Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] for [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When there is a certain amount of risk involved in an event , most promoters opt for paying the minimum amount of guarantee possible against a larger percentage for the artist . |
| 2 | However , in Chipata , in Eastern Province , there were reports of shopkeepers threatened with having their trading licenses withdrawn and public workers dismissed for supporting the MMD . |
| 3 | Cotton lavender is a decorative garden plant for the silver or grey border and traditionally was one of the plants chosen for edging the geometrical beds of the Elizabethan knot gardens . |
| 4 | So , for example , the break in the earnings link for uprating the National Insurance pension in 1980 has resulted in cumulative savings of some £16,000 million . |
| 5 | The difference between the two countries is that the formal wording of the United States Constitution can be amended only by an extraordinary process , i.e. , one that goes beyond the provisions employed for amending the ordinary law . |
| 6 | On the Mohs scale for measuring the relative susceptibility to scratching of different minerals nephrite is rated at c. 6.5 by comparison with jadeite at 6.75 , steel at 6 and diamond at 10 . |
| 7 | The Education Department appeared to be delighted with what they were doing with the family , and any materials required for teaching the one girl were supplied eagerly and promptly . |
| 8 | The stags ' antlers are cast each year and are best left where found as they are nibbled and eaten to recycle the chemicals and nutrients needed for growing the next set , which is probably more useful than lying in the loft at home or being turned into a table lamp . |
| 9 | The teenagers , aged 15 and 16 , were given a police caution for distributing the illegal unclassified tapes . |
| 10 | In 1948 local authorities had a variety of old premises used for accommodating the elderly , mostly old public assistance institutions . |