Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These remain unused for the entire time that the child is in nappies . |
| 2 | In their latest show , ‘ New Democratic Pictures ’ ( the first in Britain for three years ) , Gilbert and George ( who often appear alongside their exclusively male models ) pose naked for the first time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Crossing the road to Woolworths is very difficult for pedestrians , let alone for a disabled person . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . [ … ] |
| 7 | In practice many targets remain unchanged for the following year and alterations are normally within the range of 10 per cent up or down . |
| 8 | Devine improved for the fourth time this winter when he reached 64.40 metres at a meeting in Melbourne . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | Before making more coffee I stand silent for a full minute , to be sure there 's nothing out there I should have heard . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | But pheromones only remain effective for a short period . |
| 15 | Ea transgene copy number ( Figure 2D ) was determined by Southern blots of DNA derived from transgenic mice spleens , digested with the restriction enzyme Kpn I , and then hybridised using a DNA probe specific for the second exon of Ea . |
| 16 | With a sweeping run down the outside , the Sadler 's Wells colt displayed impressive acceleration to lead inside the two-furlong marker and draw clear for a length-and-a-half victory over Dr Devious , from whom he was receiving 5lb . |
| 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 | pol polish up on the mirrors and get ready for a mock test |
| 20 | Above : The Euro Disney President and Vice-President get ready for the grand opening |
| 21 | SO AS YOU GET READY FOR THE BIG DAY TRY WEARING RUSSELL . |
| 22 | I feel sorry for the poor man ! |
| 23 | I feel sorry for the poor person who has to translate it . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I feel sorry for the French Commando being carried by the two German soldiers . |
| 28 | They feel guilty for the black predicament , as if the Jews caused it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You mean , I talk funny for an ex-bog-trotter slum-kid ? ’ |
| 30 | Another good choice of pink would be N. Madame Wilfon Gonnere an almost double-cupped shape bloom suitable for the average garden pond . |