Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thanked my lucky stars for Twelve French Poets , the A-level syllabus , and our rectangular French teacher , who was so thorough that I found I could discuss symbolism and synaesthesia without batting an eyelid . |
| 2 | Why I thank my lucky stars for this woman |
| 3 | I did n't dare leave my poor sods for more than split seconds . ’ |
| 4 | That really knocked all my cockeyed theories for six , and me with them ! ’ |
| 5 | Rugby nightmares replaced nightmares about witches , which had been the basis of my bad dreams for several years . |
| 6 | Delivering the annual Granada Lecture , Sir Leon outlined a programme for achieving a prosperous and non-bureaucratic European Community , but its main thrust amounted to a rebuttal of her highly-personalised terms for further progress towards economic and monetary union . |
| 7 | Which is more than can be said of some burger bars and ‘ diners ’ where the staff are young , dour and ca n't get home quick enough to swap their multinational uniforms for day-glo tracksuits and trainers ( I wonder where that fashion came from ? ) . |
| 8 | Applying the principle that change in progress is manifested in variation , let us consider its possible implications for spoken variation in ME . |
| 9 | One of the most disgraceful international aspects of what is going on in Bosnia is that Western leaders , including our own , seem to be accepting the escalating Serbian brutality , and its consequences of carnage , rape , starvation and terror as if it were inevitable and beyond their combined capacities for effective reaction or remedy . |
| 10 | At that moment , however , the housekeeper entered the dining-room , and conversation ceased for the moment while Mrs Novakova exchanged their used dishes for fresh ones . |
| 11 | Once fledged , young cuckoos stay around the nest site demanding more food from their foster parents for several days . |
| 12 | ‘ Sun-3 and Sun-386i users will be able to keep their old systems for 90 days to allow for porting of software and data . |
| 13 | Some of the distinctions being made will be discussed further below , but the way in which different figures for local authority expenditure may be obtained should already be clear . |
| 14 | The four firms were also penalized by being forced to curtail their commercial activities for four days , held liable for tax due on the compensation payments , and fined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange . |
| 15 | This inhibits her sexual cycles for varying periods of time depending on the species it 's about two years . |
| 16 | After eluding their English pursuers for some days they encamped in Stanhope Park in Weardale on 20 July . |
| 17 | Most authorities now run day centres where old people can obtain care and recreation , and most use their residential homes for temporary admissions where necessary . |
| 18 | There were always hundreds of students asking their foreign teachers for this ‘ favour ’ to get them over the first hurdle of the going abroad process . |
| 19 | Over the centuries officers had had to nurse their wooden ships for structural reasons and this had provided a certain measure of protection against excessive sail-carrying . |
| 20 | People vary tremendously in their individual requirements for dietary energy ( kcalories/kJoules ) . |
| 21 | The United Kingdom and United States can be expected to employ their ordinary procedures for issuing subpoenas or other measures . |
| 22 | Many leave their personal weapons for safe keeping in the armoury , as happened in the Susan Allen case . |
| 23 | Plantations also provide valuable habitat in their early stages for many Tree Pipits , Nightjars , and warblers , which the Woodland Survey ( q.v. ) suggests are not numerous in many Sussex woodlands . |
| 24 | TONY Greener , who took over as chairman of Guinness last year , has presided over the first fall in its annual profits for more than a decade , reflecting the effects of the recession on sales and margins and the high marketing spending necessary to support the group 's premium brands . |
| 25 | Europa Nostra , the non-governmental conservation organisation , has announced its annual prizes for 1992 , made in association with the International Castles Institute . |
| 26 | Two of the largest US airlines , Delta and Northwest , offer the air bargain of the year : unlimited travel on their domestic networks for 30 days for $399 , about £8 a day . |
| 27 | Victorian eugenists and biometricians such as Francis Galton and Karl Pearson expressed concern about higher working-class fertility and its supposed consequences for social welfare and national average ability . |
| 28 | SOLDIERS got their marching orders for 24 hours at the weekend to boost funds for a special care baby unit . |
| 29 | Some researchers have disputed the contention by others that maternal age itself is responsible through its biologic effects for differential conditions of child health and mortality . |
| 30 | Lecturers , especially scientists , find it easier to teach students who have already specialised in their chosen subjects for two years . |