Example sentences of "and [verb] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | February 20th , 1920 : It was on this date that Adolf Hitler gave up painting and became spokesman for the newly-formed Nazi Party . |
| 2 | So why do n't you both get off prime time telly immediately and make way for the new generation ? |
| 3 | So why do n't you both get off prime time telly immediately and make way for the new generation ? |
| 4 | So why do n't you both get off prime time telly immediately and make way for the new generation ? |
| 5 | For individuals , it took immense determination , on the part of an Ada Nield Chew or Hannah Mitchell , for example , to change the pattern of their lives and make time for the political work they held dear . |
| 6 | Anyone who has made the mistake of parking at harvest-time under the trees which line the Place Drouet d'Erlon in Reims , will realise that most of Champagne 's bird life return each night to this one street to rest and make room for the following day 's gorging of grapes . |
| 7 | They wanted to recover a wider , more comprehensive vision of the church , one which could include and make room for the different forms in which the church had appeared through history , and in this way to overcome the deeply entrenched divisions between the separated confessions and denominations . |
| 8 | On Nov. 13 the UN World Food Programme ( WFP ) announced a massive humanitarian food plan for Iraq , the first consignment of which involved the despatch of 15,000 tonnes of wheat and cooking oil for the Kurdish population . |
| 9 | During the afternoon meeting , several breaks were called to allow discussions between the various groupings to examine the three motions on the table : a strong attack on the MPs , calling on the executive not to endorse their actions ; a motion regretting their action , and the successful statement welcoming the concession wrung out of the Westminster system and pledging support for the parliamentary group . |
| 10 | During the Gulf conflict he was president of Hartlepool Gulf Troops Support Group , and he is chairman of the Northern Area Parliamentary Candidates ' Association and press officer for the Conservative Group on Cleveland county council . |
| 11 | ‘ Q-shed ’ was once the warehouse and booking office for the much-loved P. & A. Campbell pleasure steamers , Today , a wide range of exciting and dynamic events and activities frequently changed are held here . |
| 12 | Ray , who runs a local lost and found bureau for the National Petwatch organisation , took the dog in while he tried to trace the owner . |
| 13 | They gave him his first meal , of bread for the body and purifying salt for the immortal soul , and cheered as his tiny red face puckered at the taste and he yelled lustily . |
| 14 | It is commonly accepted that part of a nurse 's functions is to be sensitive to and provide care for the psychological needs of patients , achieved in part through interpersonal relationships . |
| 15 | Most of these customers represent traditional nuclear business but their requirements are in decline , so AEA is actively developing new business such as technical services for the oil industry , safety consultancy for the transport industry , environmental research for the water industry and process engineering for the pharmaceutical industry . |
| 16 | Another essential ingredient of our diet is fibre , the importance of which is to provide bulk to keep our gastro-intestinal tracts working satisfactorily and to provide nourishment for the beneficial bacteria which , in health , inhabit our large intestines and supply us with a not inconsiderable proportion of our daily vitamin requirements . |
| 17 | In a Welsh mining village the boys were told to go and carry water for the old people … and see about firewood for them for the week . |
| 18 | The declaration highlighted the importance of the current Middle East peace talks and reiterated support for the Palestinian intifada , adding that the liberation of Jerusalem " was the Islamic cause of this generation " . |
| 19 | ‘ Highly Conservative in politics , they are also High Churchmen ’ ; their sectarian spirit focused on Clarkson because , although a churchman , he had been an apologist for Quakerism and in earlier days as an enthusiast for civil as well as religious liberty ‘ he belonged to a very liberal class ’ and showed support for the French Revolution . |
| 20 | Their relatively humdrum job these days is merely to argue about the best mechanism for finding out what the people want , the best way of looking after the country 's interests abroad and , in economics , the rival merits of maximising productive efficiency and maximising compassion for the poor devils who get least out of the efficiency . |
| 21 | The major trials which followed the movement ‘ to the people ’ were used with great skill by the accused and their defence lawyers to expose the incompetence and brutality of the police , to draw attention to the plight of the peasantry , and to win sympathy for the wretched poverty of many students . |
| 22 | Addressing the conference , Ruslan Khasbulatov , Supreme Soviet Chairman , attacked recent government criticism of both central and local legislatures , accusing the government of " constant provocative actions … perhaps to try and avoid responsibility for the existing failures in the economic reforms " . |
| 23 | Like the head , he saw the lack of a librarian as a serious deficiency and gave priority to the securing of someone to " manage " the library ( and assume responsibility for the part-time assistant ) . |
| 24 | Subject to the necessary amendments being made to the provisions of the schemes , they will continue for a transitional period after privatisation to provide for continuity of pension provisions and allow time for the privatised company to make new arrangements . |
| 25 | THE Surrey-based management consultancy and computer services group , P-E International , has won a contract worth about £500,000 annually to develop and maintain software for the big Edinburg-based life assurance company , Standard Life . |
| 26 | The publicity which surrounded this venture into Eastern Mysticism did much to popularise and gain acceptance for the Eastern religious practice of Yoga . |
| 27 | He started out as a full-back with Bath and looked set for the glittering prizes . |
| 28 | The staff coach included living quarters for the medical officer , and had accommodation for the chief surgeon , two doctors and two sisters . |
| 29 | Eventually — and with some relief — we were out into open water and setting course for the other two large islands in the group , Barentsøvya and Edgeøya . |
| 30 | There will consequently be a longer gap than usual between buying the material and receiving payment for the delivered order . |