Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [noun] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traffic problems are the single biggest reason why people are late for work , says the report , accounting for one-third of late arrivals , with oversleeping and bus or tube problems accounting for 16 per cent and 9 per cent respectively . |
| 2 | Upward job or career mobility occurs for many , but rarely in quantum leaps . |
| 3 | She also hinted that the package may include a loosening of the benefit rules so that the long-term unemployed may take education or training courses to prepare for new jobs without being deemed to have made themselves unavailable for work . |
| 4 | Spend a week on Mahe to relax and unwind , then board your Twin Otter or Trislander flight bound for one of the smaller islands … |
| 5 | Each article or book chapter counts for one point ; each book counts for ten ; and the productivity trend , needless to say , is on the up and up . |
| 6 | MIKE TOMCZAK , the Chicago Bears quarterback , threw for three touchdowns and Neal Anderson rushed for another as Chicago staved off a fourth-quarter rally by the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night to win 27-13 . |
| 7 | Jim Kelly threw three touchdown passes and Thurman Thomas rushed for 155 yards as the Buffalo Bills won their AFC showdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers 28–20 . |
| 8 | The expertise of the staff encompasses most major plant groups , and field experience exists for most major geographical areas . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the expertise of the RBG staff encompasses most major plant groups ( with the exception of some micro-organisms ) , at least to an ‘ Alpha ’ level , and field experience exists for most major geographical areas . |
| 10 | The Justice Department faces a struggle as it seeks at secret meetings to persuade big national operators like Browning-Ferris and Laidlaw Industries to bid for commercial garbage-collection contracts . |
| 11 | The facades of 106 houses were rapidly built , but it was another twenty years or more before many of the interiors were begun and Kemp Town stayed for some time rather like a giant film set with the image of grandeur propped up by heavy wooden beams . |
| 12 | PAT CRERAND AND JIM BAXTER PREPARE FOR ANOTHER SCOTTISH MISSION |
| 13 | In addition , the software calculates damage estimates and building repair costs for any geographical area . |
| 14 | And house burglaries and car thefts account for more than half all crimes reported . |
| 15 | Its two miles of almost deserted white sand and coral reefs make for excellent sunbathing and snorkelling . |
| 16 | An exploration and appraisal programme prepared for 1993/94 involves spudding a well in the JX satellite in November — the first exploration well in the area for some 20 years — and drilling two appraisal wells in the FS and WX satellites early next year . |
| 17 | On June 11 in Sofia , after the first round of elections , as many as 100,000 students and opposition supporters called for fresh elections to be held . |
| 18 | There is a slowly burgeoning market for this type of entertainment , with many music and arts societies looking for such a programme . |
| 19 | Bicentennial fever , and aggressive marketing by Sotheby 's Australia , which opened in 1983 , spurred businessmen Robert Holmes à Court , Laurie Connell and Alan Bond to compete for authentic images of their homeland . |
| 20 | He took to the front on the second lap and left Dave Milling , Woolsey Coulter , Phillip McCallen and Alan Irwin to go for second best . |
| 21 | Teams : Rugeley MG All Stars and Team Uniprint tied for first with Rugeley MG Blue third . |
| 22 | A study of all births that occurred in England and Wales in the course of 1949–1950 investigated , among other things , the association between parity and infant mortality controlled for maternal age and social class . |
| 23 | This was complicated by the desire of some hospitals and community services to apply for self-governing status and achieve total independence from health authority control , which often led to local conflicts . |
| 24 | I was told to look out for a redstart at the next bend , its black face and chestnut tail showing for brief moments as it darted into the open , out and back , fly catching . |
| 25 | In 1987 rent arrears and mortgage default accounted for 13 per cent of homelessness . |
| 26 | With nine weeklies acquired from 1961 — 74 , their morning and evening interests accounted for most of the sales in the major part of the Birmingham conur-bation . |
| 27 | In March 1991 , the Regional Council 's Planning and Development Committee cleared for public consultation a range of Discussion Papers which would help to describe the issues and establish an agenda for consultation . |
| 28 | Emmitt Smith rushed for 163 yards and Troy Aikman threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns as the Cowboys avenged their only defeat of the season by beating Philadelphia Eagles 20–10 . |
| 29 | In others , carbon and nutrient budgets allow for greater C costs through increased root respiration in warmer soils associated with seasonal or climatic increases in temperature . |
| 30 | Today the young men and Arthur Kanodereka leave for two weeks in South Africa . |