Example sentences of "for the [adj] [noun] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The changes that were made for the Oval game took the number of England players used in the series to twenty-three and , as Cowdrey had to withdraw with a bruised foot , Graham Gooch was appointed the fourth captain of the series . |
| 2 | As its name implies , the Via Militaris was a major line of communication for the Roman armies defending the eastern frontier , and as a stage in one of the links between Italy and Byzantium it already had an important role to play in the vital intercourse between the eastern and western halves of the empire . |
| 3 | Thus the solution for the two-cylinder problem is provided by the solution for the two-line-source problem having the same amount of charge per unit length . |
| 4 | Before the fungus kills the fly , it attacks its nervous system , changing its behaviour so that it climbs to the top of the plant , puts its head down to attach its proboscis to the leaf , and sticks its abdomen up into the air , ready for the passing breezes to take the spores away when they are released . |
| 5 | In striking down the law Duplantier made it clear that he hoped that his decision would provide the opportunity for the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1973 judgement Roe v. Wade which provided the foundation of legal abortion in the US . |
| 6 | What better way for the hired hand to disprove the notion than to dispense with writers and stagers entirely ? |
| 7 | It is of course possible for the unpaid seller to re-sell the goods in circumstances where he has no right to do so . |
| 8 | In 1985 Lord Cockfield as European Commissioner responsible for the Internal Market presented the White Paper ‘ Completing the Internal Market ’ . |
| 9 | Sponsorship is an ever-dwindling means for the professional artist to attract the necessary financial backing to enable him or her to organise an exhibition . |
| 10 | The director said that it would take between one and two weeks for the Soviet Union to send the forces it is currently pulling out , back into eastern Europe . |
| 11 | she never finished her explanations of formulae because she used to stop halfway through for the cleverest girls to give the answer . |
| 12 | To wit , the kind of speed on to man and ball and to the breakdown which would in itself render it a great deal more difficult for the All Blacks to make the Lions ' pack look heavy-footed to the point of statuesque . |
| 13 | Just concentrate on watching out for the right opportunity to broach the subject of Janice , she reminded herself . |
| 14 | Reading have returned to the blueprint of their 1990 title success by recalling Per Jonsson and Armando Castagna as they strive for the right formula to regain the league championship . |
| 15 | For the second year running the Artemis Group recorded lower profits , down 35% on the previous year . |
| 16 | For the second year running the theme of the world 's leading book fair ( until 5 October ) has been Hispanic . |
| 17 | For the second year running the most travelled team in the event , Kay MacDonald ( D Mackenzie , D MacLeod , S MacDonald ) of Stornoway , have got to this stage and will play their match next month against Charles Outred . |
| 18 | It was not seemly for the Second Son to outshine the father in this way and I knew instinctively that before a year had passed there would be more building in the compound . |
| 19 | There are many big sharks waiting for the wee Minister to announce the terms of these sales . |
| 20 | The idea may then be for the surviving spouse to give the property ( which she took under the deed of variation ) to the children and make a potentially exempt transfer under IHTA 1984 , s3A : provided she survives seven years no inheritance tax will have been payable on the death or on the gift or indeed on her death by reference to the property which she gave to the children . |
| 21 | By then , the Cold War was well under way and it was strategically expedient for the western powers to ensure the permanence of a stable anti-communist regime on Europe 's southern flank . |
| 22 | This means that if a reaction , in theory , can be divided up into a number of steps the enthalpy change for the overall reaction equals the sum of the enthalpy changes for each step ( see figure 5.9 ) |
| 23 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 24 | Other horse companions are necessary for the young horse to develop the social skills and forms of communication necessary for a normal horse . |
| 25 | The solution for the general case follows the same approach , and is left as an exercise . |
| 26 | Bevin agreed with Attlee about the need to forestall the Russians , and took the initiative in drafting a resolution for the General Assembly authorizing the crossing of the 38th parallel with a view to establishing a unified , independent , and democratic government of all Korea . |
| 27 | We 'll ask for the General Secretary to move the C E C special report , that will be seconded by Robert , member of the Central Executive Council . |
| 28 | Because none of these emotions is overtly expressed it is always possible for the offending partner to act the innocent and deny any hidden meaning . |
| 29 | It would have been humanly impossible for the early Christians to alter the economic base of the whole Roman Empire . |
| 30 | Half an hour is the minimum for each side ; so if the moot starts at 8.30 p.m. , and if three judges each take ten minutes to give judgment , it is 10 p.m. even if not a minute has been lost — and this does not allow time for the presiding judge to invite the audience to comment before judgment is given . |