Example sentences of "by the [noun pl] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His earlier refusal to play the party game had led the political establishment to ignore him , and their view was now reinforced by the problems for public order brought about by Mosley 's street-corner politics . |
| 2 | There lies a group of stones deposited by the glacier , the largest of which , the Carlow Stone , is said to have been used by the druids for human sacrifice . |
| 3 | Amazon soils can not provide nutrients from the parent material as can soils in temperate regions because the Basin has a Tertiary deposit of kaolinite derived from the sediments eroded from the surrounding highlands , but in some areas are patches of black soil , developed by the Indians for intensive cultivation by addition of organic matter . |
| 4 | Dominica 's foreign affairs were dominated by the plans for political union agreed in principle by the seven countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ) . |
| 5 | He refrained from taking any alcohol or drugs , but when he returned to Hollywood to commence filming , he began drinking again and was picked up by the police for drunken driving . |
| 6 | Many appeared to be visibly drunk at matches and were often thrown out by the police for this reason . |
| 7 | A report commissioned by the Growers for Advanced Crop Treatments ( Gro-Act ) has argued that the idea that organic produce is " better for you " is a fiction . |
| 8 | We walked into it through the wall , through a shell-hole that had been enlarged by the gunmen for easy access . |
| 9 | Swayed by the prospects for economic revitalisation , governor Weld gave MASSMoCA another $688,000 and until the end of 1992 to raise $12 million as proof of private-sector support . |
| 10 | Capital costs have varied greatly , but in no case have reached the sort of level that one would have expected from shared space schemes , where costs are raised by the needs for complete resurfacing . |