Example sentences of "[adj] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We checked as far as possible the information for the cases listed in tables 2.1 to 2.4 of the Black report ; in table III cross references are given to the cases listed in these tables of the Black report and , when necessary , the information has been corrected . |
| 2 | When the Cornmill shopping development opens in August it is possible the demand for spaces within easy walking distance of the new shops will increase . |
| 3 | Indeed , the scriptible is paradoxically what makes possible the respect for the individuality of each text . |
| 4 | In Italy , the government had hitherto emphasized as much as possible the potential for a European-led negotiated solution . |
| 5 | Resolution 44/224 stressed the need for both countries and UN bodies to strengthen international co-operation in the monitoring and anticipation of environmental emergencies and disasters . |
| 6 | If no distinction is made between public and private the search for good management is subverted by the ideology of " managerialism " : the belief that managerial expertise is the sole legitimate criterion for decision-making in public organisations . |
| 7 | George had told him in private the reason for Sarah Butler being packed off to Leeds , and he had realised then that her infatuation for George was an obsession . |
| 8 | Well when you walked in my porch when those blokes were doing it , you walked in there , I mean it 's nice , it 's a wrong suite for the for the room , too narrow the room for one of those |
| 9 | As usual the budget for fusion research in the US is uncertain . |
| 10 | It also makes abundantly clear the need for a permanent committee … to review and as occasion demands to recommend reforms in the whole of our criminal law and procedure . |
| 11 | The Curriculum Council for Wales ' ’ Curriculum Cymreig ’ makes clear the need for children to be aware of the cultural , historic , social and environmental issues which have , and are , shaping Wales . |
| 12 | The aim of this introductory study ( ‘ prolegomena ’ ) was to make clear the basis for the entire enterprise and the methods which it would use , and the emphasis on ‘ the doctrine of the Word of God ’ signalled Barth 's intention to ground it on God 's own revelation of himself and nothing else . |
| 13 | The leading judgment of Day J. makes clear the basis for the decision in the following passage , 63 L.T. 805 , 806 : |
| 14 | Needlework and laundrywork provided an effective class and gender strategy , designed to prepared the prostitute for her correct place in the female labour force and to re-educate her into an approved feminine role . |
| 15 | Her successor , Stephen Martin-Scott , left for a variety of reasons , and the task of guiding the Association for a brief period fell to the honorary officers who received magnificent assistance from all the dedicated team at Trinity Road . |
| 16 | Insofar as Kuhn recognizes the role played by a paradigm in guiding the search for and interpretation of observable phenomena , he accommodates most of what I have described as the theory-dependence of observation in Chapter 3 . |
| 17 | If we are not careful the innovation for which the UK has been famous will disappear in a headlong rush to maximise shareholder returns . |
| 18 | To have continued to be so dependable and at the same time so exciting a batsman for so long , shows him to have been one of the greats of the game . |
| 19 | The social isolation of women is not nearly as popular a cause for concern as it was in the 1970s . |
| 20 | ‘ Servant ’ seemed too coarse a word for such a refined creature and indeed she made it plain that she did not usually inhabit a servants ' hall . |
| 21 | Some birds are so small that twigs are too coarse a material for them to use as the main fabric of their nest . |
| 22 | Was it too universal a theme for the Gaelic fund committee to tackle , too big a scale of project , too close to reality and too controversial a subject ? |
| 23 | The same fragility can be heard in the six songs that complete this issue , and she seems too light a voice for either the humouristic pomp of the Ballade des gros Dindons , or the lovely lyricism of Chanson pour Jeanne and L'île heureuse . |
| 24 | ‘ I half-killed a man for sayin' that once tae me , ’ replied Tam , abashed . |
| 25 | The first is that the possibility of a revolution occurring in a country where capitalism was poorly developed made him aware of the problem of setting up too rigid a sequence for human evolution . |
| 26 | The food there did n't taste too different and we were spared a cabaret but I reckon £30 is n't too high a price for eating in a beautiful , traditional-style Moroccan room with the well heeled jet set , being served by obsequious waiters in costumes that would put to shame Aladdin 's chorus at the Palladium . |
| 27 | Puffer , for instance , suggests that the restricted family life a psychological career demands is too high a price for women to pay , and urges them , instead , to study ‘ borderline subjects ’ , a ‘ fringe of specialist research ’ , or do consulting , criticism , and reviewing ( Furumoto and Scarsborough 1986 : 41 ) . |
| 28 | She was too generous an agent for that . |
| 29 | Some adjectives — notably superlatives , comparatives , and ordinals — appear to give a grammatically acceptable result when they occur in predicative position accompanied by an article : ( 16 ) Larry 's answer was the rudest Waddington Junior was a third [ e.g. boy caught cheating ] the rat was the other [ e.g. animal which solved the maze ] Analogous sentences with most adjectives would be quite ungrammatical , even though it would sometimes be easy to see what the sentence " ought " to mean , as in the first case of ( 17 ) for instance : ( 17 ) Larry 's answer was the rude [ e.g. out of those we received ] a red coathanger was the noticeable The reason for these facts is , ultimately , that the superlatives , comparatives and ordinals are unlike other adjectives in being inherently restrictive , and always presupposing what we may call an extraction set , within which the restriction is exercised . |
| 30 | The more there are of the stay-at-homes , the less warm the welcome for foreign rivals on the home ground . |