Example sentences of "and [verb] [adj] [noun pl] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , unlike many of the promises that are made over the clinking of glasses and in the glow of a few drinks , and despite the fact that Pam and Tony lived near Thurso in the north of Scotland , Wendy was working in Bristol and I lived in Shetland , we got in touch later and laid firm plans for a trip to Lapland . |
| 2 | Dash , the company behind the event , is the leading UK leisurewear brand with over 200 retail outlets , and offers fashionable designs for a relaxed lifestyle for men and women . |
| 3 | We talked a lot and made great plans for a concert tour but in the end the dates were n't right . |
| 4 | We had been fortunate to have an excellent trekking crew and to enjoy good conditions for a memorable adventure . |
| 5 | There is a fascinating groundswell of feeling on the avant-garde led by Martin Margiela with his elaborately deconstructed and reconstructed flea-market treasures for a fashion that is fundamentally different from the designerisms of the Eighties . |
| 6 | In its final statement the Council rejected United States and Israeli proposals for a regional peace conference and reiterated previous demands for a UN-supervised international conference on the Middle East , to be attended by , among others , the PLO and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council . |
| 7 | The RSPCA want Magistrates to toughen up and ban cruel owners for a minimum of 5 years , if not more , to prevent them from harming animals like the unfortunate Max again . |
| 8 | You could always cheat a little and use skeletonised leaves for a cream colouring , though if you look carefully through your collection of pressed materials you may find quite a few unusual shades . |
| 9 | the Carri-Med CSL Rheometer can measure and quantify rheological properties for a whole range of materials . |
| 10 | On Oct. 28 the Geneva negotiators formally rejected the division of Bosnia-Hercegovina into three " ethnic-/confessionally-based republics " and presented constitutional proposals for a decentralized Bosnia-Hercegovina aimed at preserving its territorial integrity . |
| 11 | These 11 large folio books , designated ‘ The Lawrence Notebooks ’ , were compiled over 30 years from the 1890s and contain detailed notes for a comprehensive history of stage scenery and technical appliances , together with lives of the most prominent scenic artists . |