Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb pp] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vessels best equipped for this were ‘ cogs ’ , ships of high sides well suited for commercial traffic from which , indeed , most of them were taken . |
| 2 | The inflated snobbery of purchasing a ritual traditionally reserved for those of a higher social rank did not appear until the very end of the eighteenth century ; conversely , it was a dissatisfied middle class which , towards the close of the nineteenth century , ushered in a less complicated and confusing street procession . |
| 3 | The US government 's efforts to create a long-term repository for nuclear waste have received a setback with the announcement that a deep underground salt chamber in New Mexico provisionally selected for this purpose may be close to collapse . |
| 4 | Imagine that a child has expressed some meaning with an innovative term , a , and that this meaning is identical to the one expressed by term b , the term conventionally used for that meaning by adults — e.g. , plant-man versus gardener . |
| 5 | Here and here alone the bourgeois and even more the petty bourgeois family could maintain the illusion of a harmonious , hierarchic happiness , surrounded by the material artefacts which demonstrated it and made it possible , the dream-life which found its culminating expression in the domestic ritual systematically developed for this purpose , the celebration of Christmas . |
| 6 | Methods commonly used for such processing involve using transitional probabilities ( for example the Viterbi algorithm or Markov modelling ) , using information about how letters combine ( for example n-grams ) , using lexical look-up , or combinations of these . |
| 7 | Methods commonly used for such processing involve using transitional probabilities ( for example the Viterbi algorithm or Markov modelling ) , using information about how letters combine ( for example n-grams ) , using lexical look-up , or combinations of these . |
| 8 | Ben-Eliezer launched a review of contracts already signed for another 14,000 housing units , now in various stages of planning and construction . |
| 9 | Meetings already arranged for this year include ‘ Changes in the wind — the end of the traditional British holiday ? ’ and ‘ The retail and catering consortium ’ . |
| 10 | FOREIGN type not permitted for this module header version . |
| 11 | Since the loss of their monopoly as the ruling party , the communists now accounted for half the Politburo ; the rest represented the different parties who now shared power . |
| 12 | The judges then voted for each of these schemes , and it was agreed to send the numbers of the plans , but not the votes cast , to the assessors . |
| 13 | The Regulations require from September 1989 that each maintained school , special school and grant-maintained school must keep a curricular record annually updated for each registered pupil at the school . |
| 14 | The angles thus calculated for all frames are then used to produce the two rotational functions shown on the right of Figure 7.12 . |
| 15 | Not only is the Bundesrat 's consent not required for all laws ( Article 77(3) ) but , in addition to its power to overrule the Bundesrat ( Article 77(4) ) , the Bundestag has virtual carte blanche to extend its area of competence , in virtue of an article which is a perfect formulation of ‘ subsidiarity ’ : |
| 16 | In the wake of major advances in medicine and technology it 's interesting to hear that not only is acupuncture still used for many human conditions , but there is also an increasing trend toward using acupuncture for pets . |
| 17 | Its importance sharply decreased for those in their early 20s , to stand at little above the average and fell gradually as age increased , to reach just over eight per cent for over-55 year olds . |
| 18 | From 822 his itinerary shifted eastwards : in 822 – 3 Louis and his court spent the whole winter at Frankfurt where " he had had buildings newly constructed for this purpose following his orders " . |
| 19 | Indeed , the South African 's boot eventually accounted for all of their points . |
| 20 | In recent years , photographs of newcomers to the profession have been put together in a volume expressly produced for that purpose , by Spotlight . |
| 21 | The Area successfully tendered for another section of the M74 ( Elvanfoot ) which will be mostly carried out in 1993 . |
| 22 | Despite the high hopes of Penal Policy in a Changing Society , recognizable authority in the shape of detection , arrest and prosecution still counted for more than prevention . |
| 23 | Ludens now craved for these sessions , and had even instantly , when Irina spoke of the cottage in Wiltshire , decided he would have to move there , reorganise his life , and set up house next door . |
| 24 | Thus in ( 191 ) , to feel evokes a new state of awareness which has arisen as a result of the combined effect on the reader 's mind of novels and tales previously selected for this purpose . |
| 25 | LLANGEFNI : Bob Parry and Co Ltd report an entry of 206 cattle , 236 sheep , excellent trade again recorded for all classes of store cattle , quality rearing calves forward with a top price of £350 for a Belgian Blue male . |
| 26 | These structures seem to suggest a sessile , echinoderm-like form rather than the creeping , slug-like habit previously suggested for these animals . |
| 27 | — it is also possible to draw on materials not designed for this purpose ; |
| 28 | The union already fought for that rate and they got it . |
| 29 | There , electoral law requires that a constituency candidate shall be chosen by secret ballot either in a meeting of party members specially convened for that purpose , or by an ad hoc committee itself elected by secret ballot ; and party officers must give the returning officer a solemn assurance that these procedures have been observed . |
| 30 | He has brought his largest paintings to Monde de l'Art , along with some works specially painted for this particular gallery . |