Example sentences of "[noun] for [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far from being inclined towards self-righteousness , the Pharisees taught ‘ Be humble before all men ’ , and revered their teacher Hillel for his extreme humility ; and far from being judgemental , they urged ‘ Do not judge your fellow man until you are in his position ’ and ‘ Always judge others by the scale of merit ( that is , charitably ) ’ . |
| 2 | It was now that a more marked difference from the Parisians showed itself in their work , most obviously when they laid hands on Sermisy or Janequin for their own purposes . |
| 3 | This gives sufficient protection for its ephemeral purpose but , after prolonged wetting , such materials are hopelessly weak , whereas natural celluloses retain a good part of their strength . |
| 4 | They made deals with heavy industry and government to extract huge subsidies to maintain their outmoded and inefficient estates and they gained tariff protection for their expensive and inefficiently produced foodstuffs . |
| 5 | Some previously good-natured , very docile ferrets can become vicious , probably as a defensive measure and as a protection for their young . |
| 6 | Spain and Portugal wanted the unified EC market of 1993 to retain measures of protection for their domestic producers ( in the Canaries and the Madeiras respectively ) from the cheaper Latin American product . |
| 7 | Fergie 's policy of physical protection for his Welsh teenager is well documented . |
| 8 | Cleveland would need a massive government grant for its long-term plans for a supertram . |
| 9 | Professor Wragg writes : Your Local Education Authority is obliged to give your son a grant for his first higher- education course . |
| 10 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 11 | LUSH , who fly to America next week in preparation for their forthcoming six-week American tour with Ride , have planned two secret gigs in the south-east at the weekend . |
| 12 | Supervisors have generally encouraged their students to read other theses , in preparation for their own efforts . |
| 13 | Then the gallery closes for three weeks in preparation for its major summer exhibition of new pictures by Anselm Kiefer . |
| 14 | Thereafter they fend for themselves and she is quickly into preparation for her next litter . |
| 15 | First , stock levels were increased by nine point three million in preparation for our important winter sale . |
| 16 | ‘ Manuals were given to staff and we then had to encourage them to work to these procedures in preparation for our own internal quality audit . |
| 17 | It 's all part of his preparation for his new movie , A Bronx Tale . |
| 18 | As preparation for his new appointment the BDA sponsored him on a two-year course at Bulmershe College , now Reading University , for a certificate in youth and community work , which he duly obtained . |
| 19 | He comes into form slowly , treating all other races as training preparation for his one target , the yellow jersey in Paris . |
| 20 | The next extract refers to a period in Salisbury when Philip Parrish works eight hours a day in preparation for his Civil Service examination without too many lapses into dreaming . |
| 21 | Before entering Georgia politics Carter had been an engineer in the navy , but that did not provide very suitable preparation for his political career . |
| 22 | Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book . |
| 23 | Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book . |
| 24 | Six weeks were spent in preparation for my new role . |
| 25 | In preparation for my new job I had attended a three week Radar Observer 's course at the Sir John Cass School of Navigation in London and obtained my certificate which is obligatory for budding Commanders and is identical to the ticket held by Masters and Mates of the Merchant Service . |
| 26 | In preparation for my recent trip to Cyprus I recalled the letter which Ron Swinburne of Birmingham wrote to you many months ago about the flying services available on the island at rates far below those of the UK . |
| 27 | Canton , Ohio-based Diebold Inc has won the contract to be the exclusive supplier of new i Series cash dispensers to Electronic Data Systems Corp under the latter 's monster contract with Southland Corp for its 7-Eleven stores in the US : Diebold will supply up to 4,000 InterBold i Series cash dispensers over a three- to four-year period . |
| 28 | And it is left obvious that the card had been printed for her aides to make notes for her forthcoming speeches . |
| 29 | She kissed Mike and Sally ; he was sitting in a huge armchair , looking through the notes for his radical teachers group meeting , Sally sitting quietly on his lap . |
| 30 | The junior recruits set about their evening tasks While the seniors pack and then head for the NAAFI for their end-of-course party . |