Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should an apparent truce in Bosnia lead to the sending of substantial peacekeeping forces , the subsequent breakdown of such an agreement would trigger acute pressures for sending sufficient troops to achieve peacemaking ( ‘ smothering the war by force ’ ) . |
| 2 | The School also offers distance-learning courses for teachers of the visually impaired and of hearing-impaired people , and for teachers of children with speech and language disorders . |
| 3 | Purcell did not make extensive changes for the Fairy Queen revival — and indeed he had two excellent reasons not to . |
| 4 | A subsidiary of the Rover group is producing complete bodyshells for the car , which was last built sixteen years ago . |
| 5 | A subsidiary of the Rover group is producing complete bodyshells for the car , which was last built sixteen years ago . |
| 6 | This had set the tone later reflected in the harsh rules of the Indian Penal Code 1860 ( prescribing long sentences of ‘ rigorous imprisonment ’ ) , in the Prisons Act 1894 , in gaol manuals allowing cruel punishments for the smallest breach of discipline , and in a lasting policy of spending as little as possible on the gaols . |
| 7 | Trailing variegated nepetas are often sold with the bedding plants during summer at garden centres as they make admirable subjects for hanging baskets and window boxes . |
| 8 | Police in Foxboro , Massachusetts made eight arrests for drunken and disorderly behaviour after last week 's England-US game . |
| 9 | A binary number can easily be coded into the bars by using narrow bands for Os and wide bands of 1s ( or vice versa ) . |
| 10 | All that remained was to issue specific orders for action to Kirov in Russia and Phil Andersen in Turkey . |
| 11 | The economic crisis and in particular the slump produced lower totals for the next two years , but by 1939 , the number of holidays booked had risen to a substantial 62,500 , comprising 29,500 holiday-makers travelling overseas , and 33,000 taking home bookings . |
| 12 | National institutions and agencies , each responsible for one agenda , are charged with administering specific policies for each sector and each group of multi-nationals . |
| 13 | Resorts : Cortina is international jet set , glamour and glitz ; Cervinia , Courmayeur and neighbouring La Thuile have a wide range of intermediate pistes , Gresonnay and Champoluc , also in the Aosta Valley , make tranquil alternatives for adventurous Italian speaking beginners ; and where is the noisiest of them all ? |
| 14 | They may concentrate on car phones , or only offer short term rental facilities : British Airways , for example , offers mobile phones for hire and use within airports . |
| 15 | ‘ I could see how the notion of raiding charnel houses for the secrets of life had always been present in Shelley 's thought ; but these horrid machine speculations were new . |
| 16 | The BCS does lots of other good things , like sitting on 31 standards committees , working with 15 European computer societies to harmonise professional qualifications for the single market , accrediting computer science courses to make them less theoretical and more oriented towards projects , maintaining a register of expert witnesses , setting up ad hoc specialist groups very quickly on new areas like expert systems , natural language translation and parallel processing , and helping the disabled . |
| 17 | Despite the consistency of the socioeconomic differences in sickness absence no studies have examined possible explanations for them . |
| 18 | Even though he has pushed through legislation to outlaw the ‘ sow pen ’ the government is allowing eight years for it to be passed out . |
| 19 | Recently we have developed supportive homes for elderly and frail ex-R.A.F. men and women . |
| 20 | The Indonesian Government plans to sue 500 companies for pollution breaches . |
| 21 | Part of the fun for them came from commenting on the other dancers and inventing private nicknames for them , such as Big Feet , Sir Galahad , Merrylegs , Dreamboat , and many others . |
| 22 | One popular technique is to measure a child 's ability with respect to a number of relatively discrete aspects of language and then to target specific areas for intervention . |
| 23 | In the final analysis , however , these committees not only performed an important manifest function in coordinating and producing coherent plans for project involvement , but also some valuable latent functions . |
| 24 | From my discussions with British Rail , I know that it made specific proposals for the diversion of at least four of the crossings and that the Ramblers Association objected to them all . |
| 25 | She wanted to arrange sole rights for the overland trade in frankincense and other goods between her country and the rich markets to the north . |
| 26 | The report will discuss this aspect and make specific proposals for further investigation . |
| 27 | These are all substantial and serious points which make specific decisions for and with individual old people morally onerous and professionally demanding . |
| 28 | He got fifty pounds for writing that in as well . |
| 29 | NCR Corp 's total revenues , including sales to other AT&T units , fell 3.9% to $1,480m , but the company is said to be seeing strong orders for its products . |
| 30 | NCR Corp 's total revenues , including sales to other AT&T units , fell 3.9% to $1,480m , but the company is said to be seeing strong orders for its products . |