Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These remain unused for the entire time that the child is in nappies . |
| 2 | We want some for a little jacket mum |
| 3 | The relative permeability may turn out to be a tensor ; it may take on very high values , say 106 or more , or it may have a value very close to unity , say 1.00002 for a wide range of temperatures , and then on cooling the material another few millidegrees unc may drop to zero . |
| 4 | Nor would the suggestion of a derivational link to a noun hold good for an associative use of young rather common in advertisements : ( 14 ) the young place to go young clothes the young thing to do Another thing to emphasize is that what we are considering does not depend on a change of sense in the adjective ; in some cases , certainly , the shift from ascription to association or vice versa may be accompanied by or compatible with such a lexical change ; but this may happen equally in cases of classical structural ambiguity , such as : ( 15 ) Charles will give a talk on the village green where two different senses of on are called upon , as one shifts from the one structure to the other . |
| 5 | Crossing the road to Woolworths is very difficult for pedestrians , let alone for a disabled person . |
| 6 | They may also furnish invaluable information on the target company through their analysts and can provide the manpower and support necessary for a contested takeover . |
| 7 | For indeed the demand and supply schedules do not in practice remain unchanged for a long time together , but are constantly being changed ; and every change in them alters the equilibrium amount and the equilibrium price , and thus gives new positions to the centres about which the amount and the price tend to oscillate . [ … ] |
| 8 | In practice many targets remain unchanged for the following year and alterations are normally within the range of 10 per cent up or down . |
| 9 | A week after the had asking for more , Oliver remained greater prisoner in the darken solitary room which he had been consigned by the wisdom and mercy of the board , but it appears that at first sight not unreasonable disclose that for a particular gentleman of white waistcoat . |
| 10 | With UK and continental centres coming on-stream all the time , the awards of Commercial Language Assistant Certificate , European Executive Assistant Certificate and the Diploma in European Business Administration seem set for a bright future . |
| 11 | Looking back at the decade of 1965–75 , which Bacon and Eltis consider critical for the economic health of the country , one can see that there was no shortage of labour because unemployment increased during this period . |
| 12 | There is a high mortality associated with old people who lie undetected for a long time , both related to the injury sustained and to complications ; such as hypothermia , dehydration , bronchopneumonia and breakdown of pressure areas ( Wild et al , 1981 ) . |
| 13 | Before making more coffee I stand silent for a full minute , to be sure there 's nothing out there I should have heard . |
| 14 | Do you know I lay awake for a little while last night and came to the conclusion that I had no grounds for thinking him old or frumpy ? |
| 15 | But pheromones only remain effective for a short period . |
| 16 | ( See Goodman and Redclift 1981 for a good discussion of this debate ) . |
| 17 | Four finalists in the Tractor Driver of the year Competition get set for the deciding test at Silsoe Research Institute . |
| 18 | Er there 's a sense also in which memories may not be an individual phenomenon but may be a collective phenomena and if you listen to families reminiscing about things or people who 've know each-other for a long time reminiscing about things , different people supply different details , they contradict one-another , they erm fill things in , they say no it ca n't have been then because um because that was the Christmas when Uncle Sydney had his kidney stones and um y'know stuff like that . |
| 19 | No , it 's two , you get one for the right answer |
| 20 | When the Ea transgene expression was normalised to Eb expression instead of to β-actin alone , the Ea transgene expression was again shown to be position-independent and copy number-dependent for the Long constructs ( final column in Table 1 , including Long 11 ) . |
| 21 | pol polish up on the mirrors and get ready for a mock test |
| 22 | Above : The Euro Disney President and Vice-President get ready for the grand opening |
| 23 | SO AS YOU GET READY FOR THE BIG DAY TRY WEARING RUSSELL . |
| 24 | Local authorities remain responsible for the basic costs and the task of collecting household waste . |
| 25 | Well we pay that for the other coal . |
| 26 | I feel sorry for the poor man ! |
| 27 | I feel sorry for the poor person who has to translate it . |
| 28 | If we feel sorry for the dying cat that can not understand what is happening to it , we should remember that it has one enormous advantage over us : it has no fear of death , which is something we humans must all carry with us throughout our long lives . |
| 29 | I feel sorry for the little girl and I suggest to the writer that she consoles her daughter by telling her that the vile custom of killing wild animals for fun is on the way out , that almost all british people feel as she does , and are determined to end such cruelty , and that she can help to bring about its end by supporting the League Against Cruel Sports and talking about the work they do to her schoolfriends . |
| 30 | Natalie Merchant 's voice — so emotive it could make you like a song about King Of The Gits Jack Kerouac and feel sorry for the little bunny rabbits that we cruelly kill for a laugh — rose through songs which flew and were simultaneously ecstatic and melancholy . |