Example sentences of "[noun] for [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could n't keep bulls for long or the strain in your herd would have been weakened by in-breeding , so there was a regular turnover , and quite often farms would loan out their bulls around the Dales before selling them out of the area . |
| 2 | The college also has a course for physically or mentally handicapped students which is free to those registered disabled , Ribber Courses for double bed machines and another on panelled skirts and shadow pleats . |
| 3 | Once we have put aside such relatively easy observations as the tendency or requirement for long or complex adjective phrases to occur postnominally , there are two fundamental questions which badly need to be asked about the grammar of postnominal attributives : ( a ) What is the difference in effect or value obtained by the speaker who uses postnominal position when prenominal position is equally grammatical ? ( b ) Why is it that some adjectives ( and some adjective phrases ) can occur quite easily in postnominal position while others , apparently comparable , are limited to prenominal position ? |
| 4 | In the case of time constant , a production worker tends to be focused on the production schedule for today or this week . |
| 5 | This problem of licensing network users for more or less constant use of a package like a spreadsheet is one of the factors that has attracted chartered accountants BDO Binder Hamlyn to Borland 's Quattro Pro for Windows . |
| 6 | If you wish either to let your property or require accommodation for long or short term , we have the market knowledge and professionalism to advise you . |
| 7 | As I picked it up to throw it aside a line of small print caught my eye : ‘ Ivory tower for long or short let . |
| 8 | Design : head torch with two bulbs for long or short light beams . |
| 9 | Michael Anderson 's work has been particularly important in establishing the significance of considering the material gains for either or both parties , if we wish to understand why people lived with relatives in the past . |
| 10 | Second , the cause of the problem has been clearly identified as nomads and graziers who are politically very weak , and who have had much of their livelihood taken away and upon whom the heaviest penalties for ‘ trespassing ’ on forest schemes fall — in the same way as in the days of the Emergency , when aggressive family planning ‘ drives ’ herded vagrants , petty thieves and other vulnerable groups into camps for more or less forcible vasectomy . |