Example sentences of "[adj] for a [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organization 's market share had been relatively stable for a long time and even growing in concert with the growth in world economies . |
| 2 | Breaking down the walls of knobache is , of course , the most clichéd subject possible for a pop song but this is both swirly and burly and rarfer tasty . |
| 3 | This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over . |
| 4 | She fell asleep for a short time but it was about 3am that Mr and Mrs Phillips noticed she was not breathing , ’ said Mr Goldring . |
| 5 | Always be alert for a bad swing or a wing-tip touching the ground on take off and have your hand near the release , ready . |
| 6 | Such a speed limit must be unnecessarily low for a well-designed vehicle when well maintained . |
| 7 | This is pretty low for a speculative investment and assumes the company is capitalised at 12.5 times earnings in the year to 31 March 2017 . |
| 8 | Grown in impoverished conditions , the plant becomes stunted but remains alive for a long time while many small shoots develop to give the appearance of an irregularly worn shaving-brush . |
| 9 | Each of us in our judgments complained that the case was unsuitable for a two-judge court and expressed the difficulties which we had experienced in arriving at our conclusions : see per Oliver L.J. , at p. 1202E , and myself , at p. 1211G . |
| 10 | Cleaned fittings , after disinfection , are re-assembled and the whole is left to air dry for a short period before the empty cabinet is brought down to working temperature and re-filled . |
| 11 | It has been clear for a long time that where land adjoining the highway is unintentionally entered , i.e. as a result of a car accident , that the plaintiff must prove negligence ( River Wear Commissioners v Adamson ( 1877 ) 2 App Cas 743 ) . |
| 12 | We have made it clear for a long period that we believe that devolution or independence would damage very severely the degree of inward investment into Scotland and the degree of self-generating investment within Scotland as well . |
| 13 | I love you I love you — it 's become some trilling song popular for a lurid month and then dismissed to the club circuit where pudgy rockers with grease in their hair and yearning in their voice will use it to unfrock the lolling front-row girls . |
| 14 | We have moved away from such remedies as being too brutal for a humane society and nowadays those who advocate them are seen as blimpish relics of an imperialist , authoritarian society which favoured cold baths and weals on the buttocks as character forming . |
| 15 | Quite apart from the blunder there was one moment near the end of the game when he was walking around on the stage of Sadler 's Wells , unaware for a few minutes that it was his move . |
| 16 | Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat . |
| 17 | It was too low-lying for a mobile phone and completely isolated , but the buyers loved it . |
| 18 | Admittedly , gifts during life will be taxed less heavily than bequests , provided that the donor survives the gift by four years , but even so it will be almost impossible for a thriving business or a farm of economic size to be handed down to the next generation . |
| 19 | Given the variety of published material , both ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ , a church musician may find it difficult to choose music which is appropriate for a particular choir and congregation and which possesses style , invention and staying power . |
| 20 | They were usually listless for a few days before they collapsed , breathing with evident difficulty and , in a few cases , discharging a white frothy liquid from their nostrils . |
| 21 | Soft , gamine look , perfect for a small face and features . |
| 22 | It 's perfect for a special occasion or a video . ’ |
| 23 | He was far too pure for a young boy and he was n't very realistic . |
| 24 | Rather than chase somebody and take away what little respect they have , it 's far better that they go out and maybe get lost for a few minutes and then come back , than have somebody chase them . |
| 25 | A recent study of Parliamentary boroughs in the south-west of England has shown that even in urban constituencies with small electorates it was never easy for a narrow elite or wealthy patrons to control elections , and that the voters remained capable of autonomous action and independent choice . |
| 26 | Old Mr Pascall saw no reason why he should make life easy for a gossiping female and made her hold on , while he sold two ballpoint pens and a packet of rubber bands . |
| 27 | Just take it easy for a few minutes and save your strength for when the police arrive . |
| 28 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 29 | The horizon was a dark terracotta colour , the top of the dying sun just visible for a few seconds before it dropped out of sight and the sky doused the remaining light like a heavy black blanket . |
| 30 | A year of continuous musical training at a conservatoire and she would be fit for a top orchestra or even the concert platform . |