Example sentences of "for [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is my hon. Friend aware that the tyranny that controls education in Nottinghamshire holds back £10 or more for each and every child above that national average , that it is somewhere around two thirds of the way down the merit table for putting resources where they belong — at the school — and sits on about £3 million at the centre , which is the same as holding back £5,000 for every school in the county ? |
| 2 | Yet an individual or government possessing the qualifications of being white , European in cultural origin and liberal-democratic by conviction will be remorselessly and unreasonably criticized for each and every offence against the supposedly absolute standards of protest-morality . |
| 3 | Fiction reflects the changes in the concept of honour , personal or institutional , sorting out the basic scruples of conscience and the natural feelings of compassion and devotion which must be newly defined for each and every period in time . |
| 4 | I have to say that I know for definite that the force at that time only possessed two shields , er we kept one shield in the South of the county at and one shield North of the county and and hence that is why I went to the headquarters in the morning . |
| 5 | Individuality counts for little as the nurse in the antenatal clinic brightly calls us ‘ Mother ’ , and the doctor treats us as if we were half-witted . |
| 6 | At a meeting on Sunday , the 300 strikers indicated they were prepared to agree to management plans to resolve a dispute over lay-offs , but would return to work under protest at part of the package which included a wage freeze for 1993 and a cut in fringe benefits . |
| 7 | As for 1993 and the fulfilling of promise , hold your breath . |
| 8 | ‘ Mrs Henry Cox ’ , too busy for some but a favourite with many for over a century |
| 9 | Early retirement may be a release from employment for some and a refuge from the severe insecurity of the labour market for others . |
| 10 | This report provides an overview of recent changes in policy makers ' assumptions about the family , particularly in relation to the benefit system , where the recognition of relationships can mean more money for some and no money for others . |
| 11 | ‘ I think they can make a much more plausible case for this than the invasion of Grenada [ in 1983 ] or the Dominican Republic in the Sixties , ’ said an American university law professor , Mr Robert Goldman . |
| 12 | As I say I was sitting there adding it up , a pound for this and a pound for that and your meal , a fiver for Maggie , I 'm twenty pound short off you |
| 13 | There were a lot of arguments for this and a lot against . |
| 14 | Not all the the MPs are voting for this because a lot of people ca n't have work , let alone have a pay increase . |
| 15 | Fears focused on the £50 billion borrowing requirement for 1993-94 and the narrowness of the window the Chancellor has left for economic recovery in the next 12 months before he begins tightening the tax screw in earnest . |
| 16 | Powerful material for 1963 but a sample of how the show should have developed its characters to make them more rounded and believable . |
| 17 | The area of oilseed rape grown this year is believed to be less than half that for 1992 and the area of potatoes ( 7,500 hectares ) is down by 30pc . |
| 18 | The last sentence refers to an earlier conversation between Green and Hickson in which the latter had claimed that the Cambridgeshire LEA would not be prepared to support the work of the District , whereas the Board had been offered a grant of £100 for 1931–32 and the prospect of increased grant-aid in subsequent years . |
| 19 | For all that The Mouse on the Moon ( 1963 ) is a slight film , its satirical swipes at the unprogressive nature of British institutions and the nation 's difficulty in coming to terms with its global insignificance do find their target . |
| 20 | Underground cellars may be cool enough for all but a handful of northerly ( ArticBoreal ) species . |
| 21 | List Relationships can list full or partial tight relationships for all or a part of the database . |
| 22 | An emaciated rice cropper from the Red River delta who had been forced south like many others because typhoons had recently inundated the rice lands , he had worked in the rubber plantation for less than a month before succumbing to the fever . |
| 23 | If you can do business each week for less than the price of a TV licence , the government has a deal for you . |
| 24 | The strategy is to sell the plug compatibles for less than the price of the equivalent IBM machine but to make them at least as powerful , or to provide more for the same money . |
| 25 | There are plenty of dealers who can offer you a computer for less than the price of a Dell , Elonex or a Dan ; but will the support be as good ? |
| 26 | Microsoft 's latest scheme to increase its market share in the Macintosh software arena is a trade-in deal which nets a customer the four Microsoft applications which make up the integrated Microsoft Office pack for less than the price of just one of those applications . |
| 27 | The result is that ordinary motorists can now pick them up at the more respectable auctions for less than the price of an everyday family car . |
| 28 | If not , should heads settle for less than the whole of their ideal or keep on pressing their colleagues ? |
| 29 | As the bulk of the material was culled from just three radio sessions , this proved that an album of quality could still be made for less than the cost of recording your average chart single . |
| 30 | Whether yours is a family garden which has to sustain the rigorous attentions of children , a more sedate garden for entertaining al fresco , or a small city garden with little room for more than a couple of raised flowers beds , a patio can give your home and lifestyle a whole new dimension . |