Example sentences of "[adj] for the [adj] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | One feels sorry for the little ones in some circumstances and they nearly become like children — but not quite . |
| 2 | As we stepped into the street , behind the others , as grateful for the iced Cokes in prospect as they were , she whispered to me : ‘ You are doing well , Adolph . |
| 3 | On the very Sunday that the new church opened we looked in vain for the empty seats in St Luke 's : it seemed that God had given to us at the mother church a new group of people who had either moved into the area or who were to be converted and we saw the truth of the saying : ‘ Give and it will be given to you , pressed down and running over . ’ |
| 4 | Will representations to other Governments be as strong as possible to encourage them to make the sort of contributions to the know-how fund and to know-how activity that is absolutely crucial for the developing economies in central and eastern Europe , and without which they will never develop democratic politics as well ? |
| 5 | The technology has changed and the nature of the population in deaf school has changed , and there is no research to support the suggestion that the oral approach is viable for the deaf children in special education today . |
| 6 | This race against the clock is of an intriguing length , 68 kilometres , perhaps a little too short for the top men in the discipline . |
| 7 | ( That the government was ready for a strike was a widespread interpretation of its appointment of Ian MacGregor to chair the NCB from September 1983 on ; MacGregor chaired British Steel in 1980–1 , a period encompassing its major dispute , and was believed responsible for the major cuts in job levels ; it was assumed that he was expected to achieve the same in the coal industry . ) |
| 8 | Genetic changes in both host and parasite were responsible for the evolved differences in virulence . |
| 9 | Melanocytes are those cells that produce the brown pigment , melanin , which is responsible for the principal differences in the colours of the human race . |
| 10 | The objection to this arrangement is that only half the cellos are available for the important entries in the second and ninth bars , which are thus considerably weakened . |
| 11 | But the musical resources available for the weekly services in the churches and chapels of the Armed Forces are slender indeed . |
| 12 | What made it more difficult for the social workers in Orkney , she said , was the very small size of the department ; they had few colleagues with whom to share the stress . |
| 13 | The same is true for the Liberal Democrats in Cheltenham , where they 're trying to increase a healthy majority . |