Example sentences of "[adv] for the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was happy in that I felt that I had paid him back a little for the thousands of hours he had spent at West London Stadium , stopwatch in hand , urging us all on to greater things . |
| 2 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |
| 3 | ‘ I pay enough for the poor with my taxes , ’ he said , ‘ so why should n't I be able to make use of them in my work ? |
| 4 | It 's not enough for the rich to be rich , they have to boast about their perks and fiddles and scams as well . |
| 5 | Was n't a weekend enough for the two of you , Maria ? ’ |
| 6 | Surely the place was big enough for the two of them ? |
| 7 | It ca n't come soon enough for the homeless on the street , They feel the longer they wait the more they 'll be forced to beg on the streets , and even turn to crime . |
| 8 | My two brothers have worked for my father all their lives and there is n't really enough for the three of us to do . |
| 9 | He knew that if Silas wished to marry , the place was more than large enough for the three of you . |
| 10 | This is the first manufacturing company to take this step , arguing that the price differential between the 386 and 486 is now small enough for the 386 to be disregarded . |
| 11 | It did not take long for the two of them to agree that cost-cutting and restructuring were required . |
| 12 | The men who obey their party 's call in the House of Lords do so for the highest of motives . |
| 13 | Her poor academic record was traded in for the sharpest of wits , her gaucherie for poise . |
| 14 | It was his pick-up and feed from a scrum which sent David Wright in for the first of his tries and then the No. 8 charged over from a similar situation to grab the lead on the stroke of half-time . |
| 15 | Gregor Townsend later managed to pass to the referee — clad in near identical colours to the Scots — for the Samoans to plunder ball and scuttle in for the first of their three tries , though it might have been more had we not seen defensive heroics typified by a timely tackle on Leilane Une by Derek Turnbull . |
| 16 | Alistair , Wendy and Anna come in for the worst of it . |
| 17 | For Moore , on the occasion of his 105th appearance in England colours , it became a miserable exposure to the inevitability of decline , an uncharacteristic positional error enabling Lubanski to surge through for the second of Poland 's two goals ; the famed captain would play only three more times for his country , and not in the climax to the qualifying group , five months later at Wembley . |
| 18 | If you fall out with someone in your own office or factory , the working atmosphere may become intolerable , not just for the two of you , but also for your colleagues . |
| 19 | ‘ It would n't be worth dragging all the way to Spain just for the three of us , darling . ’ |
| 20 | The series moves to Candlestick Park tonight for the first of three games on the West Coast . |
| 21 | But England fullback Jon Webb does n't mind eating turf as he skids over for the first of his two tries as part of a record-equalling 22-point haul . |
| 22 | Mark Nicholson , who plays for Scottish Students next month against the English Students , ran from his own 22 to put Gareth Williams over for the first of the visitors ' seven tries . |
| 23 | It 's certainly not for the prissy of nature but then the original novel was also considered at the time rather racy . |
| 24 | A wife whose husband had had multiple sclerosis and went to a holiday home for the disabled for two weeks to give her a rest said : |
| 25 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 26 | Because of this , my aunt and I returned home and ate before setting off for the first of our two destinations . |
| 27 | Again , do n't worry if you get slightly different results , as your assumptions may differ from ours ( for instance , we have assumed two sheets , two pillowcases and two towels per guest , changed once for the longer of the two conferences ) . |
| 28 | The Castle is renowned not only for its service and hospitality but also for the excellent of its cuisine . |
| 29 | It was a clean up for the Irish in the Junior Drum Majors competition , with Darren McBride once again dominating the top placing , and J Elvin in third , A McKeown in fourth and R Elvin in fifth places . |
| 30 | Later that year , when the writer was working on Loot , the idea first came up for the two of them to work together . |