Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Utilities were among the more buoyant sectors , helped by the search by pensions funds for higher-income investments to compensate for the five-point drop in their investment returns as a result of the Budget changes . |
| 2 | But ten minutes sufficed for the blazing gun-fight , and for the affecting death scene with soaring strings . |
| 3 | In lively talk with friends we all continually break the rules appropriate for the written form , and Mr Baker on the radio was no exception . |
| 4 | In reality , the tsarist authorities substituted for the Nicholaevan concept of " obligated " peasants the slightly more beneficent concept of " temporarily " obligated peasants . |
| 5 | Japan 's chip-makers head for the good life |
| 6 | Whereas a comprehensive secondary school might offer some 30 subjects for all its pupils , and about a dozen subjects account for the great majority of A levels , the curriculum explodes in higher education , part of a post-school explosion even greater when one takes into account the vast number of technical and vocational courses that exist in non-advanced further education . |
| 7 | On the night of Wednesday 4 July 1759 Rear-Admiral George [ later Admiral Lord ] Rodney in the 60-gun Achilles , led four 50-gun ships of the line , five frigates and six bomb-ketches , described earlier , into Le Havre and , impudently anchoring in the main channel , began next morning a heavy bombardment of the docks , the warehouses storing timber , the construction yards , and , most important of all , the completed flat-boats intended for the coming invasion . |
| 8 | Hence , if you tuck your average driver into a seat belt , the driver will take more risks to compensate for the increased sense of security . |
| 9 | The pressure on computer manufacturers to provide for the proper disposal of used computer equipment , which goes beyond dumping it into approved landfills , continues to build from both within and without the industry . |
| 10 | Midas , in Sloane Square , sells exclusive designer fashionwear making it an obvious target for jet-set shoplifters looking for the ultimate bargain . |
| 11 | As it is , not only is the average specification of cars sold in Britain the highest in Europe , but cars destined for the British market also tend to be bigger , with ‘ upper-medium-sized ’ cars disproportionately popular compared with elsewhere in Europe . |
| 12 | Under the immensity of weight which such considerations hold for the developing youngster , it is not surprising that sexuality falls into comparative disregard . |
| 13 | He tilted his head , looking her up and down , his keen eyes searching for the tell-tale bulge of a concealed weapon . |
| 14 | The royal monogram ER was on the front cover and immediately beneath the monogram were the words SUPPLIED FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE . |
| 15 | So this weekend we have two trainers racing for the big prize … who will win … which is best … our expert Terry Biddlecombe knows all … he rode with David Nicholson … then helped the young Twisdton davies as a jockey |
| 16 | They all groan under the weight of books needed for the current volume . |
| 17 | On 20 February , you published my letter , which proposed that Labour and the Liberal Democrats should each withdraw from 50 seats that they had no chance of winning , and encourage their supporters to vote for the other party . |
| 18 | If you were to approach one , ever so cautious , lips pursed for the coming osculation , it would leap , trailing warty legs . |
| 19 | To think that he , a mere footie fan whose main worry used to be which trainers to don for the teen-mag centrespread , should bravely take on lyrical biggies like politics , passion , life , death , apathy , religion , hope , irony and despair . |
| 20 | Balcon 's strengthened determination to impose his own world-view on the studio 's pictures accounts for the declining ambition of Ealing 's production at this time . |
| 21 | The report prompted opposition parties to call for the immediate resignation of the Finance Minister , Manmohan Singh , and the governor of the Reserve Bank . |
| 22 | The chaos was physical : early meetings in the Storey 's Gate offices earmarked for the new department saw George Brown on a chair while everyone else ‘ sat on the floor like Buddhas ’ . |
| 23 | Something struck him as odd about the number of books cited for the new library . |
| 24 | With insufficient funds to pay for the whole tournament RWC readily accepted the Italian Federation 's offer to host the Qualifying Tournament . |
| 25 | Andy and William are in monochrome ; black and white , DJs removed for the bubbly-waterfall operation . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , it 's not uncommon in the United States that families may , for example , have to sell their homes to pay for the medical treatment of a relative . |
| 27 | John Hurst , the managing director of Deon who make a Ferrari Dino replica , has often had his cars mistaken for the real thing by owners of the genuine article . |
| 28 | The key question was whether , in practice , the numbers of candidates enrolling for the new system would live up to the high expectations . |
| 29 | As the syllabuses and teaching methods devised for the in-service PGCE course are also used on the equivalent full-time course , the latter has been accepted by the General Nursing Council as a recognized route for the training of nurse tutors . |
| 30 | Alexandra did not move from the sofa but sat on it quite rigid , her ears straining for the dreaded sound of wheels on the gravel of the drive . |