Example sentences of "[adj] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd done something dishonest for the first time in his business life , and it sat uneasily on his conscience . |
| 2 | UNLUCKY 13th minute for Millwall 's Malcolm Allen — sent-off for a tough tackle in the game against his former club Watford . |
| 3 | X. Ray 's unshowy steadiness was right for the low time in which he newly found himself — he could put the fire out . |
| 4 | We 'll continue to improve our strategy until we eliminate these potentially unsafe conditions — we 're already working on getting it right for the next overhaul in 1993 . |
| 5 | However , whereas it is possible for a higher-level unit in the syntactic hierarchy to be a constituent of a lower-level unit , as when a relative clause forms part of a noun phrase , this can not happen in the rhythmic hierarchy . |
| 6 | Is it possible for the ordinary man in the street to become confident and competent in handling a computer system , whether it be in his office or in his home ? |
| 7 | The fourth attribute demanded by George Corner , that of understanding , is possible for the first time in the history of civilization ; but it is a possibility which so far is available to only a small minority of specialists . |
| 8 | With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light . |
| 9 | Derek Malcolm might have a point when he says that our idea of ‘ glamour ’ has also changed — making it possible for the 90s woman in the street to look glamorous , too . |
| 10 | Economics ( and the fear of being bored witless for the third time in 10 days ) demanded that I , and my son , only got to the first two matches and watched from the Kop . |
| 11 | We are grateful for a flysheet-pitch-first tent in the Tromsdalen campsite and as we work speedily on its erection , the man in the camp reception hut watches us through the windows . |
| 12 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that an enormous number of people in Herefordshire are very grateful for the spectacular increase in knee and hip replacements that has taken place in that health authority 's area during the past 10 years ? |
| 13 | I am grateful for the constructive way in which my hon. Friend is addressing the problem . |
| 14 | I have searched in vain for a weak performance in these ‘ Rouge et Noir ’ sets . |
| 15 | Penetrance was almost complete for the recessive homozygote in all liability classes . |
| 16 | It is usual for the extra length in the long format to be used to extend the precision of the fraction , while the range of exponents is the same in all formats . |
| 17 | It was memorable for the endless grind in one gully where the snow was waist-deep and we had to swim upwards , and for the point where we emerged on to the easterly ridge with views to Lyngen , and a wind that had bared the slopes and put our teeth on edge . |
| 18 | The race had started on a wet track — it is almost never dry for a whole weekend in Holland — and Hunt 's victory resulted from the finest sort of judgement about when to come in and change his wet tyres to slicks . |
| 19 | To his pleasant surprise he discovered that he was now able to think with an objective clarity which stemmed from the knowledge that he was now free for the first time in his life to speak his mind without fear or favour . |
| 20 | How did you say you felt free for the first time in your life ? |
| 21 | It is curious that it should have happened , that Michel came upon the scene the very instant she was really free for the first time in her life . |
| 22 | She felt triumphantly free for the first time in her life . |
| 23 | Now I 've found out that he is n't my father I 'm learning to be free for the first time in my life , do you understand ? ’ |
| 24 | Visiting Sarajevo a fortnight ago , Osborne joined Smailovic for an impromptu performance in the devastated remains of the Skenderija Stadium . |
| 25 | 1992 — THE Prince tries to kiss his wife in public for the first time in four years on the Indian tour in February . |
| 26 | As right-wing supporters , many appearing in public for the first time in almost three years , welcomed their liberators with monarchist flags and fascist salutes , many other Spaniards faced a terrifying future : so terrifying , indeed , that to some suicide was preferable . |
| 27 | Our President , Lady Braithwaite , appearing in public for the first time in her new role , was warmly greeted , and during the afternoon she drew the first lucky winners of our 200 Club , a most important new venture to raise badly needed funds for the Society . |
| 28 | It is best made at the last possible moment , although it can be kept warm for a short time in a bowl set over a pan of hot water . |
| 29 | The English products brought by the Company suited the Indians ' needs ; the woollen blankets and iron pots which had little commercial appeal in India or Africa were very appropriate for a cold climate in which metal was scarce . |
| 30 | Blake was content for the first time in days . |