Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These remain unused for the entire time that the child is in nappies . |
| 2 | Policy , the report said , was to include ‘ the improvement of the water supplies of the province in order to conserve the pasture , make more grazing available in dry seasons and thus make possible for the tribe a more settled and less migratory life ’ . |
| 3 | Their bodies lay crushed for an hour before they were dug out and it was too late to save them , rescuers said last night . |
| 4 | These grow unimpeded for a while but the leading edges eventually collide with others and growth rates are altered . |
| 5 | Clearly the trace-element enrichment process responsible for the offsets in Pb isotopic composition in Fig. 2 c is largely independent of the exact precursor material and the longer-term heterogeneity of the mantle . |
| 6 | The problems appear critical for the 20 per cent of the Merseyside population living in the poorest council housing and especially in the district of Knowsley where 48 per cent of the population ( six times the national average ) live in such areas . |
| 7 | In their latest show , ‘ New Democratic Pictures ’ ( the first in Britain for three years ) , Gilbert and George ( who often appear alongside their exclusively male models ) pose naked for the first time . |
| 8 | ‘ The reorganisation of ecological balances which will eliminate subsidies to any goods or process bad for the earth and the environment . ’ |
| 9 | And when the ā gri goes inside they remain fixed for an instant on the li ga and the ground around it , with the four white bodies , and the separate wide-eyed heads , and the stains of blood going brown already in the trampled grass . |
| 10 | Show willing for the access you mean ? |
| 11 | In most media there are premiums charged by the owners for ‘ fixing ’ ads in particular positions , and individual positions carry premium prices : TV is divided into peak , pre-peak , off-peak , etc. , time , and into as many as seven categories by some stations , quite apart from special ‘ packages ’ ; magazines charge extra for the covers , for certain key editorial spots , sometimes for righthand pages ; and so on . |
| 12 | Nor would the suggestion of a derivational link to a noun hold good for an associative use of young rather common in advertisements : ( 14 ) the young place to go young clothes the young thing to do Another thing to emphasize is that what we are considering does not depend on a change of sense in the adjective ; in some cases , certainly , the shift from ascription to association or vice versa may be accompanied by or compatible with such a lexical change ; but this may happen equally in cases of classical structural ambiguity , such as : ( 15 ) Charles will give a talk on the village green where two different senses of on are called upon , as one shifts from the one structure to the other . |
| 13 | Support increased for the ‘ endowment of motherhood ’ , cash support for all families regardless of the cause of their poverty . |
| 14 | Crossing the road to Woolworths is very difficult for pedestrians , let alone for a disabled person . |
| 15 | The majority were individuals doing their national service , who had little enthusiasm for that , let alone for a task of this type in this perishingly cold country . |
| 16 | Schools have shown increasing interest in it , helped by such excellent organisations as the Institute for Contemporary British History , but there is limited room in the curriculum for the twentieth century , let alone for the period from when the text books end and memory begins . |
| 17 | Candidates for a seat in the Senate , let alone for the presidency or vice-presidency , have to be both wealthy individuals in their own right and able to tap substantial sources of campaign finance from companies or the social elite . |
| 18 | The dynamics of decision-making and the exercise of power within the family are difficult to investigate today , let alone for the past . |
| 19 | The yearnings are as real for 17-year-olds today , let alone for the Club A Go Go crowd on any Saturday night in 1964 , presided over by Eric Rubberlegs De Vene . |
| 20 | They may also furnish invaluable information on the target company through their analysts and can provide the manpower and support necessary for a contested takeover . |
| 21 | Conduct sufficient for a dissolution This sweeping provision is nearly always found in agreements although if the expulsion powers have been properly drafted it should always be possible and preferable to invoke some more specific ground . |
| 22 | For indeed the demand and supply schedules do not in practice remain unchanged for a long time together , but are constantly being changed ; and every change in them alters the equilibrium amount and the equilibrium price , and thus gives new positions to the centres about which the amount and the price tend to oscillate . [ … ] |
| 23 | In practice many targets remain unchanged for the following year and alterations are normally within the range of 10 per cent up or down . |
| 24 | Sit tight for a moment and we 'll get to it . |
| 25 | IF you are planning to take part in the sponsored step aerobics session for the day care centre sit tight for a few weeks . |
| 26 | The stated aims of the restructuring were partly to reduce the recent increased level of borrowing , but also to make individuals more accountable and profit conscious for the areas of operation under their control . |
| 27 | Both seem unnecessary for a hotel surrounded by the best in London 's culinary stakes but evening drinks can be arranged if requested . |
| 28 | You lie low for a while , and you disperse a handful of coins , singly , perhaps not to the best advantage , but still it 's all clear profit . |
| 29 | Devine improved for the fourth time this winter when he reached 64.40 metres at a meeting in Melbourne . |
| 30 | In general this book is written in a register we consider appropriate for a textbook of this type . |