Example sentences of "to [pron] [noun sg] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In so far as decorum allows I have tried to do so myself , and at some cost to my reputation for a sympathetic bedside manner . |
| 2 | That was due to my enthusiasm for the excellent achievements of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister at Maastricht . |
| 3 | Ed , — Thank you very much for sending the LINK magazine to my husband for the past few years . |
| 4 | Boots is selling Fine Art Wallcoverings to its management for an undisclosed sum . |
| 5 | The smallest company , Dutchman Biscuits , surprisingly identified an even greater predominance of English ( 80% ) over German ( 20% ) due to its importance for the Scandinavian market . |
| 6 | On any footing , it must , in my judgment , be too broad a proposition to suggest that an owner who retains a piece of land with a view to its utilisation for a specific purpose in the future can never be treated as dispossessed , however firm and obvious the intention and however drastic the act of dispossession of the person seeking to dispossess him may be . |
| 7 | This was the obvious sequel to its policy for the past four years . |
| 8 | That road leads inexorably to her work for the sick , the dying and the distressed . |
| 9 | An invitation through Moran brought the three girls and the boy to her house for a long Sunday . |
| 10 | The Richardson boys had been visitors to her house for a long time . |
| 11 | If the bedroom you occupy is large enough to be turned into a comfortable bed-sitting-room , or if you have your own private sitting-room in the house , you can avoid trouble and confrontation by entertaining friends there , and that will be the end of it ; but if not , after a tactful explanation of your needs to your parent , you should get to the point of suggesting clearly that she might agree to retire to her room for a few hours sometimes when your friends come to the home ( after you have all shared a meal together first , if she wishes ) . |
| 12 | Their enthusiastic welcome brought a smile to her face for the first time that morning . |
| 13 | ‘ Still in Mariánské Láznë , ’ Fabia replied , and chatted to her mother for a few more minutes , until her mother promptly gave her another worry to add to her collection . |
| 14 | In addition to their work for the Fabian Society and the Labour party , and the prodigious nature of their social inquiry work , they were responsible for founding — as institutional outlets for their ideas — the London School of Economics in 1895 and the New Statesman in 1913 . |
| 15 | RUGBY UNION : French selectors have made no changes to their squad for the final game of the International Championship against Ireland in Paris on March 21 . |
| 16 | Soviet officials were gratified by the reaction of the radical Arab states to their plan for the Persian Gulf but they could anticipate a less forthcoming response from the conservative Gulf states . |
| 17 | Applications must be processed Assuming that the company requires a range of different skills , the applications must be divided into groups according to their suitability for the different posts Some applicants may appear in more than one group , in which case some account will need to be taken of their preferences Managers involved in the selection process must choose those to be invited for initial interview . |
| 18 | This did not put an end to their hunt for a privileged place in allied planning , nor did their efforts go unrewarded . |
| 19 | Sir Richard , in hose and open cambric shirt , wiped dust from his hands , apologising that he had been out with the craftsmen who were putting the finishing touches to their pageant for the young king 's coronation . |
| 20 | In fact , there is no further mention of the chapel in the Minute Books of their Meetings for nearly three centuries , and much later they were to claim that they did not know about it until it was brought to their attention for the first time in 1846 . |
| 21 | But Christian MPs held firm to their demand for a programmed Syrian military withdrawal , brushing aside repeated verbal assurances from Arab countries that such a withdrawal would take place . |
| 22 | These models therefore differ in the degree to which specialisation for a particular function is thought to exist . |
| 23 | Dexter was irritated by Blanche 's love of the difficult and complicated as opposed to his preference for the simple and straightforward . |
| 24 | I went over to his home for a few days to sort out helmet and leather contracts . |
| 25 | LAST October The Economist published a study of John Major 's chances of holding on to his majority for a full five-year parliament . |
| 26 | That led to his selection for the 1990 district championship in the North and Midlands side and also this season he has played twice for Scotland ‘ B ’ , scoring a try in each match . |
| 27 | Will the Prime Minister come out of his ivory tower across the road , put his photo calls on hold and face up to his responsibility for the past 13 years of Government mismanagement , which has culminated in the worst economic crisis since the 1930s ? |
| 28 | Last year she had come to his school for the first time , and every eye had turned to gape at her long red hair and golden earrings as she swept into the assembly-hall wearing one of her special dresses . |
| 29 | The explanation may be that Richard Baxter still clung on to his vision for a united national church . |
| 30 | Whilst Edward of England sat fuming over what he had learnt , Sir Amaury de Craon was nursing his bruised wrist and shouting orders to his retinue for a swift return to Oxfordshire . |