Example sentences of "for [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for 1993 and the fulfilling of promise , hold your breath . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Powerful material for 1963 but a sample of how the show should have developed its characters to make them more rounded and believable . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Underground cellars may be cool enough for all but a handful of northerly ( ArticBoreal ) species . |
| 9 | List Relationships can list full or partial tight relationships for all or a part of the database . |
| 10 | If you can do business each week for less than the price of a TV licence , the government has a deal for you . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | If not , should heads settle for less than the whole of their ideal or keep on pressing their colleagues ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Even the biggest stars rarely sell 6m copies ( as Janet must do if Virgin is to make a profit ) for more than a couple of records . |
| 19 | The second , or spare rod , is never left to fish for itself for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 20 | Kelly liked the man but dreaded those rare occasions when their conversations lasted for more than a couple of sentences . |
| 21 | I ca n't hang around with anyone , if I hang around with anyone that 's a smackhead for more than a couple of days , then it 's going to be tempting , so I 've got to keep meself away from them . |
| 22 | One broken collar-bone , and a cut on the back of his shoulder — and even that refused to bleed for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 23 | Her breezy smile left little room for more than a grin of agreement . |
| 24 | In 1989 they accounted for more than a quarter of BR 's total charter-train revenue — and the trend is ever upwards . |
| 25 | At one point the queue stretched four deep for more than a quarter of mile . |
| 26 | The SNP needs a swing of nearly 9 per cent but the polls show the Nationalists gaining ground in Scotland and Labour and the Liberals — who accounted for more than a quarter of the vote in Galloway last time — are likely to be squeezed . |
| 27 | One woman with this problem , whose rather self-absorbed elderly mother used to keep her on the telephone for hours with doom-laden conversations , solved it by telling her that she had developed migraine which was always triggered off by holding a phone to her ear for more than a quarter of an hour at a time ! |
| 28 | Schools and their children have suffered change after change for more than a quarter of a century , especially since the Tories came to power . |
| 29 | For more than a quarter of a million motorists , choosing a car can be an especially frustrating experience . |
| 30 | Runciman had sympathisers within the Federation in favour of a more liberal approach which , he believed , would bring a ready response from Wilson , but they were in a minority to those dominated by the formidable George A. and Cuthbert Laws , father and son , whose implacable anti-union line prevailed for more than a quarter of a century . |