Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the [adj] [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , on appointment he had realised for the first time that the eastern parts of the District remained largely undeveloped by the WEA . |
| 2 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
| 3 | Those problems have not been solved — just as we said that they would not be — because the Government did not take the issue seriously enough and did not press as they should have pressed for the substantial reforms that were needed . |
| 4 | The H16 engine was designed for the 3-litre formula that came into effect in 1966 and was developed from mating a pair of the 1.5-litre V8s that had been so successful in the preceding years . |
| 5 | His unspoken message was : ‘ If you do n't do a deal with me , you will be blamed for the economic chaos that will result . ’ |
| 6 | Almost all cars that are stolen are reported for the simple reason that that is the only way owners will get insurance compensation ; and insurance is often a major reason for reporting other thefts and burglary . |
| 7 | Attracted by newspaper publicity ( the company did not bother to advertise ) 3000 people applied for the 20 jobs that were available . |
| 8 | Having considered the potential benefits of offering discounts for full payment of Council Tax the Council has decided for the first year that it is not beneficial and that therefore no discounts will be offered for full payment . |
| 9 | ‘ So boo to you , ’ I said to the murderer as I went through the gate — and noticed for the first time that there were no bushes there , just a little hedge of lavender . |
| 10 | So she went on watching and noticed for the first time that Mrs Files had lovely hands , long-fingered , fine-textured , graceful in their mundane task . |
| 11 | While the aide translated these remarks Joseph Sherman took the opportunity to glance around the room and noticed for the first time that groups of diminutive Annamese were standing quietly with their wives among the taller European men and women . |
| 12 | No allowance is made for the separate contribution that the reader himself might bring to the text , and that might help to determine its meaning and effect . |
| 13 | Sometimes when the changes are slower it can be more difficult because allowance has to be made for the natural variations that occur hour by hour in an illness even without any treatment . |
| 14 | FIFTIES star Connie Francis has confessed for the first time that she does not like her biggest hits . |
| 15 | The Chinese government has said for the first time that it intends to try to stop the tiger trade . |
| 16 | For all its faults , it can at least be said for the modern world that it has produced a substantial body of articulate opinion that blends passion with compassion in its concern for the impoverished and starving peoples of the world . |
| 17 | Energy is essentially expended in three ways : Energy is needed for the chemical changes that go on inside our bodies . |
| 18 | Wehave shown for the first time that small intestinal and whole gut transit is faster in patients with chronic radiation enteritis . |
| 19 | ( An irony of the conference was that not one shred of evidence was produced for the central assertion that three years ' full time training in research was essential . ) |
| 20 | It is the combination of being told for the first time that you have coronary disease with the need for an emergency procedure , for example , an angiogram . |
| 21 | It was , however , clearly laid down that the architects would have no claim whatever , except for the prize money offered for the several designs that might be approved . |
| 22 | It has been rumoured for the past year that there are moves afoot to remove Cork from the list of Tarmac championship rounds . |
| 23 | The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games . |
| 24 | It is commonplace for what seems to be a general accord to disintegrate once the drafting exercise is attempted for the simple reasons that the specific expression of detailed terms may reveal misunderstandings between the parties or areas of previously unexplored contention . |
| 25 | It was by no means a simple set of feelings : many longed for the straightforward solutions that apparently lay in the golden-age reign of the Emperor Charlemagne when unity , conquest and expansion to the east had surely indicated racial superiority . |
| 26 | This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception . |
| 27 | An analysis of soil samples from a Kurdish village has proved for the first time that in 1988 Iraqi armed forces used nerve gas as well as mustard gas in air raids against civilians . |
| 28 | What origins , and what final justice , can be found for the critical assumption that , as Bradbury expresses it , ‘ the experimental tradition did shift or lapse ’ in Britain after modernism ( Bradbury 1973 : 86 ) ? |
| 29 | However , no support was found for the widespread assumption that attitudes to gender roles and household gender divisions of labour are any more ‘ traditional ’ in suburban areas than in areas subject to gentrification . |
| 30 | Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk , making a public apology for Ukraine 's part in the massacre , acknowledged for the first time that Babi Yar had been primarily a massacre of Jews , and commentators noted that the ceremony was also a way of emphasising the government 's insistence on minority rights in Ukraine ( where 500,000 Jews still lived ) . |