Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sealing after that date does not invalidate the deed ; the presence of a seal is merely superfluous to the requirements for execution . |
| 2 | WHEN John Boorman took on the job of co-editing this anthology , which is intended to be an annual event , and writing the chronicle of 1991 which comprises almost half its contents , he can not have imagined that he would be revealing so much about the reasons for his own creative decline . |
| 3 | Bishop William Alexander preached an eulogy which was eloquent but somewhat imprecise about the qualities for which he was celebrated : |
| 4 | General SVQs offer the chance to provide such a range of programmes in Scotland : a good case in point is the new general SVQ in arts and social sciences , which is entirely consistent with the proposals for SCOTCERT . |
| 5 | Perhaps one of the reasons for his impact — as a man — on so many varied people was this great and lordly carelessness about where he was ‘ going ’ : as if a mapped-out course was just a waste of precious time . |
| 6 | However , environmental regulation was only one of the reasons for the closures , for many firms which closed were the older inefficient or obsolete plants ( Harris , 1981 ) . |
| 7 | Parachuting was only one of the qualifications for membership . |
| 8 | We are less sanguine about the prospects for simplifying the current range of protective designations , since each has validity and specific requirements , although we would support careful experimentation . |
| 9 | The public is less familiar with the consequences for prison management of the battles in which those former prisoners had to engage in order to establish their innocence . |
| 10 | So the results for the sales strategy are remarkably similar to the results for the output strategy : the subjects were not taking the time ( the period ) into account on the first repetition — as they should have been — but there were on the second repetition . |
| 11 | These and the other subject correlations in the appendix all appear to be broadly consistent with the expectations for this type of study . |
| 12 | The protection of our environment world-wide is also a major focus for our expertise , and waste management consultancy is just one of the services for which our customers turn to our Environmental Safety Centre . |
| 13 | The financial criteria are contained on the Key Card reproduced earlier in the chapter and the substantial changes in eligibility introduced in 1979 took away most of the grounds for the criticism that they were pitched too low . |
| 14 | For example , if you have quarry tiles in the kitchen , they may be rather cold on the feet for dinner guests lingering over coffee , as well as being noisy when chairs scrape across them . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're totally dependent on the police for information . |
| 16 | The first , and only , film that I can remember seeing there was Sergeant York , the dialogue of which was very loudly interpreted by the more bilingual of the French-Canadians for their monoglot mates , much to the annoyance of the anglophones . |
| 17 | John Lee — possibly one of the candidates for Stockport 's School in 1534 ( he was born in Baguley , three miles from Stockport ) -was appointed Master at Cromer on 27th October 1534 . |
| 18 | In fact , a journalism background was once one of the qualifications for public relations . |
| 19 | That surviving half-page on Alexandria with its three classes of people is memorable : the Egyptians , " an acute and civilized race " ; the mercenaries , " a numerous , rough and uncultivated set " ; and the Alexandrians themselves , " a people not genuinely civilized … but still superior to the mercenaries for though they are mongrels they came from a Greek stock and have not forgotten Greek customs " ( 34.14 ) . |
| 20 | This system is considered in detail in Chapter 6 , and is also formally equivalent to the equations for a single-mode , homogeneously broadened laser , treated in section 7.3 . |
| 21 | Thus , quite a lot of early mammalian development is devoted to setting aside most of the cells for extra-embryonic structures rather than the embryo itself . |
| 22 | Very frequently people closer to today 's marketplace than to the board are more realistic about the possibilities for their business than those at the top . |
| 23 | Although we are more aware of the requirements for the horse , we know that the ingredients are variable . |
| 24 | It was notable that Zuwaya from underprivileged lineages , at any rate in Kufra district , were more aware of the opportunities for social mobility through education , and more open to them , than men of longer pedigree . |
| 25 | It is bad for morale , and therefore bad for your performance in subsequent interviews , if you are constantly rejected because you are clearly unsuitable for the jobs for which you apply . |
| 26 | The absence of any accepted divorce procedures , for instance , was probably one of the reasons for the rituals of ‘ wife sales ’ in the nineteenth century , continuing until at least the 1880s . |
| 27 | This scheme was justified by the withdrawal of asbestos-bearing diesel multiple units and by the more efficient use of the existing EMU fleet ; the withdrawal of asbestos-bearing stock was also one of the grounds for the Bournemouth-Weymouth electrification scheme submitted during the year . |
| 28 | The clinical results in patients over 50 were slightly inferior to the results for the younger patients , but the difference was small and not significant . |
| 29 | He 's a little sceptical about the prospects for straw-based chocolate cake . |
| 30 | I do not believe that the House , confronted by a Bill of this complexity and contentiousness , can be altogether happy about the arrangements for its consideration in Committee . |