Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cotswold-stone shop sells bears vintage ( £2,500 ) and everyday ( £10 ) , and owner Ian Pout has trawled the world for the top teddies . |
| 2 | The speech was all too unexciting , having travelled the country for the past year , and not noticeably improving with age . |
| 3 | Having calculated the profit for the first six months discuss whether the profit figure is a useful benchmark for measuring the performance of the business , and also whether it is useful as a guide to future profitability . |
| 4 | Alan had been busy and had arranged the cremation for the following Wednesday morning . |
| 5 | When , in late September 1936 , the National Defence Junta , having recognized the need for an overall military commander , met in Salamanca to choose one , there was already only one serious candidate . |
| 6 | You 'll all be given the instructions for the small group sessions for bail today . |
| 7 | The team as a whole was given the responsibility for the whole task and for assigning individuals to particular jobs . |
| 8 | Barnes had been given the bird for an earlier kicking failure but he converted that try with such a fine kick that he felt entitled to make an equalising gesture to the crowd . |
| 9 | Although Wright was missed by Gooch , low down at third slip off DeFreitas when 3 , the serious stuff began only when Tufnell was given the ball for the 26th over . |
| 10 | Given the need for an extensive approach within the limitations noted above , and given that the first stage of the fieldwork demonstrated that heroin users generally confine themselves to specific networks , it was decided to use a ‘ network analysis ’ approach using the technique of snowball sampling , or chain referral ( Fraser and Hawkins 1984 , p. 82 ) . |
| 11 | IN ITS dying days , the British government has given the go-ahead for a controversial plan to build another oil refinery on Canvey Island in the Thames estuary . |
| 12 | With plans afoot for the redevelopment of part of the Cretan Knossos estate of Sir Arthur Evans , close by his former house the Villa Ariadne , a team from Birmingham University has been given the go-ahead for a new excavation . |
| 13 | A HIGH Court judge has given the go-ahead for a critically-ill baby girl , whose family are Jehovah 's Witnesses , to be given a live-saving blood transfusion . |
| 14 | Dozens of people had explained the need for a real opposition , but the commission simply ignored the issue . |
| 15 | Quayle Munro has recently undertaken the review for the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , on the options for private sector finance with regard to water and sewerage in Scotland . |
| 16 | Mr Morris said : ‘ We have had several problems with these sort of people and have pressed the case for a basic form of licence before anyone can start keeping animals . |
| 17 | Mr Morris added : ‘ We have pressed the Government for a long time to have a look at the hill farming situation . |
| 18 | Of particular interest to this group will be Supplements C , a 60-bed sub-unit for elderly patients , D a 60-bed sub-unit for geriatric psychiatry patients , E a 60-bed subunit for psychiatric patients in district general hospital and F a 48–60-bed sub-unit for mentally handicapped patients ( it is this last supplement which has formed the basis for the so-called " Merchiston Units " ) . |
| 19 | The recent interest in deep-sea biology has highlighted the need for a taxonomic reappraisal in many animal groups . |
| 20 | There 's scores of Central South folk heading for Wales this weekend to ride and run in one of the great adventure races … its the annual Horse v Man V Mountain Bike challenge … local people have won the race for the last five years … and you can if the winning run or ride continues when we bring you the highlights on Monday … |
| 21 | The East , who have won the title for the past two years , are the defending champions and they select their squad this weekend , as do the South . |
| 22 | The East , who have won the title for the past two years , are the defending champions and they select their squad this weekend , as do the South . |
| 23 | Christopher Grasby , Brendon O'Neill and Tom Zetek , all architects working at Rock Townsend , have won the competition for a new pavilion at Soane 's Dulwich Picture Gallery . |
| 24 | The Bulgarian government has , however , approached the EC for a financial aid package to enable the construction of a repository for spent fuel . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , the consumers themselves and some of the organisations which represent them have fallen into the trap of confusing short-term expediencies with long-term solutions and now find that this focus on concessions may have actually distorted the argument for a decent income in later life . |
| 26 | By the end of it , some members may have forgotten the reasons for the whole idea , so let us recap briefly : there are economies of scale , certainly , though the addition of 6,500 members to 100,000 does not in itself produce any great saving in CIB operating costs ( we used to recruit nearly three times that number of new members from the banks alone in a good year in the 1980s ) ; there is potential recruitment , from more than 60,000 building society employees ; but , above all , the merger demonstrates to the public that two major parts of the much maligned financial services sector are keen to improve their standards , and gives commercial rivals an exceptional opportunity to enjoy the benefits of co-operation in educational endeavour . |
| 27 | Campion had unhooked the mike for the multi-channel radio from under the dash , but he was n't speaking ; base desk was giving out a priority call and he 'd stopped with the mike on his knee and the coiled flex hanging loosely . |
| 28 | Her great-grandparents had lived in this house ; it was her great-grandfather who had bought the farm ; but from where had come the money for a Polish immigrant to buy a farm in those far-off days remained a mystery to both her grandfather and , of course , her father . |
| 29 | It was eight days almost to the minute since the undertaker had arrived at the house on stilts and rung the doorbell for the last time . |
| 30 | Opposition politicians , who had blamed the government for the poor organization of the elections , welcomed the decision . |