Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] every [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In principle on such a scheme it would be possible for every candidate to get a pass mark , or indeed to get the highest grade . |
| 2 | Burton is your man for he has 500 for every game at the Arms Park and it is official |
| 3 | It is preferable for every hole to be covered with a purse net if a gun is not being used . |
| 4 | It was a catch-all for every kind of opinion which was literally in any way remarkable . ’ |
| 5 | A gleam in his eyes , he said , ‘ I hope you 'll feel like that about every invitation I tender . ’ |
| 6 | That is , it is important to remember that for every year from 1966 to 1983 , only two years , 1979 and 1983 , were characterized by net immigration ; in all other years more people left Britain than entered ( Gordon and Klug , 1985 , p. 22 ) . |
| 7 | It was quite clear to me that 260,000 people would be reduced very substantially and that for every person who was made redundant in British Steel , seven people were affected — another three in the family , plus the people serving that family in the shops and in other ways . |
| 8 | Given that for every person who attends live opera , at least 1,000 more buy and enjoy reading poetry , will the Minister change his priorities and become the first legislator to acknowledge the unacknowledged legislators of the world ? |
| 9 | Yes , the , the lady in question was saying what , she had to have , I think , I think what she was saying was , that for every person over forty five she had to have somebody under forty five . |
| 10 | The ‘ Bahamas ’ crew have worked out that for every hour on the main line , 30 hours of maintenance are required , quite a daunting thought . |
| 11 | Erm and try and get Cath to do that for every course . |
| 12 | I wonder if she has yet worked out that for every douse she has to pull less load ; probably not , or she would be pissing on the wood . |
| 13 | Not many can say that for every facet of College society — study , sport , social activities , and so on . |
| 14 | But I do n't think we ought to do this for every course . |
| 15 | We do this for every club that we have . |
| 16 | I so , do n't do this for every meeting , erm , but from , you know occasionally it 's a good idea . |
| 17 | Wash out any containers thoroughly with hot water and make the spray fresh for every spray . |
| 18 | From London we would carry general merchandise back to Rotterdam — Every ship has a ledger to herself , and the manifest for every voyage has to be entered in it , so that you know precisely what the returns from each voyage are . |
| 19 | However there is little hope that the above six laws , or any reasonable extension of them , will be adequate for every problem likely to be encountered in practice . |
| 20 | He responds to the Colossian heresy by spending exactly half his letter reminding the Colossians just how magnificent , supreme and totally adequate for every aspect of life Jesus Christ truly is . |
| 21 | But even if the Manchu was curious , his adherence to the code of satori — a system of behaviour which defined what was right and proper for every situation — would prevent him from giving the feeling expression . |
| 22 | The snag is that the pattern of these areas is different for every airport in the world . |
| 23 | The physiotherapist has to analyse what kind of proprioceptive information the patient needs in order to relearn how to move normally , and this is different for every patient . |
| 24 | The nature of the impairment of the system might be different for every patient , so each patient is unique ; yet all the impairments shown by all the patients are interpreted with reference to a single theory of the language processing system . |
| 25 | Claire Beaumont says that it 's a personal thing … every climb is different for every person |
| 26 | The beams of light from this lighthouse turn round completely once every few second The time taken for the beam to turn a full circle is different for every lighthouse . |
| 27 | For the songwriter-pianist-producer led the blues queen to believe that she was signed to Columbia Records , when , in fact , she was actually signed to Williams and he was pocketing half of every recording fee . |
| 28 | Keeping only half of every gram is an act of will . |
| 29 | ‘ The safest Way , ’ ( to avoid such rebellions ) wrote William Smith in 1744 , ‘ is to trade with different Nations , on either Side of the River , and having some of every Sort on board , there will be no more liklihood of their succeeding than of finishing the Tower of Babel . ’ |
| 30 | Was he going to be like this towards every woman his younger brother brought home ? |