Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst other nations wrestle with the complex problems of a modern democracy , the questions of press ownership , the funding of political parties , wire-tapping , privacy , freedom of information , the control of the security services , and so on , Britain has been content either to stand aside altogether or to legislate for continuing trust and deference . |
| 2 | For further acquisitions Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza intends to draw on the so-called third rank of paintings in the Thyssen Collection , bought in order to be sold on or exchanged for better works . |
| 3 | On current spending education was essentially stabilised in real volume terms for over a decade , and the rates of growth in health and personal social services slowed down or ceased for some periods . |
| 4 | Since the end of last month it became illegal to burn off the stubble after harvest — that leaves farmers with the options of either ploughing it in or looking for alternative uses for it . |
| 5 | I got out of bed suddenly and fumbled for some money . |
| 6 | Not merely was the transformation great in itself but , of course , on the largest commuter network under single ownership in the world — equating to the complete Dutch or Belgian railways , carrying two million passengers daily and accounting for 41 per cent of all commuters into central London . |
| 7 | Using the Black-Scholes model , evaluate the following calls and puts and compare your answers with the market values given below and account for any discrepancies : . |
| 8 | I had heard that a couple who lived across the road from us , Maureen and Aubrey Edwards , took in and cared for injured birds . |
| 9 | He reeled in and prepared for another cast , seeming absorbed by his task . |
| 10 | Have carpenters ready to cut off their tusks ; then , at the spot where the tower is to be built , you must lie down and sleep for seven nights with your head pillowed on the sack of basil . |
| 11 | Rotas for house cleaning , loo disinfecting , washing up , cooker cleaning and decisions about kitty and shopping for basic shared commodities such as tea , coffee , loo paper , need to be clearly written down and displayed for all to see . |
| 12 | Slithering through damp meadows at night , wriggling over rocks and up waterfalls , even finding their way into mountain streams , ten thousand feet up in the Alps — in these resting spots , they settle down and live for many years . |
| 13 | and erm and erm I would really formally ask the board if , if there is any objection to our deliberations being recorded and taken down and used for another purpose . |
| 14 | I broke down and cried for fifteen minutes . |
| 15 | When he gets home he will sit down and weep for all his hopes and plans and dreams . |
| 16 | At a time when rock fans expected country folk to be psychotic rednecks ready to gun down anyone with hair over their ears — pace Easy Rider — Cash came along and fought for Indian rights , recorded with Bob Dylan , and received death threats from the Ku Klux Klan . |
| 17 | They attended art college together and co-habited for fifteen years . |
| 18 | It comes from critics who imagine themselves penning formidable papers which , like those of Gregor Mendel , are hidden away or ignored for many years — and do not fare too well , therefore , in ISI 's listings . |
| 19 | One night all these goods were secretly taken away and disappeared for good . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought the intelligent thing to do was to go away and work for two years and then come back and teach . |
| 21 | The snow was beginning to turn to rain next morning and , although the ground was white right to the shores , we all went ashore and walked for several hours . |
| 22 | Fifteen miles south of Garberville my eyes began to close and I pulled over and slept for half an hour . |
| 23 | Reduce the heat to 170C/340F and cook for about 10 minutes , then turn over and cook for 5 minutes until brown and crispy . |
| 24 | You 've got to tell them when you 're on and ask for sanitary towels . |
| 25 | It is easy enough to see how someone , especially someone who has suffered a childhood of poverty , can be led to a fear of emptiness , of not getting enough to eat , of starvation itself , and so in later life to stave off or compensate for such a fear . |
| 26 | Rachel 's former fiance Nick Yin , 29 , and friend Lee Kelly , 24 , were arrested by police yesterday and held for eight hours . |
| 27 | Erm the tools were made up in a kit and er every time there was a work study exercise done on a job , er the tools were all numbered and laid aside and registered for that particular item . |
| 28 | They just took off and left for good . |
| 29 | I better back off and wait for another day . ’ |
| 30 | Sam wants the plane and all the coke in it and Dwayne and the rest can fuck off and die for all he cares . |