Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Studies using those that do exist provide little support for the rational expectations hypothesis . |
| 2 | Tess generously tried for the last time to interest Angel in the other dairymaids . |
| 3 | Because students are usually taught four-part harmony , and there are four conventional voices ( soprano , alto , tenor , and bass ) , they tend always to write for the conventional four-part mixed choir , thus ignoring the existence of the most common voices of all ( mezzo soprano and baritone ) . |
| 4 | These were indestructible and to this day I regret ever falling for the slick adverts for trendy green ones . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The calculated employment gains are based on take home pay for the Scotch Whisky industry and its suppliers . |
| 8 | Take home pay for the Scotch Whisky companies was provided by the nine SWA members . |
| 9 | This is something we have all known for the past few months . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Brichardi have just bred for the first time and have a healthy brood of 20 or so fry . |
| 14 | We have also shown for the first time such treatment also decreases basal gastric acid secretion significantly . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | What we have as premiss for the dependent conditional that if it were raining the balcony would be wet is roughly this : in that possible world most like our own in which it is raining , the balcony is wet . |
| 18 | But we have consciously searched for the poor in spirit , and found them in many different situations . |
| 19 | Wales have yet to qualify for the first round of the NatWest Trophy , but looking at the results from this year 's competition , perhaps they were well out of it . |
| 20 | It 's hard to believe that the man who used to play the bass in a sullen and studenty pop group called The Housemartins is the creator of this year 's most significant number one single , but the success of ‘ Dub Be Good To Me ’ is a sing that things have truly changed for the better . |
| 21 | The Portuguese Social Democrats have recently won for the second time running with a slightly increased majority and 50.7 per cent of the votes cast . |