Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not saying they wo n't pause to draw breath , Kenneth , but I ca n't help feeling the future looks black for those of us interested in freedom . ’ |
| 2 | Switch across to the Boost channel on OD2 and the setting still holds good for that real processed , ‘ I 've spent an arm and a leg on my effects rack ’ sound . |
| 3 | There seems to be much evidence for believing , therefore , that the bi-partisan model of political conflict holds good for much of the reigns of William and Anne . |
| 4 | The same principle holds good for all pairs of wind instruments in combination unless , of course , the two bottom notes of the chord lie outside the downward compass of the upper pair of instruments . |
| 5 | The ‘ open cup ’ principle holds good for most types — there are just two or three growth habits like Bourbons and Musks that do not lend themselves to it too well , and we will deal with them later . |
| 6 | That he got into his stride so quickly at the pre-Wimbledon Queen 's Club tournament was evidence of his timing ability , an ability that holds good for both sports . |
| 7 | Waddington really stands indicted for this . |
| 8 | The same holds true for all the other advice agencies in your area . |
| 9 | After their midweek win over Falkirk , St Johnstone 's future in the Premier Division looks secure for another season . |
| 10 | If this is the case , then the future looks bright for this fascinating and historic feline . |
| 11 | The standard level of service is determined by reference to the total level of revenue spending the Government thinks appropriate for all local authorities in England . |
| 12 | Is it not time that those pensioners , including the one who told me that she was keeping warm during the day by clutching a hot-water bottle because she could not afford heating bills , were given a decent state pension as of right , without the humiliation of a contributory test , which involves means-testing for those who are in greatest need ? |
| 13 | ( A pure line is one that breeds true for that character ; when two peas from a pure ‘ tall ’ line are crossed , they always produce a tall pea . ) |
| 14 | In the case of ordering YAC probes , a modified distance measure was used in which the influence of each cosmid clone c was weighted in proportion to 1/n c , where n c is the number of YAC probes positive for that cosmid clone . |
| 15 | If a rat is placed in a marked box and given an injection of apomorphine , it sits still for half an hour with its hair erect and shivering . |
| 16 | No molecule of our body survives unchanged for more than a few weeks or months ; over that period , even in adults , it is synthesized , plays its part in the cellular economy , and is then discarded , broken down and replaced by another more or less identical . |
| 17 | Altan clearly are n't bothered about making any kind of cross-over deal , and the music sounds good for that , full of integrity and soul . |
| 18 | So twelve over gets ready for more fire relax relight , no |
| 19 | It seems appropriate for such a nice day , ’ she had told him . |
| 20 | As there is no evidence for Myc and Max homologues in S. cerevisiae , this organism seems ideal for such a study . |
| 21 | The presence of noise , however , seems natural for many economic environments where there is a discrepancy between planned and actual events . |
| 22 | The G10N1 's defensive armament of only four 20mm cannon seems inadequate for such a huge target . |
| 23 | The ‘ thirtysomething ’ syndrome seems responsible for many of her commissions — one woman has ordered a picture of her husband ‘ because he 's a successful , handsome man ’ , and she wants to ‘ get him while he 's till good-looking ’ . |
| 24 | The ‘ dilemma ’ , in our present model , is that it appears rational for each individual player not to disarm , but to arm . |
| 25 | Polar ponds and lakes are limited in their energy uptake by snow-covered ice , which also inhibits wind-stirring for much of the year . |
| 26 | But now he feels ready for another come back . |
| 27 | Always have a plan B in case your original choice becomes impractical for any reason . |
| 28 | On the other hand , this simplicity has its price in that the model proves unsuitable for some applications ( hence , the drive towards semantic data models and object-oriented data models ) . |
| 29 | However , a state with k unoccupied rows has 8k children , so the branching ratio starts at 64 and remains high for most of the search . |
| 30 | That is to say I deny that there could be a particular revelation of God in any one age , which thenceforth becomes normative for all others . |