Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] or [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unsanitary condition of almost every orphanage or home for the disabled or mental asylum is striking testimony to the distorted priorities of the regime . |
| 2 | Beware of swing sequences that show the late hit of the hands , as illustrated in Diagram A. This position at halfway in the downswing may be ideal for the skilled or powerful player , because the hands and lower arms will still release early enough to return the clubface squarely to the back of the ball . |
| 3 | I know that the number of black athletes running for London Irish causes some amusement but the club is absolutely ideal for the young or up-and-coming athlete , and the people who run it deserve a lot of credit . |
| 4 | But experience shows that language — and , particularly , language adopted or concurred in under the pressure of a tight Parliamentary timetable — is not always a reliable vehicle for the complete or accurate translation of legislative intention ; and I have been persuaded , for the reasons so cogently deployed in the speech of my noble and learned friend , that the circumstances of this case demonstrate that there is both the room and the necessity for a limited relaxation of the previously well-settled rule which excludes reference to Parliamentary history as an aid to statutory construction . |
| 5 | The legislation now allows for the temporary or permanent modification of statements ( and in the case of non-statemented special needs pupils , to make temporary exceptions ) . |
| 6 | It is clear that HS5A and HS5B are not required for the tissue-specific or temporal regulation of the gene contrary to what has been suggested previously ( 28 ) because the -300bp promoter when linked to a gene which lacks HS5A and HS5B is still expressed correctly . |
| 7 | The superior parrot may be especially good at ‘ dazzling rivals with the unexpectedness , speed and intricacy of its displays ’ — such a brilliant performance might be too much for the inexperienced or debilitated parrot . |
| 8 | Although invited by the Liberal Party to be their candidate for the Clapham Division 20 years ago or more , [ he ] was unable to accept the invitation , and contented himself with speaking for the Liberal or Progressive candidate at every available opportunity in many elections . |
| 9 | The ICAEW recognises that many of the detailed provisions , designed with the individual private investor in mind , may not be appropriate for the experienced or corporate client ( referred to under the regulations as ‘ corporate finance clients ’ ) . |
| 10 | Additionally , widowed mothers receive an extra payment of£9.75 a week for the first or only child ; and £10.85 a week for each other dependent child . |
| 11 | Potential cross-references in symbolic form are checked against the current data-base and must succeed for the new or changed record to be accepted without reservation . |
| 12 | Control of public expenditure until the 1960s was highly fragmented and largely revolved around the consideration of annual estimates : there was little or no attempt to plan expenditure programmes for the medium or long term . |
| 13 | A new poll commissioned by the Birth Control Trust showed that 82pc of people in the province thought abortion should be legal where it was necessary for the physical or mental health of the woman . |
| 14 | It is certainly not a tree for the impatient or faint-hearted gardener . |
| 15 | The herb border can be designed to follow the same principles as those used for the herbaceous or mixed border ; small plants will not thank you for planting them next to towering or buxom plants — they will be smothered in no time . |
| 16 | For the British or Western reader this is too easily read in terms of familiar histories of the left . |
| 17 | Expect to pay around £1.80 per foot for a Scots or Norwegian Pine and around £3 for a fir . |
| 18 | The structure plan can not be seen for providing for a major or sudden change in direction . |
| 19 | So the P300 is thought to be associated with the completion of stimulus identification and classification in preparation for a cognitive or motor response . |
| 20 | Exclusion of a pupil from school may be temporary ( either for a fixed or indeterminate period ) or permanent . |
| 21 | Second , the LEA must be informed if the head teacher has decided to exclude permanently a pupil excluded for a fixed or indefinite period . |
| 22 | To constitute a tenancy the occupier must be granted exclusive possession for a fixed or periodic term certain in consideration of a premium or periodical payments . |
| 23 | Indeed , in Street v Mountford [ 1985 ] AC 809 , Lord Templeman stated that " ( t ) o constitute a tenancy the occupier must be granted exclusive possession for a fixed or periodic term certain in consideration of a premium or fixed periodical payments " ( 818 ) . |
| 24 | And , of course , you can make sure you avoid all the highs and lows of variable interest rates by opting for a fixed or capped rate loan . |
| 25 | And what better solution can there be for a decayed or threatened landscape park than for it to become a deer park once again ? |
| 26 | There is no provision for a regional or provincial level of local government . |
| 27 | If any ambiguity remained , either because multiple readings survived or because some anaphor had several surviving candidates , common sense inference rules were invoked to look for a causal or other link between a proposition in the current sentence and one in an earlier one . |
| 28 | Among companies that have opted for a total or partial switch to diesel in recent months are Philips Electronics , Dunn & Bradstreet , the Milk Marketing Board , London Electricity Board and Alliance & Leicester Building Society . |
| 29 | The accounting for royalties by a music publisher , for a world-wide or territory-by-territory contract , is very similar to record companies ' methods . |
| 30 | Bogie is a general term for a mischievous or evil-natured GOBLIN . |