Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can hardly have been any business sector with so many strong contenders for it as the banking sector . |
| 2 | Others go in a vain search for it on the sabbath . |
| 3 | But they very soon did , for within a few days , on October 19 , Keith made a speech in Edgbaston which demonstrated almost unbelievable ineptitude for someone in the running for the Leadership . |
| 4 | So unless er anyone has any direct questions for me from the meeting erm |
| 5 | We are including an extra pack of two coarse discs for you in the pack — worth £2.69 . |
| 6 | He was good enough to organize a complimentary flight for me on the Imperial Airways ' flying boat which plied the sea and air routes between Long Island Sound and Bermuda several times each week . |
| 7 | The beneficial effect of a caring and nurturing mother is often stressed , assuring a high position for her in the family . |
| 8 | We were invited to Stuart Johnston 's retirement party in the English Department ( Stuart met us off the ship when we first arrived in NZ , in 1969 ) ; but Val did n't make the party as she tripped in a gutter and pulled her ankle ( she got free treatment for it from the doctor , thanks to NZ 's Accident Compensation scheme ! ) . |
| 9 | The island is named after a daughter of King Bela IV who pledged to build a Dominican convent for her on the island if the Mongols could be defeated . |
| 10 | Lewis complained that he could not see any personal relevance for himself in the story of Christ . |
| 11 | There were distinct advantages for me in the relationship . |
| 12 | Although belated , the gesture will win Mr Kaifu kudos in Washington , and guarantee a warm welcome for him at the London summit of rich countries ' leaders in July . |
| 13 | Rather more in line with British cinema 's future disdain for anyone outside the middle classes is Williamson 's Two Little Waifs ( 1905 ) , in which two adult gypsies are left to the flames while their daughter is carried off to her convalescence in a suburban garden . |
| 14 | Erm I got , I mean , er er , she 's , she 's like part-time canvassing for me at the moment . |
| 15 | It 's a very versatile shape for everyone from the slender to the grandest size . |
| 16 | When the King received it he asked the Ferrars to make a similar Concordance for him of the Books of Chronicles and Kings , so as to present them as a single narrative . |
| 17 | If you are trying to establish a respectable place for yourself in the tennis market place , let's see some more balanced reporting and less tabloid journalism . |
| 18 | Djilas did not at this stage of his analysis refer to bureaucracy as a class , though he recognized that it had exclusive control of production and distribution and that it expropriated the economic surplus for itself at the expense of the ‘ direct producers ’ . |
| 19 | Is it possible to give an answer without having numerical values for anything except the properties of aluminium and copper ? |
| 20 | Although it felt like a miraculous coincidence for us at the time , it was more that we were all ready to grapple with this issue in our lives . |
| 21 | While Mr David Waddington does not intend to use his office to promote capital punishment , and will maintain the tradition of a free vote for MPs , his intervention in a renewed debate would provide the most passionate support for it from the Government front bench since it was abolished in 1965 . |
| 22 | ‘ I know if I happen to find a bunch that 's been thrown out 'cause it 's past its best , I can likely get a threepenny piece for it at the railway station . |
| 23 | Especially with songs like Too Much , which was in an unusual key for us at the time . |
| 24 | There had been no conscious pleasure for him in the attack . |
| 25 | Much of this he was to achieve , though he received little thanks for it from the Parisians who , in large part , remained hostile to the regime . |
| 26 | They ate well , but she got little thanks for it from the mistress of the hut . |
| 27 | There is no reliable diagnostic test for it in the living animal . |
| 28 | We choose the most likely meaning for it from the text . |
| 29 | We choose the most likely meaning for it from the world , and in this case the meaning is contextual . |
| 30 | Another performer in One Over The Eight who took to Kenneth with the greatest of affection was Lance Percival , soon to make a national name for himself with the top TV satire show of the Sixties , That Was The Week That Was . |