Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A week away from leaving for the European leg of the current Michael Jackson tour , she was enjoying a two day break in what sounded like a hectic rehearsal schedule . |
| 2 | It is rather like looking for a single straw in a haystack . |
| 3 | Wheel clamps are n't on the list yet , but it 's still worth asking for a few quid off your annual premium . |
| 4 | Thus I am dangerously near looking for the ready made composition that has been done to death by generations of landscape painters . |
| 5 | Richard is said to have favoured the axe as a hand-to-hand weapon , and a contemporary poem records that he had one made specially before departing for the Holy Land : |
| 6 | Neither the programme of resettlement in Siberia , nor peasant purchases of noble land came close to compensating for the continued steep rise in the rural population in these regions . |
| 7 | Erm you will also in going for the higher end of the range , er be prejudicing the urban regeneration objectives of those neighbouring districts . |
| 8 | Hospital nursing is mainly about caring for the sick . |
| 9 | A separate shower cabinet may be more convenient to step into for those with much arthritis in the hip and knee joints , but the cabinets of superior quality , which are not too small , are the only ones really worth considering for a disabled person , and they are fairly expensive . |
| 10 | Through the village , the road into Barbondale rises sharply before contouring for a level mile along the side of Barbon Low Fell , new plantings of conifers permitting only glimpses of Barbon Manor high on the left . |
| 11 | The very existence of a national-territorial framework in the USSR , indeed , far from providing for the peaceful solution of the nationalities question that was originally envisaged , appeared to have led to precisely the opposite result by establishing a form of representation in which sectional interests , denied any other means of expression , could in practice take only the form of ‘ nationalism ’ . |
| 12 | For instance , Fox and Goldblatt ( 1982 ) have noted that a clear North-South contrast in mortality rates remained even after standardizing for the socio-economic character of areas . |
| 13 | Harris ( 1989a ) and Moriarty , Gordon , Kuserk and Wang ( 1990 ) studied the basis of the S&P500 during the crash and also found that the large negative basis was substantially reduced when allowance was made for stale prices , and that the futures price led the spot price by a few minutes ( even after allowing for the stale prices effect ) . |
| 14 | WASPS come to attention in the league tomorrow by calling for the old guard in an effort to repulse Gloucester 's rugged raiders at Sudbury . |
| 15 | On 2 July 1870 , the candidacy of Leopold was made known publicly to all European courts and the French government reacted immediately by asking for a clear and positive statement by the Prussian government as to their attitude to Leopold 's acceptance of the Spanish throne . |
| 16 | Well , many thanks indeed for fighting for the last hour on this programme . |
| 17 | They waved across before making for an empty table in the far corner . |
| 18 | The two silent watchers dropped to the ground and stayed there without moving for a long time . |
| 19 | He continues , ‘ Instead of reaching for the brown sauce , my book suggests deglazing the meat juice with water to rediscover the taste of real food ; the same goes for the taste of real vanilla rather than vanilla flavouring ; and the taste and simplicity of pan-fried fish with a dash of lime juice . ’ |
| 20 | In the first place , instead of searching for the long-term consequences of early family experiences , a switch has taken place to the study of immediate effects . |
| 21 | Instead of searching for the musical expression of class standpoints one will do better so to conceive the relation of music to classes that any music will present the picture of antagonistic society as a whole ( Adorno 1976 : 68 , 69 , emphasis added ) . |
| 22 | Given the benefit of hindsight , Scotland could have done with a more demanding opening and might also have deployed the likes of Murry Walker and Carl Hogg first out , instead of waiting for the taxing fixture against Nadroga . |
| 23 | Spurs play their possesion futba which looks good but is not at all dangerous — when they had chances for breaks they just kept passing the ball instead of going for the fast break . |
| 24 | The use of saw instead of see for the past tense indicates British English or JE rather than JC [ G4 ] . |
| 25 | Yet in planning for the new financial year , which starts in April , the Japanese government has forecast an economic growth rate of 3.3 per cent . |
| 26 | He surprised me again by opting for a standard yob 's breakfast — egg , bacon and chips . |
| 27 | The ploy did not stop a lot of people muttering about the flaws in his catwalk show ( rather unfairly ) , although the Destroy line certainly got better once again by opting for the tight ‘ Partridge Family ’ look and foxy jersey dresses with denim trims . |