Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet as the responsibilities of public life invade Hal 's apprenticeship to pleasure , the distinction — prose with Falstaff/verse without him — breaks down , as we see when he addresses his fat friend in verse to urge him to the wars ( III.iii.199ff. ) , a change of tone so marked that Shakespeare makes Falstaff reply in a couplet — as Milton Crane noted , Falstaff is only given verse for mockery . |
| 2 | Figures released on Feb. 13 showed that the seasonally adjusted surplus for January 1992 had quadrupled since January 1991 to $3,840 million , and that exports had risen by 9.7 per cent against a 3.8 per cent fall in imports . |
| 3 | Temporary additional shelving was installed in the periodicals gallery to provide some much needed space for growth . |
| 4 | Trees can make a difference in an urban garden , helping to break the line of overlooking windows and add a much needed haven for wildlife . |
| 5 | The report noted that they not only provided care for children but enabled teachers to attend to others and also that the aides themselves carried out important educational work under the teacher 's direction . |
| 6 | Jury acquittals in obscenity cases , beginning with " Lady Chatterley 's Lover " , have effectively secured freedom for art and saved literature from the application of that controversial law . |
| 7 | While 5.5mm is the most widely adopted diameter for arrows , it is by no means the only thickness . |
| 8 | This leads us to the most widely adopted material for kite sails , Ripstop Nylon |
| 9 | The planners had finally given permission for Coca-Cola to build a bottling plant on this fifty acre site . |
| 10 | Zambia had not seen Alix for months , ever since she 'd set up home with the kid with prosthetic limbs who claimed his disfigurement was due to a variety of fantasies , all of which were subject to detail change , and none of which ever sounded convincing . |
| 11 | The material has already revealed evidence for trepanation , a surgical procedure involving removal of a piece of bone from the skull . |
| 12 | She had not had money for clothes , and neither the time nor the inclination to experiment with make-up and other items of fashion . |
| 13 | Mr Rutskoi has already had responsibility for agriculture taken away , along with his official Mercedes and doctor . |
| 14 | The top echelons of the civil service have generally abjured responsibility for policy decisions . |
| 15 | The familiar scheme numbers for food preparation and food service — originally City and Guilds 147 , 151 and 152 in cookery and now City and Guilds 706 and 707 part 1 and 2 — have been the easily understood shorthand for hotel and catering qualifications acquired by a combination of on the job training and college tuition . |
| 16 | The purchaser may be seeking to ensure that invoices are not raised pre-acquisition for deliveries to be made post-acquisition and also to ensure that full account is taken of any potential refunds etc which may be due to customers as a result of estimated prices being used . |
| 17 | Initial collection needed the greatest care and early in his correspondence with Bartram , Collinson expressed disappointment because plants of Cypripedium , ladies slipper , had not survived transport for want of proper attention at the outset . |
| 18 | The 95 minute work , which is a collaboration between the 49-year-old rock star and the renowned American conductor and composer Carl Davis , is a richly melodic and lavishly orchestrated piece for symphony orchestra , choir and four soloists . |
| 19 | Well , we 've always given money for Eretz and now we 're giving men and women , including our beloved Rabbi . |
| 20 | He furnished much of the office from his own resources although his annual salary of £250 was some 20% below the WEA 's nationally recommended minimum for District Secretaries — a reflection yet again of the District 's precarious financial position , then in deficit in excess of £100 . |
| 21 | As indicated above , the Spanish Civil War was a deeply felt experience for Neruda , also for Octavio Paz , César Vallejo , David Siquieros and others . |
| 22 | She said the Iranian government had always disclaimed responsibility for Khordad 15 , said to be a religious charity . |
| 23 | Although they have always had responsibility for trainees , this is to be made more formal within the framework of the basic training common core . |
| 24 | What held the two men together — apart from that click of friendship — was an unaffected and deeply worked love for Henry IV , Parts I and II and Henry V . |
| 25 | He viewed the chances of the children being successfully reintroduced to their mother as nil , and in these circumstances the mother — who was backed in yesterday 's court action by the children 's father — had unreasonably withheld consent for adoption . |
| 26 | A cast of eighty , a choir of two hundred , specially composed music for chamber orchestra and bodhran chorus — just some of the elements in this huge and vital undertaking . |
| 27 | Matteo Fargion 's specially composed music for piano , strings and brass does much to set the tone of the piece , with its clouded dissonances and flurries of bright jazzy melody . |
| 28 | During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the verderers , regarders and agisters usually held office for life , provided that they discharged their duties faithfully and well , but in the fifteenth century the authority of the verderer , like that of the coroner , was brought to an end by the death of the king , and the sheriffs were ordered to hold new elections . |
| 29 | When the bell rang again , we all went downstairs , two by two , and silently entered the cold , badly lit schoolroom for prayers . |
| 30 | Several nature reserves , such as Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire , have also eased access for wheelchair users with extensive boardwalks and the introduction of birdhides . |