Example sentences of "[adj] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the lower court , the Lord Ordinary had found that s 6 of the Act did not prevent the Crown from seeking a decree de plana for recovery , in October 1989 , of the tax outstanding for the years 1979/80 to 1981/82 . |
| 2 | It is most noticeable in the health service because that is where embarrassment is currently greatest for the authorities . |
| 3 | He ruled that damages were due for the effects of surfactants but not for a small presence of phosphates . |
| 4 | He read the game appallingly , was caught out several times , and chuffed his way around the back right like a horse that was due for the knackers yard . |
| 5 | The bill in question here , because trade credit is being given , will mature when the payment is due for the goods/services . |
| 6 | Even if the accused does not fall within s.2(1) , he may still be not dishonest for the purposes of the Act . |
| 7 | This step should ensure that the difficulty level and the volume of material in any one session are right for the students . |
| 8 | Paul Newman and Robert Redford might now be right for the roles of a pair of outlaws on their last legs who flee to Bolivia to find that civilisation and its increased firepower are after them there as well , but in 1968 they were more an emblem of defiant youth and , rather than be riddled with bullets , they go out with a freeze-to-sepia and some plunky Burt Bacharach music . |
| 9 | That will go out mid-morning on a Saturday , just right for the fans who are getting ready to go to a domestic match , ’ he said . |
| 10 | After a few days ' rain the course was just right for the spectators anyway , plenty of mud . |
| 11 | But for good measure we added extra benefits to ensure that the policy is right for the risks that householders face today . |
| 12 | In fact , in the gracious providence of Almighty God , the conditions were just right for the events which were about to take place . |
| 13 | My stuff is not quite right for the kiddies . |
| 14 | These two teams had a remarkable Tournament , cool under pressure and eventually breaking about even right for the winners . |
| 15 | These sentiments were to prove too rich for the Whigs and Liberals who were predominant in the mid nineteenth century . |
| 16 | To check you understand this , try drawing a diagram like Figure 15–4 for the meals industry . |
| 17 | Er , sixty five for breast , and I think they 're about fifty for the legs . |
| 18 | In this way it is possible for the divisions of a text using the drama base ( for example ) to consist of speeches and stage directions , while those of a text using the dictionary base will consist of lexical entries . |
| 19 | The Act makes it possible for the properties to be transferred from the local authorities to housing associations , tenant co-operatives , or private landlords . |
| 20 | In the opinion of General Palat this episode was ‘ perhaps the most deplorable to occur on our side during the Great War ’ The disgrace , coupled with the new grave menace it presented , roused the Left Bank defenders to a new fury , and the French 155s made tenancy of the Bois d'Avocourt as disagreeable as possible for the Bavarians . |
| 21 | The North Sea is obviously so shaped that very strong northerly winds can cause a piling up of water in the southern part of the sea , either because the escape route through the Straits of Dover is narrow , or because it is quite possible for the winds in the North Sea to be predominantly northerly while the winds in the English Channel are predominantly westerly . |
| 22 | But we must not forget about the private riders with Hondas — the RS is a good basic machine and if the team works hard on tuning it 's possible for the riders to be very fast . |
| 23 | At the end of 1067 there had been a great fire which had made nearly all the buildings unusable except the dormitory , the refectory , and enough of the cloister to make it possible for the monks to walk from one building to another without getting wet . |
| 24 | Now it is up to the aid agencies to make life as comfortable and easy as possible for the refugees . |
| 25 | These advantages make it possible for the miners to produce a high output , of about 3 tonnes per man per shift . |
| 26 | In a prefatory motto for the book he quotes from Freud to the effect that ‘ perhaps we must make up our minds to the idea that altogether it is not possible for the claims of the sexual instincts to be reconciled with the demands of culture . ’ |
| 27 | It was possible for the authorities to see him , at this level , as a figure of ‘ law and order ’ without a single criminal accusation that could be sustained against him . |
| 28 | Between close kin it was possible for the exchanges to be one-way over a longer term , one person a net ‘ giver ’ at a particular point in time because of a reasonable confidence that he or she could be a net ‘ receiver ’ at a later stage . |
| 29 | However , it can be possible for the documents to be signed after you have sent a payment by cheque provided that you arrange for us to hold the cheque and not pay it into the bank until we have received the signed Deed of Covenant . |
| 30 | ‘ But with tiny babies it is possible for the tags to slip off . |