Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if you could precis or select from the text that you 've already prepared for the annual report , something that will go in there that says why your functions are |
| 2 | Even though open systems may be able to meet requirements at a lower cost than perhaps the traditional proprietary systems , if you 've already paid for the traditional proprietary system , clearly there is no saving to be made by throwing it away and replacing it with the equivalent functionality on new technology . |
| 3 | I 've not cared for the last few at all , but this one I 'd definitely play on the radio . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 5 | The workforce at Swan Hunters have never asked for any special privileges , they 've always asked for a fair deal on a level playing field . |
| 6 | it is what I 've always thought for a long time that somebody like Brian if he 's not if he 's not showing at our fish at our show , even as an A class judge , I , I fail to see why he ca n't judge at our show it 's , he goes to Skelm and , and judges there and our fish will be there or strange really when we 're struggling for judges that , that we do n't do these things . |
| 7 | It is extremely light , low cut , very wide fitting — the widest I 've ever found for a long time — and together with an EVA insert into the sole unit , gave me very comfortable walking . |
| 8 | We 've both known for a long time how we feel about each other and all the reasons why nothing can ever come of it . |
| 9 | Seawitch is obviously very special to you , and I 've never crewed for a world-famous yachtsman before . ’ |
| 10 | First division sides receive around £13,500 Courage assistance , but Sudbury and Askeans have successfully called for a new look at the way the money is divided . |
| 11 | Environmentalists , who have long campaigned for a single agency , have expressed their concern that the plans for the reform of the Inspectorate amount to little more than political opportunism and will have little real impact . |
| 12 | This is something we have all known for the past few months . |
| 13 | When tonight those Tory MPs have all voted for the Prime Minister 's motion — for different and often conflicting reasons — the Prime Minister will claim that his motion has given him a mandate for Maastricht , when he stands for nothing at all . |
| 14 | At the same time it should be remembered that over the centuries , exiles and deportees have only accounted for a tiny fraction of the total population of Siberia , the vast majority of which was there as a result of voluntary emigration , fortune seeking or the process of natural procreation . |
| 15 | Then , equally important , George Bush must sell that deal to Congress with far more enthusiasm than his officials have lately shown for the multilateral approach to trade reform . |
| 16 | CPMA Managing Director , Nigel Rushman , claims that several other sponsors have already signed for the Sevens spectacular in April at Murrayfield , but for a variety of reasons none has come out of the woods yet . |
| 17 | Anyway , we thought it would be suitably ironic and some sort of justice for having been booted off the Argent tour to cover that song , especially as Argent have not existed for a long time . |
| 18 | He may have been joking , but his fatalistic sentiment was in the sane vein as a cruel remark made as Davies 's men departed in triumph : ‘ We understood Eastbourne were the only team who have not applied for a postal vote in the General Election . ’ |
| 19 | Most of those could be animals whose consignors have not applied for the special beef premium payment ( BSPS ) or which do not carry a CCD ( Cattle Control Document ) or passport . |
| 20 | So I I 'm extremely pleased that the County Council have not gone for a strategic exceptions policy . |
| 21 | Taxi drivers and even rickshaw cyclists often face arrest if they have not paid for the correct license . |
| 22 | ‘ Switzerland have not qualified for a major tournament since the 1966 World Cup finals and have grown used to losing . |
| 23 | If clutter is your only problem , be ruthless and get rid of anything hanging around that you have not used for the last six months , and put anything else away in a cupboard , cabinet or closet somewhere . |
| 24 | Billig ( 1987a ) illustrates Taking the Side of the Other by examples where people , who have generally argued for a particular stance and against the counter-stance , seem to turn around and use the arguments of their former opponents : in this way , they take up the side of the other . |
| 25 | The Brichardi have just bred for the first time and have a healthy brood of 20 or so fry . |
| 26 | Thompson is the 4/9 favourite with William Hill to win the best actress Oscar , the shortest odds they have ever given for a British actress nominated for a prize . |
| 27 | We have also shown for the first time such treatment also decreases basal gastric acid secretion significantly . |
| 28 | I have also looked for the planetary nebula NGC 7662 , which is in the field with the triangle made up of Lambda ( 3.8 ) , Kappa ( 4.1 ) and Iota ( 4.3 ) . |
| 29 | We have also known for a long time that morphine cures diarrhoea . |
| 30 | The ‘ germ ’ of this story , I think , is the idea ( I do not know who first expressed it ) that couples of servants who apply for situations as man and wife have often met for the first time in the registry office . |