Example sentences of "for [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the United States , for example , there is a discernable preference for products with the technological appeal of a ‘ gadget ’ |
| 2 | ‘ There is no evidence that Hong Kong is used as a base for activities against the Chinese government , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 3 | One observation is essential to the construction of a GP box and that is the location of the vanishing point for diagonals of the squared plan grid , VPd , on the eye level . |
| 4 | The day began at 10 am for rehearsals for the next production but if this proved unsuccessful , it was taken off and the new production rushed on . |
| 5 | Erm I did write er as was suggested asking about erm facilities for cyclists in the potential shopping centre development in Bishop 's Stortford . |
| 6 | Many developing nations argue that since the industrialized countries are the world 's main polluters , they should pay for improvements in the global environment ; and since they are rich , they should pay for the transfers of technology necessary for the developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions , stop deforestation and carry out other changes . |
| 7 | thought that , … in preference to the suggestion that there might be more frequent recommendations for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative , it might be possible to introduce a system similar to that adopted in some parts of the United States under which a distinction was made between murder in the first and second degree , the death penalty being reserved for cases of the former kind . |
| 8 | The courts seem to take the view that the minimum mark-up is usually in the region of 50 per cent of the hourly rate , and can rise in personal injury cases to 75 per cent in a very big , difficult case , and could go up as far as 100 per cent or more for cases of the greatest difficulty or where quantum is huge and complex . |
| 9 | He was famous , people flocked to catch a glimpse of him , they stood for hours in the freezing cold in the hope that he would choose their hand to shake — for no better reason than an accident of birth . |
| 10 | On a good day ( for the parents , that is ) children can be absorbed for hours in the imaginative construction of a world which depends on them alone for its realization and reward . |
| 11 | When she 's happy she can sleep for hours in the same position . |
| 12 | I read it , cover to cover , endlessly , and practised casting for hours in the back garden , on the lawn . |
| 13 | He had experimented for hours in the tiled bathroom . |
| 14 | After around twenty years of virtual silence , except for chimes at the occasional wedding , the sixteenth century church bells are finally back in place . |
| 15 | The keynote speeches will include ‘ a high-level official from the Commission ’ , currently being finalised , along with Nobel prize winner Dr Arno Penzais , vice president of research at AT&T Bell Labs , Doug Michels of the Santa Cruz Operation , Roel Pieper of Unix System Laboratories and Charles Reilly , vice president for operations at the Open Software Foundation . |
| 16 | These three questions were used in an adapted form for housewives in the present sample . |
| 17 | Then there is the matter of the French Cheddar ( not to be confused with an unidentified English cheese known for generations to the French public as Chester ) now being made down at Castres in the Tarn department of the Languedoc . |
| 18 | 7.2 Orders for copies of the Licensed Software shall be communicated in writing , by telefax or by telex to at the above address or at such other address as may notify . |
| 19 | The only job vacancies in Angleside are for interviewers in the Social Security office , where the furniture is screwed to the floor in case the clients should try to assault the interviewers with it . |
| 20 | The CC purposely did not make detailed proposals for change , preferring to leave these for discussions with the appropriate government Ministries . |
| 21 | PTI reported on Feb. 2 that the separatist United Liberation Front of Assam ( ULFA ) had set out its terms for discussions with the central government in a recent letter to the state Governor D. D. Thakur . |
| 22 | He did not feel that the 15 day limit for minutes of the final meeting and responses to issues brought up at it was inadequate . |
| 23 | They include Powergen , Nuclear Electric and French and Scottish generating companies , who are also battling for contracts with the regional electricity companies . |
| 24 | The hammer-beamed GREAT HALL was built by James IV in the sixteenth century and was used on occasions for meetings of the Scots parliament . |
| 25 | I 'd hoped to telephone you whilst in London part of this last week for meetings of the British Association of Industrial Editors but got stricken by flu ! |
| 26 | Peter Ustinov says of us : ‘ They search for ages for the wrong word which , to give them credit , they eventually find . ’ |
| 27 | Every time we go I have to wait for ages in the cold hospital wearing a scratchy towelling robe the colour of sick and drinking black coffee . |
| 28 | She dressed for dinner in a plain dark dress , then stared for ages in the full-length mirror in her bedroom , hating herself . |
| 29 | Why , when animal teeth were available and were in fact used for necklaces by the simple process of perforating their roots , did men go to the trouble to carve beads from solid ivory ? |
| 30 | Guests are invited to join Sylvia Frowd in the elegant drawing room for cocktails before the four-course evening meal . |