Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tenancy that is something else — that is to say , either periodic or for a term certain but described as a tenancy at will — will inevitably be caught ( ibid per Scarman LJ at 217 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ The Government must recognise that training is the way forward both for the long-term unemployed and for the business community . ’ |
| 3 | The price for the first seems high and for the second low for a house with six acres and a lodge , but it used to be the headquarters of British Coal 's opencast mining subsidiary , which can not have done it any good . |
| 4 | Away from industry , areas stacked up with chemicals , the Isle is raw and for the taking . |
| 5 | There was one there that was empty and for a long long while . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , while regarded by the vast majority of members as good , proper and for the immediate and ultimate improvement of professional standards , the concept was challenged on a number of points , though these challenges were directed against the logistics of the proposal rather than the philosophy . |
| 7 | Now I 'm sure that screaming along with fifteen knot in a force six is really exciting but for a landlubber like myself it 's certainly not on . |
| 8 | It was empty but for the Doctor , looking very smug , and the TARDIS . |
| 9 | Then he went , leaving the house empty but for the woman and the Overseer . |
| 10 | The roof of the City stretched away from him like a vast field of snow , empty but for the small group of officials who were gathered , heads bowed , beside the open hatchway . |
| 11 | One night the black spring sky may be quiet and peaceful , empty but for the cicadas . |
| 12 | The car park was empty but for the elderly gentleman 's massive Ford , which was just crunching over the gravel towards the road , an old but impressive bronze Aston Martin which Charlotte supposed must belong to Gus — it sent him up a couple of notches in her regard — and the school bus , still stationary , boiling over with bored boys , and emitting a plaintive chorus of : ‘ Why are we waiting ? ’ |
| 13 | I am nothing but a stomach of cheap tin , empty but for the clanking of a few tin cans which have been squashed by a gargantuan hand and thrown together . |
| 14 | Siobhan 's bedroom is empty but for the pink carpet , a bed with a pink bedspread and a chest of drawers rattling vacantly from some obscure , whining wind . |
| 15 | The place is empty but for the bar and three or four slightly-built lads shooting pool without words . |
| 16 | He was standing in his pyjamas in his bedroom , which was empty but for the usual furniture . |
| 17 | You can work full-time , part-time or for a few hours in the evenings . |
| 18 | So he decides to be cautious and for the first few laps , he just sits and waits . |
| 19 | This integrating combination has a long time-constant and for a momentary pulse output from IC2 does not allow the voltage across capacitor C5 to rise much above the ground . |
| 20 | This pits the incumbent , Boris Yeltsin , who is moderately democratic and for the republics , against Nikolai Ryzhkov , an orthodox Communist . |
| 21 | This is necessary not only for the individual but for the development of society . |
| 22 | The toll on the Lisbon troops was one dead and seven wounded and for the rebels three dead and fifteen wounded , including one civilian . |
| 23 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 24 | This must be achieved as well as possible and for the best price . |
| 25 | These were ( 1 ) ‘ Association for the Oral Institution of the Deaf and Dumb ’ based at Fitzroy Square , London , founded in 1872 ( 2 ) ‘ Society for Training Teachers of the Deaf and for the Diffusion of the German System ’ , based at the training college at Ealing , founded in 1877 ( 3 ) ‘ College of Teachers of the Deaf and Dumb ’ , founded in 1885 . |
| 26 | Many cell types undergo apoptosis when they are deprived of serum or specific growth factors ( reviewed in ref. 15 ) , and this was the case both for the parental and for the cells ( Fig. 1 a ) . |
| 27 | Sophie looked aghast and for a moment they stared at each other . |
| 28 | It also becomes more specific and for the higher potencies the remedy selection has to be more accurate for the remedy to work . |
| 29 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
| 30 | It was the first time she had ever warned him off anything private and for a moment he looked puzzled and embarrassed . |