Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information on matters like drug and solvent abuse is widely available and will also tell you what signs of possible abuse to look out for . |
| 2 | I think , ’ he said , moving slightly so that his body covered hers again , ‘ that we have a lot of lost time to make up for . ’ |
| 3 | CORRUPTION is common because the rusty machinery of international business calls out for lubrication . |
| 4 | The reason for the overall cut-off point of ten years is to prevent the threat of legal action stretching out for an unlimited period . |
| 5 | It is only in embryonic forms of thought , or professional fields trying to establish themselves ( paramedical areas ) , or subjects where there is a lot of infighting ( sociology ) , where the standards of critical judgement come up for much review . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly the concept of dominant ideology came in for some discussion . |
| 7 | Military action may solve a little domestic difficulty in the United States , with sections of American opinion hyped up for the kill . |
| 8 | It is precisely in confused situations , after all , as travellers on the London Underground know , that people need clear maps , and the complexities of modern civilisation call not for literary difficulty but for literary clarity . |
| 9 | There is a wealth of cheap software written especially for education , but standard application packages can be just as beneficial . |
| 10 | ‘ Is Beatrice here , sir ? ’ asked Alfred brightly out of nervousness , with unerring instinct heading straight for disaster . |
| 11 | Polls in most states open today at 6am local time , which translated into British time means 11am for New York and 2pm for California . |
| 12 | It will be joined in June by five European and five more US companies with general availability pencilled in for fourth quarter . |
| 13 | One group of investigators have argued that the inclusion of asymptomatic recurrences in the analysis of ulcer relapse trials should be discouraged , because these silent ulcers are clinically irrelevant ; however , such optimism ( based on findings made in a small group of patients with asymptomatic ulceration followed up for between 1 and 13 months ) is probably misguided , because one third of DU patients presenting with perforation and up to 60% admitted with haematemesis/or melaena , or both do not give a history of previous ulcer pain . |
| 14 | 6.2 We agree with Bolinger that there are such things as distinctively sense-qualifying adjectives ( although not many of them , and certainly only a small proportion of those that he suggests ) ; we shall take the view that these are restricted to prenominal attributive position , with predicative position reserved solely for referent-qualification . |
| 15 | They found that , although it did make a difference in a few cases , most babies got enough iron from solid food to make up for any loss through drinking cow 's milk . |
| 16 | The legislation has been designed in part on the basis of research on custodial interrogation carried out for the Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure . |
| 17 | Many latifundia were , no doubt , ‘ abusive ’ ; but many were on poor land suited only for extensive and occasional cereal production and ranching . |
| 18 | As he will be aware , in June the United States Government had a sum of , I think , $21 million which had been earmarked for military aid set aside for the very purposes that the hon. Gentleman suggests . |
| 19 | Conflict of Laws — Jurisdiction — Restitution — Banks conducting speculative financial transactions on behalf of local authorities — Transactions declared void ab initio — Banks ' claims for restitution against Scottish authority brought in England — Motion by Scottish authority to strike out for want of jurisdiction — Whether special jurisdiction in English court — Whether matter ‘ relating to a contract ’ — Whether ‘ relating to tort ’ — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 ( c. 27 ) , Sch . |