Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The generally optimistic tenor of this debate provides a revealing comparison with those public views examined for the earlier period . |
| 2 | Death during transport and in quarantine account for a further 20 per cent of each batch . |
| 3 | Whitehall asked for a slower offtake of the gas , a guarantee that UK companies would share in the development of three platforms in 1990 , 1992 and 1994 , and that the natural gas liquids ( NGLs ) from Sleipner should go by UK pipelines to Flotta in the Orkneys . |
| 4 | In this context the authors note that ‘ equalizing ’ income differentials ( higher income to compensate for the lower attractiveness of some jobs ) are normally swamped by ‘ accentuating ’ differentials ( such as status and recognition following high income ) . |
| 5 | This month , Tom Gadd and Suzanne Ardley look at striking furnishings and accessories designed for a brighter life |
| 6 | Many leading manufacturers now have women 's models in their ranges with designs catering for the shorter back length , wider hips and more pronounced bottom . |
| 7 | ( iv ) Pupils should have opportunities to write for a wider range of communicative or informative purposes , including : describing , explaining , giving instructions , reporting , expressing a point of view , persuading , comparing and contrasting ideas , arguing for different points of view . |
| 8 | Her mind searched for a safer topic . |
| 9 | Such a conception allows for a greater fluidity between the two modes than has hitherto been found acceptable . |
| 10 | She does not expect her readers to accept her own conclusions verbatim , but urges them to make a similar creative attempt to listen for the deeper implications of the Christian message , to reach through the dogmas and intellectual propositions , which can never do justice to the ineffable mystery of the divine , and touch the heart of the faith . |
| 11 | Behind this superb spur the vines of Clos des Goisses extend for a further 8 hectares on north-east-facing slopes and rise at a lesser incline from 100 to 138 metres , after which the land flattens out towards Avenay . |
| 12 | Lower windspeeds will need a longer front leg ; stronger wind calls for a shorter front leg . |
| 13 | Currently , business investment accounts for a higher proportion of GDP than at any time in the 1970s and early 1980s . |
| 14 | Each of the solutions found for the Schrödinger equation ( quantum mechanical wave equation ) for a one-electron atom can be regarded as relating to one of a set of orbitals , which is characterized by a unique combination of quantum numbers and is given a corresponding symbol , such as 1s , 2p , etc . |
| 15 | A German colony from 1884 , the territory came under South African rule in 1915 , and in 1920 a League of Nations mandate provided for a further period of South African administration . |
| 16 | While Singapore was enthusiastic , Malaysia remained cautious , and Indonesia called for a greater concentration on intra-ASEAN rather than external economic relations [ for Indonesian relations with ASEAN countries see p. 37580 ] . |
| 17 | The Me109s swept away out to sea and made no attempt to turn for a further attack . |
| 18 | The Governing Body has decided that the income from this fund , which is used according to the By-Law to provide Edith Haynes Scholarships for either undergraduates or graduates of the College at the discretion of the Governing Body , will for the present be available to make grants in the first instance to mature graduates of the College who wish to continue or resume academic work , and are ineligible for State Studentships , or similar public support , by reason of age or inability to meet the requirement of residence in the U. K. Should no such applicant come forward , graduates of another university who are or have been members of the College reading for a further degree will be considered eligible . |
| 19 | If your employee qualifies for the higher rate , it should be paid for the first six weeks that higher rate SMP is due . |
| 20 | He says : ‘ As the recession deepened clients looked for a greater degree of measurability and a lower investment requirement . |
| 21 | It has announced its intention to tender for a further 12.5pc stake . |
| 22 | Yesterday , the Rev John Russell , the committee 's chairman , said that with a slump in the number of parish ministers from 2,750 in 1929 to 1,259 in 1991 , there was no slack left for a further reduction in parish work . |
| 23 | He told a key meeting in Dunkirk at the end of August : ‘ You must find the nerve to ask for a better treaty ; one that hands less power to Brussels , controls bureaucracy more stringently and leaves France her autonomy in foreign and monetary policy . ’ |
| 24 | Thus whilst there are increasing opportunities to bid for a larger share of this business , it would be financially imprudent to do so . ’ |
| 25 | Two local MPs are keen to see the Jet project at Culham extended for a further 4 years . |
| 26 | In both cities men of £40-£99 accounted for a further 16–19 per cent . |
| 27 | Careers adviser Kate Hargreaves opted for the greater job satisfaction of running a small organisation rather than having a more senior position in a large company . |
| 28 | We went for a drive through the ‘ one ways ’ — small one-way streets of tiny clapboard houses built for an earlier generation of warriors , the GIs who returned from Europe and the Pacific in 1945 . |
| 29 | But yesterday 's report from the US Purchasing Managers , which put the index of export performance at its highest level since April , is another red rag to dollar bulls looking for a narrower US trade deficit . |
| 30 | A nicely placed observer speculates that if Univel Inc , the Novell Inc/Unix System Labs joint venture , does well with the Destiny desktop operating system , that that will convince Novell chief Ray Noorda to go for a bigger piece of USL : he already owns the largest outside share . |