Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 2 | This approach effectively placed services for the black communities on the margin of mainstream service delivery and turned collective issues concerned with race into individual case work ( Ben-Tovim et al . |
| 3 | It is known as the Appropriation Act because it not only grants approval for the total sums requested , but also prescribes how the overall sum is to be apportioned to particular votes in order to finance specified services . |
| 4 | For example , contacting users ' families not only causes unpleasantness for the individual concerned but also damages the centres ' carefully nurtured congenial atmosphere . |
| 5 | All these setbacks did n't matter , old chap , because the referee only has eyes for the big boys . |
| 6 | ‘ Cyclists and hikers … day excursionists , refugees from cursed towns ’ were prominent enough to provide fuel for the poetic pen of C. Day Lewis . |
| 7 | The purpose of these laws was not only to provide guidance for the day-to-day running of the Israelite community , but to teach how a holy God was to be worshipped by a holy people . |
| 8 | Cos they only booked seats for the immediate family . |
| 9 | ‘ They have issued personal protection weapons to construction workers , yet most of them only face danger for the short-term duration of their contracts , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Now , Muze magazine may not have been a high profile organisation but it did provide a much needed platform for the flourishing Manchester rock scene . |
| 11 | is well known for her charity work , raising much needed money for the local children 's hospice — Hope House . |
| 12 | Although the decision represents a much needed victory for the regulatory authorities , it is unfortunate that the appellate courts had to intervene in the first place . |
| 13 | During her time at social services she had overseen much of the work , and had been involved in some of the preliminary work setting up housing associations to help provide much needed accommodation for the elderly . |
| 14 | That political commitment will naturally demand respect for the legislative measures adopted by Parliament as the representative assembly , a respect for which the legal doctrine is in almost all likely circumstances a suitable expression . |
| 15 | Surprisingly the recall data appeared to show enhanced recall of information in the arousal condition , both for peripheral and central information , though this contrast only reached significance for the central information . |
| 16 | In addition , although Vmw175 is equally as effective as 140k in the downregulation of the gene 62 promoter in transfection assays ( 17 ) , intact Vmw175 and also its isolated DNA binding domain displayed greatly reduced affinities for the binding sites therein , compared to the 140k DNA binding domain . |
| 17 | The existing trade embargo , imposed following the September 1991 military coup [ see pp. 38430 ; 38522-23 ] , had failed to produce concessions , and had apparently provided opportunities for the rich pro-coup elite and sections of the army to profit from widespread smuggling , but there was evidence that it had had a devastating impact on Haiti 's economy . |
| 18 | Although widely described as boat people , a large number of the January arrivals had made most of the journey to Hong Kong aboard Chinese buses , only boarding boats for the last leg of their journey . |
| 19 | Though Young could have reasonably expected a bishopric , he was repeatedly passed over and in 1626 apparently offered £15,000 for the vacant see of Winchester . |
| 20 | This unit was supplemented in April 1993 by a more highly tuned version for the RSi model . |
| 21 | Our branch of the association has around nine members who work together to raise money for the full training of guide dogs estimated to cost £1,000 . |
| 22 | The government view has been that the way towards prosperity is for the state to do less and so leave room for the private sector to expand . |
| 23 | The students in this respect were merely showing support for the official position and expressing their patriotism , but they went too far in their protest action . |
| 24 | In Riga they paid Hughes the compliment of putting two defenders on him but that merely created space for the other Northern Ireland players . |
| 25 | Northern Ireland has never won the Home Internationals before but team manager Jim McGrory feels that this year 's selection is good enough to achieve success for the first time . |
| 26 | The watercourse , known as the Duke 's Level , eventually drove waterwheels for the mechanical dressing of the ore . |
| 27 | Nuns of her order already provide food for the homeless . |
| 28 | ‘ Although we 're already writing material for the new album . |
| 29 | I HAVE JUST bought Esquire for the first time . |
| 30 | The residual funds from this transaction ( a proposed April 1986 shipment of 3,000 TOWs and Hawk missile parts to Iran ) are allocated as follows … $12m will be used to purchase critically needed supplies for the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance forces . |