put this on the agenda erm the phrase at the moment seems to be flagging things up and my concern is opposite Dave is the but as everybody I 'm sure is aware we 've got erm divisional A L O's based within as Crime Prevention Officers , the main concern for my particular area is Bill although based at has actually for the last three years built up a good working relationship and inspected staff from and . |