Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , did anyone else see the sunday Mirror ? it said that Beeny is interested in playing for Big Jacks Eire . |
| 2 | Drying time : wearable after drying for three hours in a warm room . |
| 3 | Bribery is rife in jockeying for good positions on the dealing floor of some firms . |
| 4 | Cultural and linguistic boundaries seem to be important in accounting for regional differences in the onset of fertility decline in different parts of Europe ( Lesthaeghe 1983 ) . |
| 5 | These last aims are at the core of all Medau work and apply to all parts of a lesson , but the special atmosphere and rapport engendered in a breathing class are particularly conducive to striving for new levels of individual attainment . |
| 6 | While it is quite true that , with exceptional care , a polythene liner is capable of lasting for 10 years or more , it is more likely that it will perish within three , the area between the water surface and ground level being bleached by the sun , cracking and falling away . |
| 7 | The job required the smallest possible team , for maximum mobility and minimum social impact , capable of staying for indefinite periods in unexplored territory amongst barely known peoples , while eating their food , speaking their language and sharing their lives as intimately as possible . |
| 8 | The tape recorders were supplied by the British Ferrograph Company of South Shields , who made an extremely high-quality and tough recorder capable of operating for long periods without attention . |
| 9 | Now that the national museums no longer have their purchase grants awarded separately from grant in aid for running costs , they fear that those will be further whittled away and they will be even less capable of competing for major masterpieces . |
| 10 | An arch of stones , for instance , is a stable structure capable of standing for many years even if there is no cement to bind it . |
| 11 | Anyone who has drunk one of the bottles of Fred Leroux 1920 at Le Vigneron in Reims ( in the days when it was an unpretentious little bistro , not the big , brash restaurant it is now ) will know that some wines of Chigny are capable of maturing for great periods of time . |
| 12 | The requirement of accountability can not be met unless those who are responsible to the electorate for taking decisions are capable of answering for those decisions . |
| 13 | All the buildings were well constructed and with adequate maintenance would have been capable of surviving for many generations . |
| 14 | The planners felt that online services are not suitable for browsing for general ideas . |