Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [vb pp] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some versions substituted for the front pair a .5 Browning heavy machine gun , and some jeeps had a single Vickers fitted in such a way that the driver could operate it . |
| 2 | A few ex-soldiers volunteered for the White Army , an unsuccessful venture designed to strangle the Russian Revolution at birth . |
| 3 | These agreements provided for the prompt dispatch of a UN commission to verify FMLN and government adherence to human rights agreements and to facilitate progress on other items on the negotiating agenda , including the creation of an international commission of election observers . |
| 4 | These theorists accounted for the high rates of crime found in the broken-down inner-city areas in terms of ‘ social disorganisation ’ . |
| 5 | Seven out of ten of these employees worked for the seven largest employers , all but one of whom were in the motor vehicle , mechanical engineering and electrical engineering sectors . |
| 6 | Humphrey ( 1976 ) has argued convincingly that animals are in many ways over-equipped for the inanimate environment , but the environment provided by other animals ( particularly clever ones ) is especially complex , difficult to predict and difficult to control . |
| 7 | Adequate : There needs to be enough space for the storage of all materials held for the normal interval between deliveries with provision for reserve stocks in case of extended delivery periods . |
| 8 | Almost all Protestants voted for the Unionist Party and Catholics either voted for nationalists or abstained . |
| 9 | Those schools selected for the first quality audit in mathematics or science have recently been asked to supply 12 pieces of work from across the entire year group reflecting the spread of the ability range . |
| 10 | Both men made for the Mediterranean eventually , for reasons which may have involved a respite from British miseries and injustice . |