Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The suggestion is that this will reduce their chances of finding such work themselves and make them dependent for informal assistance on others whose circumstances are similar to their own . |
| 2 | But investment tax credits , combined with tax hikes , help only capital intensive companies , and do nothing much for profitable , labour intensive ones — the ones that need help most ( people are a luxury when their future benefits can push GM into declaring the largest corporate loss in history . ) |
| 3 | I am quite pleased that Auckland fly-half Grant Fox has changed his mind and made himself available for international action . |
| 4 | What housing benefit does , because its available for public sector tenants and for private sector tenants . |
| 5 | This brief has been fulfilled with distinction , and every three or four months for the past 20 years the office has produced an objective , well-documented , literate , and attractively presented booklet encapsulating the known facts about subjects ranging from suicide , rabies and heart disease , to the cost of running hospitals and what the public expects from the NHS , always adding a few percipient comments and conclusions of its own for good measure . |
| 6 | In addition , each site has the facility to set up codes of its own for local use . |
| 7 | In fact I have not met a single teacher who does not want to be their best and do their best for young people , even though what this means in practice is very different for different teachers . |
| 8 | At institutions of higher education across the country , young ( and not so young ) hopefuls settled down to study , conscious of the shortcomings within the Chinese political system but prepared to do their best for national reconstruction . |
| 9 | With handles in the shape of a stork , enhanced by gold plating , they have been valued by generations of needleworkers for their very fine points , making them ideal for intricate sewing and embroidery work . |
| 10 | I can tell you that for certain . ’ |
| 11 | Once again a big thank you to everyone involved in these projects and best of luck to you all for future fund raising activities . |
| 12 | HERE HE BRINGS YOU UP-TO- DATE ON ROCK IN THE COLLAPSING U.S.S.R. AND ASKS : ARE YOU READY FOR BIPHONIC MONGOLIAN THROAT SINGING ? |
| 13 | Commas Right , are you ready for quick gallop through commas . |
| 14 | All the research has consisted of work towards the design and production of catalogue systems which satisfy the following criteria : they must be usable at sight without any appreciable need for learning or relearning , and this must be achieved without sacrificing effectiveness and without making them tedious for experienced users . |
| 15 | You will also find them useful for other jobs that need a small locking clamp . |
| 16 | His third round of 67 left them all for dead , and with 11 holes to go for the Open he was ten shots ahead of the field . |
| 17 | ‘ People like to do something different for New Year and this year is no different , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 18 | There is a chief superintendent in RUC Headquarters whose sole responsibility is community relations , and no complaints were made about the level of managerial support given them by Easton 's senior officers , something unusual for ordinary policemen and women in the RUC , and particularly so compared to community policing sections in other forces ( Grimshaw and Jefferson 1987 ) . |
| 19 | Walkers Crisps has something new for jaded taste buds — Worcester Sauce flavour . |
| 20 | Dresses in Indian dupion , Thai and Shantung silk from Romantica of Devon are hallmarked with a hand stitched pale blue appliqué rose — something blue for extra luck ! |
| 21 | CELLULAR ONE READY FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICE |
| 22 | As well as marking Oxfam 's 50th anniversary , it 's also Leap Year which means that we all have an extra day to do something special for other people and to help Oxfam work towards making the world a fairer place . |
| 23 | Twenty six men , all of them responsible for sexual abuse of children , are due to be treated here . |
| 24 | Whether , for instance , concepts such as ‘ ethnicity ’ , ‘ class ’ , ‘ politics ’ are ‘ culture-free ’ , that is whether academics have succeeded in freeing them from their narrow everyday cultural uses and made them available for cross-cultural use , is a question of judgement and , ultimately , of ontology . |
| 25 | Hopkins took charge of production — it was seen as a part-time post , leaving him free for other work — but where was the cash to come from' ? |
| 26 | By the following weekend , Ned had begun to lose interest in his lover and within two weeks , much to her distress , he began leaving her alone for long periods of time while he chased after a very attractive Border Collie who had just moved into a neighbouring street . |
| 27 | In the second half of 1989 about one-third of convicted ETA prisoners were also reclassified to make them eligible for early release . |
| 28 | Organisers said the display was amusing but warned that some people might consider it unsuitable for young children . |
| 29 | Etruria had been the world 's most up-to-date factory in the eighteenth century and mining subsidence and the encroachment of other industry had made it unsuitable for modern development . |
| 30 | Rue is an example of a common , well-known garden herb , with a long history of use , yet with properties that make it unsuitable for general use by the layman . |