Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thanked her and left after slipping the coin down my stocking for safe keeping . |
| 2 | We have announced a number of job losses over the past 12 months which have arisen as a result of er an internal cost cutting exercise to make our research more er cost effective , and also as a result of decisions by the Government and the electricity supply industry who have cut down their funding for basic research into reactor technology . |
| 3 | The SSA would not normally condone betting , but for a good cause head office staff are positively encouraged to have a flutter by SSA chairman On February 5 around 8O people put down their stakes for four horse and four videoed greyhound races . |
| 4 | There appears no civilised pale where they can remove their armour and let down their guard for any length of time . |
| 5 | A commentator 's article in the mainland People 's Daily of March 18 welcomed the new programme , especially its proposal for direct postal , trade and shipping services between Taiwan and the mainland , but referred to " quite a few questionable points " , including the Taiwan government 's demand for recognition as an independent and equal political entity , and its preconditions for unification : democracy , free economy , equal society and the rationalization of the armed forces . |
| 6 | international interdependence especially its implications for fiscal and monetary policy , exchange rates , commercial policy , energy and the price of oil , and the European Community as a policy-coordinating and economic system . |
| 7 | Anyway , the Club that runs the slope — Sweden 's largest skiclub — is reported to be enthused with its British bristles and will , no doubt , want to shut down its snowguns for good . |
| 8 | However , the Treasury which in the past several weeks has been preparing economic forecasts for inclusion in the November autumn statement seems almost certain to revise down its estimates for economic growth next year . |
| 9 | She frowned to herself , but Quiss was too absorbed glaring at the board — looking desperately up and down its length for useful pieces that were not there — to notice what she 'd said . |
| 10 | Once , she would have laid down her life for this man , and the memory of that devotion could still make her soul weep . |
| 11 | Qualified Teachers are invited to send in their requests for next year 's programme by 20th July either to Jean Parmiter or the Office . |
| 12 | Mr Brownlow walked up and down his room for several minutes , deep in thought . |
| 13 | ‘ We have only his word for that . ’ |
| 14 | So our potential for hydro-electric and tidal power is , in fact , limited . |
| 15 | Since a version of this argument was repeated in his broadcast talks and made a linchpin of Lewis 's defence of Christianity , it may be profitable to lay down our books for five minutes as he urged us to do when thinking of a world without chloroform and meditate on what he has laid before us . |
| 16 | So your research for this sort of book should be wider than the mere acquisition of facts about bustle skirts or togas or doublet and hose . |
| 17 | ‘ If the IRA think they can pass on their responsibility for this terrible act by issuing such a nonsensical statement , then they have sadly underestimated the understanding of the British public . ’ |
| 18 | Former Arsenal players , notably Joe Mercer and , today , Terry Neill , have carried on their taste for forward play into the realms of management . |
| 19 | ‘ I ought to put you over my knee for that , ’ he gritted out . |
| 20 | Finally their need for continued learning need to be acknowledged and provided for . |
| 21 | ‘ The problem is that the Government has n't properly thought through its proposals for contaminated land , ’ says Mr Humber . |
| 22 | Soviet officials have considered it necessary , however , to gloss over their search for naval facilities in the Mediterranean to encourage neutralism and maintain pressure on Western bases in other countries in the region . |
| 23 | Perhaps , then , men find women 's conversation difficult to follow , and since they are the powerful group , they can deal with their incomprehension by defining women 's behaviour as deviant and wrong — ‘ illogical ’ is just their word for that . |
| 24 | There were even doubts over his availability for last month 's All Ireland semi-final , but he played and came through with flying colours . |
| 25 | The doctor and midwife may start getting to know you and your wishes about pregnancy right from the first visit , by talking over your plans for antenatal care , where you want your baby to be born , how you plan to feed the baby , and so on . |
| 26 | Massage over your face for five minutes . |
| 27 | ‘ To be sure , that 's just our name for these two villages , ’ he explained . |
| 28 | Could n't we just throw away our Filofaxes for one afternoon and live a little ? |
| 29 | Nevertheless our outlook for 1993 remains cautious ’ . |
| 30 | Certain groups are better rewarded , not because they are functionally more important than others , but because they are well organised in trade unions or professional associations , having developed and used strategies and ideologies which further their claims for differential rewards effectively . |