Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When the picture is sharp enough on fast search ( machines vary ) , then you have a way of skipping through a long programme , perhaps selecting only some sections for normal viewing .
2 There will be five or so such bobbins for each rod , and the pretensioned rovings are directed through guides down into a bath of polyester resin in much the same way as any glass fibre is prepared for setting into its shape by wetting the fibres with resin/hardener mix .
3 And so many pounds for each sixth former you have .
4 He made so many plans for this wedding .
5 David Scott , for example , complained that he got so many requests for Indian patronage from the council of St. Andrews that if the remaining burghs in his district were to seek aid in proportion to the size of their communities it ‘ would require more patronage than the whole East India Direction have in their gift ’ .
6 These would undertake so many operations for half a million pounds .
7 See the dockers then all got together and they said right so many men for that job , so many for that job and that did n't matter who they were , they had to their job , all the way round the dock .
8 There are so many possibilities for pressed flowers that I hope you find it hard to contain your enthusiasm !
9 Who better to teach than Don Dunford , originator of so many designs for steerable kites .
10 By Victorian standards their worst vices were almost certainly gluttony rather than lust , and the sentimental taste of so many dons for young men — almost certainly ( the very term is revealing ) ‘ platonic ’ — among the natural crotchets of inveterate bachelors .
11 Even if you go to a 424Mb disk for $4,800 — £4,060 — you still have plop down more bucks for more RAM .
12 For example , a general election for the House of Commons must be held at least every 5 years but only certain people have access to the vote and not all votes for different parties are of equal power in the absence of proportional representation making for a close correspondence between votes cast and seats won ; the House of Lords ( once a very powerful state institution ) can now only delay bills passed by the House of Commons ; the Prime Minister " must " come from the Commons ; and it is " expected " that a government will resign and call a general election if it is defeated in a vote of confidence on the floor of the House of Commons .
13 When I read the headlines of the Hon. Gentleman 's local paper , I found that there is deep concern because there are not enough sites for industrial development .
14 All the earlier comments about characters and standards apply , and it is well worth mentally putting aside some points for magic standards and magic weapons for your characters ( more on magic later ) .
15 In their dispute with Iran the British set out to close off all outlets for Iranian oil .
16 There are also some bargains for new home owners worried about their jobs .
17 They always do in major highway schemes , nearly all options for major highway schemes have certainly have all have different environmental impacts affect er all the factors that we 've looked at differently on all our schemes .
18 There are probably many reasons for this and I shall mention only a few of the important ones .
19 There were clearly many factors for this success .
20 Just because it is convenient to single out some policies for special attention , and just because there are courses on social policy that require the study of a specific and limited range of public policies , we should not therefore fall into the trap of seeing these as the main government contributions to welfare , or the ‘ general good ’ .
21 It set out these criteria for private sector funding :
22 The organisation would be unable to respond positively to as many requests for financial help for the arts as it would have liked .
23 As in Stockport , the Master 's salary was fixed at £10 but Read included far more details for religious exercises and attendances .
24 Pascoe tried out several emotions for that , coming closer to the real thing each time — impatience , irritation , concern , anxiety …
25 In the United Kingdom it 's driven by medicine and there are n't many posts for social scientists .
26 A spokesman from the firm responsible said : ‘ Some of the designs might be a bit near the knuckle , but the bonking snowmen have been so sucessful that we 've commissioned even more variations for next year . ’
27 The new complex will mean even more facilities for local women , under one roof .
28 There are relatively few customers for industrial kilns , but many consumers buying tins of baked beans !
29 The effect of restricting the offence to reckless driving , a restriction which was enacted in 1977 ( previously it had included dangerous driving , a less demanding standard ) , has been that relatively few convictions for this offence are obtained .
30 Neither do we find any reference to the thousands of Canadians who served with the US Army in Vietnam , though one must assume that at least some sources for this subject have been published .
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