Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skills develop and change to compensate partially for the changing capacities . |
| 2 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 3 | I 've forgotten my troubles ; now I want to climb just for the good performance itself . |
| 4 | I hope to stay here for a long time . ’ |
| 5 | This ‘ bad faith ’ operates among the doctors and pharmacists who allow their knowledge and skill to be abused ; among the politicians who wish to see themselves as community benefactors , while knowing full well that they are nothing of the sort ; and even among the poor who are so often critical of the medical ‘ care ’ they receive yet continue to hold out for a medical solution to their social and economic problems . |
| 6 | It is not surprising that Dr L regarded the humanities with some contempt , arguing that students go to sign on for a medieval history course in the arts faculty and |
| 7 | If you like a mild cheese , buy pasteurised Stilton , but for the true flavour of the cheese , do look out for the unpasteurised cheeses . |
| 8 | Pilots should be encouraged to make an assessment during the final turn of how much airbrake they will need as they start to straighten up for the final approach , instead of waiting until the turn is completed at which point it is already too late . |
| 9 | All through this they 've cried out for a modern definition . |
| 10 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 11 | I 've worked only for the common good , humbly trying to advance knowledge … ’ |
| 12 | I presume there are people with second homes who actually have money which they 've put aside for the right property . |
| 13 | I 've radioed in for the Social Services , they 'll find them some alternative accommodation . |
| 14 | College lecturers have voted overwhelmingly for a one-day strike and a total ban on flexible working over pay , the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education announced yesterday . |
| 15 | [ That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Minister of State for Overseas Development to grant Aid Trade Provision Cover and ECGD cover over three years from 1992 to enable Communication Supplies Ltd. to continue to export further System X telephone exchanges and ancillary equipment to Kenya , which they have done successfully for the past seven years ; and furthermore notes that the Kenyan Government considers this project as top of their list of priorities for trade with the United Kingdom , and the project will save and provide many thousands of jobs throughout the United Kingdom and will lead to repeat business for many years to come , and that if funding is not forthcoming the contract will be lost to the United Kingdom and awarded to either Japanese , French or Italian companies , all of whom have shown open interest . ] |
| 16 | We are urgently searching for a set — I 've been informed that some surviving sets are twisted — and if it means that we have to look abroad for a new set in Poland than so be it ! |
| 17 | This ranks as one of the few occasions in the past 20 years when I have forked out for a little bottle . |
| 18 | Was this something recent or something you have known about for a long time ? ’ |
| 19 | Plans have gone ahead for a regulatory body for the direct sales channel . |
| 20 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 21 | Furthermore , he contests , costs at the company have gone up for the simple reason that it has moved into different areas of activity — IBM simply made the mistake of trying to be ‘ all things to all people ’ , and so will never be able to return to the profit levels of the mid-1980s . |
| 22 | They live wild , occasionally returning to the park , and have bred successfully for the past six years . |
| 23 | . All these people have tried out for the new series . |
| 24 | Well I think we have to stop there for a little while because it 's nine o'clock , and I 've just got erm a few more pictures to show you later on so if we have a short break now , I think the coffee ladies are ready . |
| 25 | that the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition , and the respondent consents to a decree being granted ; or |
| 26 | that the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least five years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition . |
| 27 | That the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition and that the respondent agrees to a decree being granted . |
| 28 | I mean there , there are a lot of people , of people in who have lived here for a long time , and lived here ever since they were born . |
| 29 | There , the hosts are our Tuscan expert Mario Baiocchi and the Anichini family whose ancestors have lived here for the past 300 years . |
| 30 | The ambassador reported that " The Emperor is monitoring the serious political illness which has gripped all countries , and believes his empire very far from being immune from infection " ; Nicholas was now of the opinion that " Highly reprehensible principles have been disseminated among young people who completed their university courses around three years ago , among people who have lived abroad for a long time , and also among teachers , professors , writers and journalists . |