Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [vb base] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As defined by present mean sea level the continents account for 29 per cent of the Earth 's surface area and the oceans 71 per cent , but if the break of slope represented on the global hypsometric curve is used the figure for the continents is nearer 37 per cent . |
| 2 | Increasingly , the courts search for past polluters and pass the bill to them . |
| 3 | The plans call for that and other paths to be diverted . |
| 4 | From the north of England and Scotland , the proposals provide for through and connecting international trains . |
| 5 | The Russians plead for sympathetic consideration . |
| 6 | Martina contented herself with a pot of tea , and held her cup with both hands , as girls are bound to do , the fingers spread for all the warmth . |
| 7 | The only budget announcement that might have influenced the mid-Staffordshire result was the doubling of the savings limit for those entitled to claim poll-tax relief . |
| 8 | An investor who placed £30 a month into the savings scheme for 10 years to March 31 would have amassed £8,495 after expenses . |
| 9 | You were saying that th the , the trainers pay for all these horse walks and maintain them ? |
| 10 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 11 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 12 | The authors argue for greater public participation in debates on the merits of scientific initiatives , once the American public has become more ‘ science-literate ’ . |
| 13 | So get your thinking caps on , get the sponsorship forms circulating and let's see some SNL names on the winners list for 1993 ! |
| 14 | We would like you to spell-out what the words mean for all of us , especially for those in the local situation where people see their primary role as fundraisers . |
| 15 | He 'll be selling his Grade 1 eggs for about £2 a dozen — £1 less than eggs from organically reared hens usually cost , and at about the same price as the supermarkets charge for non-organic free-range hens ' eggs . |
| 16 | They are concerned with what is perceived to be ‘ right ’ for individual old people and their supporters and what degree of professional responsibility and organisational accountability the workers have for such people . |
| 17 | But the psychologists compensate for this by claiming other kinds of reliability for their analyses . |
| 18 | On the other hand , the Hague Convention deals with a limited issue , that of service abroad ; it does not affect the rules as to the extent of the jurisdiction of the courts of a particular state , the rules of the forum court as to which documents are required to be served , nor the time-limits set for procedural steps under that law . |
| 19 | The colours stand for different things : Guyana 's green land , its mineral resources , the country 's rivers , the energy of the people as they build the nation 's riches and their persistence in doing this task . |
| 20 | Provided they honestly and reasonably form the opinion that there is a real risk of a breach of the peace in the sense that it is in close proximity both in place and time , then the conditions exist for reasonable preventive action including , if necessary , the measures taken in this case . ’ |
| 21 | The organisers hope for more visitors even than the Rembrandt show the insurance premium is already higher |
| 22 | The regulations provide for this in certain circumstances and we are considering how to improve the detail of the procedures . |
| 23 | The initials stand for Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States … an initiative by the EC to provide financial and technical assistance on safety to the operators of six Russian and two Ukrainian reactors . |
| 24 | DOA ( 15 Buena Vista 12 Oct ) is another remake , this time of a 1949 film noir , starting well as Dennis Quaid discovers he has been poisoned and will die within 24 hours : the initials stand for Dead On Arrival . |
| 25 | enter the Review Meeting Date on the Changes Log for those changes included on the agenda . |
| 26 | ‘ We have already received a letter from Littlehey Prison asking for more away ( Courage League ) fixtures ’ — DUDLEY WOOD ( RFU Secretary ) whilst answering queries about the fixtures schedule for 1992–93 . |
| 27 | But from New Jersey all the way round to Texas , the hinterland of the coast is dead flat and the beaches stretch for many miles . |
| 28 | Our one chance of sorting this out is to get to her before the Provos know for sure she 's in Ireland . |
| 29 | Control is exercised by financial techniques and revision of the objectives set for each unit . |
| 30 | But while 123 Windows is a relatively new product for Lotus , Excel has been exploiting the Windows interface for longer and it shows . |