Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As India 's leading political parties shift into gear for the forthcoming general election campaign , no fewer than three of the ex-Maharajah 's once-royal relatives are jostling for the right to contest the Bharatpur seat . |
| 2 | Physical gratification often plays a contributing role in the exercise of persuasion : what does the marketing manager expect in return for the expensive lunch she 's buying you ? |
| 3 | As we 've noted , all forms of life on Earth depend on water for the simple reason that life 's very origin on this planet involved water . |
| 4 | Being both eminent authors and psychotic persons our sample is scarcely representative , either of writers or of the mentally ill and therefore can not , by itself , stand as evidence for the supposed connection between creativity and insanity . |
| 5 | They tune into satellite for the extra choice , not the quality of programmes . |
| 6 | Whatever has gone wrong , it was all our fault , but we are trapped in helplessness , and as we contemplate the dull ruins of the fabric of our lives in the light that shines from our visions of what might have been , our ‘ real ’ life seems messier and drabber , and we weep in self-pity for the golden afternoons that never were ours . |
| 7 | Within Scotland , the largest proportions of overseas researchers on Scottish geology are in Strathclyde and Dundee , and it may very well be that the difficulties such researchers experience in publishing their results account in part for the low productivity of these departments compared to those in other universities . |
| 8 | Within Scotland , the largest proportions of overseas researchers on Scottish geology are in Strathclyde and Dundee , and it may very well be that the difficulties such researchers experience in publishing their results account in part for the low productivity of these departments compared to those in other universities . |
| 9 | He summarizes the kind of attitudes and assumptions towards religion which a majority of children when they arrive in school for the first time will be likely already to have assimilated . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , Kevin Keegan delivered his half-term report at Newcastle , declaring : ‘ We are bang on course for the Premier League . ’ |
| 11 | Barcelona are only two points behind Real and , as long as they stay in contention for the Spanish championship , an obsession last satisfied under Terry Venables in 1985 , the club will have no need to calculate the cost of a pay-off . |
| 12 | They insist that this group is ‘ nominal ’ , rather like Christians who go to church for the comfortable feelings they get , but who never put their faith into practice . |
| 13 | The bowling rate for each batsman should start off at Slow for the first ‘ over ’ of six balls , then go to Medium for the next over , and Fast for the third over ; this sequence then repeating if the same batsman is still at the crease . |
| 14 | Any mail messages which already exist in LIFESPAN for the specified user are formatted into a * . |
| 15 | In the no confidence debate in the High Council of the Republic ( HCR — the transitional legislative assembly ) , the principal proponent of the motion , HCR chairman André Salifou , recalled an earlier decision that " the need for ready money … [ should ] not in any way serve as justification for the transitional government 's decisions " . |
| 16 | Depart after breakfast for the stunning scenery of the Tyrol . |
| 17 | increase in funding for the coming year ? |
| 18 | Even if they return to work for the same firm when their children go to school their seniority is lost . |
| 19 | In addition , two important effects have been described which relate to memory for the arousing events themselves . |
| 20 | On day five you depart by road for the three-and-a-half hour journey to the lively resort of Pattaya at the Gulf of Siam . |
| 21 | The more I see of provision for the old , the more irresistibly a thought rises in my mind , which , however hesitantly , I will try to express . |