Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were then collated and summarised by a planning group with copies made available for all in order to encourage further dialogue , debate and reflection at a second conversation the following evening . |
| 2 | AN ARTIST whose talents lay unused for 20 years headed an exhibition by five women at the weekend . |
| 3 | Local authorities remain responsible for the basic costs and the task of collecting household waste . |
| 4 | The CLAWS tagset used for tagging the LOB corpus is very similar to that of TAGGIT but is somewhat larger with 134 tags to achieve greater delicacy of analysis while preserving compatibility with the Brown corpus ( Johansson et al , 1986 ) . |
| 5 | When added to the tapering off of Soviet oil production , the ‘ opportunity cost ’ to the USSR of energy exports to CMEA as opposed to the West has altered appreciably — all the more so once these exports became vital for financing her own grain and equipment imports from the West . |
| 6 | By the 1920s other ports had taken much of Gloucester 's corn trade and some of the dock warehouses became used for purposes other than corn storage . |
| 7 | In 1974 further functions were taken away : 10 regional water authorities became responsible for water supply and sewerage . |
| 8 | In January 1981 district planning authorities became responsible for determining all planning applications which were formerly classified as county matters under the Local Government Act 1972 . |
| 9 | In the future , admission to nursing or residential care will be conditional on assessment , and with local authorities becoming responsible for the costs of residents requiring public support , such admissions will come under critical financial scrutiny . |
| 10 | The Geneva rules retained -ane for saturated hydrocarbons and used -ene , -diene and -triine for triple bonds , with locants as necessary . |
| 11 | Securing public funds made available for urban regeneration has been a key target . |
| 12 | Advising fans to sit tight for an eleventh hour opportunity to snap up tickets , Mr Mullan said he was ‘ reasonably confident ’ that a few hundred tickets would be sent back to Derry from other county boards unable to use them . |
| 13 | Like the twelfth floor , glimpsed through the lift doors when the girls had got out , the walls were covered with a pale lemon wash , unlike the twelfth they were hung with pictures , not Old Masters but not Boots the chemists either — prints of hunting scenes and ships and a beautiful soft sunset over a bay that might have been St Ives — pictures deemed suitable for the Executive floor of a great international company . |
| 14 | Its green eyes caught light for a moment as it peered up at Doyle , then it had raced away into the night , a sleek , dark shape , perturbed by the presence of furtive human life on its territory . |
| 15 | About one-fifth of all theses result in papers which are on subjects considered inappropriate for the ‘ core ’ journals . |
| 16 | About one-fifth of all theses result in papers which are on subjects considered inappropriate for the ‘ core ’ journals . |
| 17 | The 7.5 per cent increase in duty on leaded petrol in the Budget was understandable , given that the aim was to encourage drivers to buy lead-free for the sake of the environment . |
| 18 | Kids get used for this quite a lot , because it is n't as frightening for the lifers to be fetched by a kid . |
| 19 | So by both the inhibitor approach and the electroshock experiments , the synthesis of specific glycoproteins seems necessary for memory . |
| 20 | Her eyes grew wide for a moment ; she drew one last deep breath , Then her finger moved in the moonlight , |
| 21 | Her eyes grew wide for one moment , she drew one last deep breath . |
| 22 | The forms of communication and the subjects thought proper for comment by members of the academic community also widen through time . |
| 23 | But from the early years of the twentieth century to the 1930s classical styles reigned supreme for all larger city stations . |
| 24 | Once multimedia delivery is possible , major opportunities become available for offering immediate , accessible guidance on the use of the system . |
| 25 | Binning their Two Tone pork-pie hats , the kids went wild for The Cult With No Name , aka Peacock Punk aka — New Romance ! |
| 26 | Fans go wild for Jacko as Asian tour nears end |
| 27 | Mary Alston , arguing the case for a pay rise , pointed out in a speech as early as 1922 that It may be that prior to 1914 , women were employed in book composing only , but we must not forget the introduction of monotypes diverted hand labour to other channels correcting , making up and so forth , and in every large office today , not to speak of the small ones , we find women compositors setting , making up , doing author 's corrections and in some offices making ready for machine . |
| 28 | Characteristics considered healthy for an adult ( sex unspecified ) were primarily those considered healthy for men rather than those considered healthy for women . |
| 29 | This leaves women in a catch 22 ‘ whether to exhibit those positive characteristics considered desirable for men and adults and have their ‘ femininity' ’ questioned … or to behave in the prescribed feminine manner [ and ] accept second class adult status ' ( Broverman et al . , |
| 30 | The cold shops with their sad gas-lamps were full of Christmas shoppers feeling sorry for themselves , and shoplifters having a field-day . |