Example sentences of "the room for the " in BNC.

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1 By the introduction of a 75 x 75mm ( 3 x 3in ) square-section hollow steel post sited close to the centre of the room for the support of heavy timber trimmers , it was possible to construct a gallery which extends between the flank walls on modestly-sized 38 x 150mm ( 1–1/2 x 6in ) joists , carrying boards which give a platform 2m ( 6–1/2ft ) wide overlooking the larger part of the living-room .
2 The libretto now needs writing , not in terms of expectation of aid from elsewhere — little will come — but expressing the room for the innate , self-help strengths of local people and communities .
3 Catriona 's eyes raked the room for the cousin , but the bar and the more downmarket tables were empty .
4 In one feeding centre the room for the dead had become a Koranic school for young children .
5 And she was already looking around the room for the gun or the knife that he would surely have about him somewhere .
6 Whey-faced and wobbling , she slowly rises to a kneeling position behind the chair and peers out over a rampart of faded chintz , searching the room for the source of my voice .
7 For many boilers , this can be a normal chimney , provided that there is a sufficient supply of fresh air into the room for the fuel to burn .
8 Again his eyes quartered the room for the most likely hiding places .
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