Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After arguing with the night porter for another ten minutes , they worked their way up floor by floor . |
| 2 | It is possible for such sentiments of approval of this past to coexist with abhorrence for most current acts of violence . |
| 3 | The thing is , there is nothing like a bike for sheer visceral excitement . |
| 4 | Need extra growing space or require speedy protection for tender young plants ? |
| 5 | The paper , on legal protection for mental incapacitated adults , will recommend legal definitions of adults at risk be extended for vulnerable elderly people . |
| 6 | Taken together , all these factors allowed a greater breathing space for a consideration of Europe , especially as the democracies had entered a period of unprecedented economic prosperity , something which tended to demote the urgency of protection for specific national interests . |
| 7 | ‘ With your permission , I 'd like to use your warehouse as a staging area and base of operations , while we secure the area and send in protection for other American interests in the city . ’ |
| 8 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 9 | Therefore , if the Directive is adopted in its current form it will reduce the available protection for certain electronic databases to the lower 10 years unfair extraction right period . |
| 10 | And way above it all , on top of a nearby mountain , are the anti-aircraft guns which seem to provide scant protection for these 4,000 students . |
| 11 | A spokesman reiterated the position : ‘ The Red Cross symbol is the only protection for unarmed international workers who have to operate in remote and life-threatening situations . |
| 12 | Altogether some 2,500 animal species and 35,000 plants were listed either in Appendix I or Appendix II ; the Kyoto meeting added a further 45 and approved the upgrading of protection for some 35 species transferred to the Appendix 1 list . |
| 13 | In other vicinities , clusters of schools shared some part of their staff in pursuit of a common curriculum entitlement for all those pupils who would transfer from , for instance , distant and isolated primary schools to a single country-town secondary school . |
| 14 | What is more , they would get absolutely nothing in benefit entitlement for this purported contribution . |
| 15 | The urge to find a kind of treasure chest for all that humanity must preserve as precious at all costs , has also found its expression in this other sequel to the rise of Christianity . |
| 16 | Authorities exceeding their target incurred a penalty which involved loss of grant for each additional pound of expenditure per head of population above target . |
| 17 | So she got straight onto the DHSS and I got a grant for three single beds and bedding . |
| 18 | There is no grant for ninety four five either . |
| 19 | A single off the hip ; a pull for one more run ; a vain swish ; gasps ; a hook for a single , Lamb the fielder . |
| 20 | Smith , dismissed twice by Aussie wonder boy Shane Warne during the Old Trafford Test defeat , had a couple of lengthy net sessions at Lord 's yesterday when England began their preparation for round two of the Ashes battle . |
| 21 | In the judgement of two recent historians of British transport , the increased supply and quality of road and waterway transport over the eighteenth century are " perhaps the most important part of the build-up of the general facilities of the economy — what economists call its infrastructure — and are therefore to be regarded as a preparation for general economic advance " . |
| 22 | Preparation for possible urgent admission to hospital |
| 23 | Coalition partners had agreed on a minimum programme with familiar priorities : the fight against organized crime ; reduction of the public deficit ; preparation for European economic union ; and the reform of public services . |
| 24 | The Ports did a 5-0 demolition job on Ballyclare in midweek , perfect preparation for another emphatic victory yesterday . |
| 25 | John saw his baptism as the preparation for this new era . |
| 26 | So , as the architects comfortably settled back into their chairs cradling their after-dinner brandies in preparation for some regal platitudes , the Prince launched into a stinging attack that left them reeling . |
| 27 | A DOCTOR spent last night shivering in a frozen food store room in preparation for some cold nights ahead . |
| 28 | In preparation for likely positional changes next season , captain Liz Oehlers decided to make some interesting alterations to the side , effectively swapping the defence with the forwards . |
| 29 | The American doctrine may however possess more rigour for certain related reasons . |
| 30 | The main article of faith for recent Conservative governments financial good housekeeping with great emphasis on public accountability obviously leads the Office of Arts and Libraries to wish to avoid unnecessary duplication of administrative systems . |