Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reserve , the indifference and the blasé outlook which urbanites manifest in their relationships may thus be regarded as devices for immunizing themselves against the personal claims and expectations of others . |
| 2 | The particular question that my hon. Friend raises is for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , but I am grateful to him for reminding me of the precise statistics with which it is always sensible to be armed in any conference on the agreement . |
| 3 | Er I think er if the honourable gentleman checks the record he will find that my right honourable friend said that America did not have a national statutory minimum wage but I 'm most I 'm most grateful to the honourable gentleman for reminding us of the international comparisons because he will know that the country in Europe which has embraced his policy of a statutory minimum wage is Spain and Spain has twice the level of unemployment of the European average and twice the level in this country . |
| 4 | And we also have Monsieur Tran Van Lung here to thank , do we not , for reminding us of the great and unshakable dignity of the Orient . " |
| 5 | As Hill ( 1983 , p. 124 ) observes , the ‘ attacks on Quangos have obscured , rather than illuminated , the serious issue of how ministerial patronage might be replaced by alternative selection procedures , and how these bodies might be made more accountable , without losing that very semi-independence which was a major reason for establishing them in the first place ’ . |
| 6 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 7 | If they do not ( and the track record is not good ) , they will be responsible for leading us up the wrong path ( again ) and they will create yet greater levels of exhaustion and disaffection . |
| 8 | State any biases you would expect to find , and what measures you would suggest ( either in the planning of the enquiry or in the statistical analysis ) for remedying them in the following situations . |
| 9 | Each has systematic ways of dealing with apparently awkward cases and there is no hope of specifying neutral conditions for testing one against the other and thus deciding between them . |
| 10 | BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SEXUAL BEING : Woody Allen , for ridding himself of the insipid waif and compulsive adopter Mia Farrow by bedding her adopted daughter Egg Foo Yong , or whatever her name was . |
| 11 | I am indebted to our Home Improvements Editor , David Holloway , for providing me with the following information relating to the 2.5 per cent VAT increase announced in the recent Budget . |
| 12 | I AM indebted to the Esperanto Centre in London for providing me with the following gem , under the heading ‘ Unfortunate Translations ’ . |
| 13 | You can score points for the number of ceramic divisions you can move the butt over ( with extra for actually getting it down the hole and extra for doing it from the far end of the gutter from the hole ) , for the amount of destruction caused — apparently it 's very hard to get the little black cone at the burned end to disintegrate — and , over the course of the evening , the number of fag-ends so dispatched . |
| 14 | Guest teacher was Joan Daniels , and we thank Kent display team for joining us despite the miserable weather . |
| 15 | These negative or unenthusiastic reactions from the primary Gulf states showed that the prospects for involving them in the proposed neutralised area were poor . |
| 16 | Many businessmen fear that , while Peking may stick to its open door and reform policy in name , officials responsible for implementing it in the southern provinces may lose their jobs as hardliners attempt to tighten their political grip . |
| 17 | Your karate school is responsible for nominating you to the open ‘ B ’ or regional squad sessions which are normally held at least twice a year . |
| 18 | ‘ For putting me in the right frame of mind for facing that rat Silvio . |
| 19 | Er it 's very hard to keep on forgiving somebody for hurting you in the same way over and over again and in this particular example , three times and that 's it . |
| 20 | That is when the strength of his emerging side , and England 's case for making it to the 1994 World Cup finals , will be truly tested . |
| 21 | If it can be shown to be successful at bureau level then there are certainly grounds for extending it throughout the democratic structure of the CAB . |
| 22 | It follows that we see no case for placing it on the semi-statutory footing proposed by the select committee . |
| 23 | Indeed , if it is possible to talk of a Keynesian revolution in economic policy , then there is a strong case for placing it in the early 1950s rather than around 1947 . |
| 24 | This has to be done before the end of the time allowed for laying them before the general meeting and if any of the documents is not in the English language a certified translation must be annexed . |