Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three special ambassadors sent to James II in 1685 , for example , to congratulate him on his coronation and ask for English help against the Turks , unsuccessfully demanded privileges which were regarded as quite unjustified — to be " conducted " at their audience with the king by a duke rather than as usual a mere earl and for their coaches to be allowed to enter the courtyard of the royal palace . |
| 2 | Then add the sesame paste or peanut butter , remaining soy sauce , chilli oil , remaining salt and chicken stock and simmer for 4 minutes . |
| 3 | Its supporters make the point that it breaks down rigid hierarchies and allows for greater participation in the decision-making process . |
| 4 | Mr Vogel , detained on Tuesday and held for 10 hours in a solitary cell , was arrested because the prosecutors believed he would reveal the whereabouts of Mr Schalck-Golodkowski . |
| 5 | Mr Vogel , detained on Tuesday and held for 10 hours in a solitary cell , was arrested because the prosecutors believed he would reveal the whereabouts of Mr Schalck-Golodkowski . |
| 6 | Even a Marxist like Gramsci , who spoke of the ‘ consent ’ of the subordinate classes , saw consensus as false consciousness and hoped for revolutionary change . |
| 7 | McCabe , of Millbrook Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough , admitted three offences of theft and asked for six offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 8 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 9 | Underfed farmers emerged from their homes , rubbing their eyes and searching for suitable throwing stones . |
| 10 | Mr Vassiliou , a 61-year-old self-made millionaire , telephoned his opponent to congratulate him and then went on television to concede defeat and appeal for national unity . |
| 11 | In Britain the foreign office acquired a news department almost at once ; later two improvised bodies staffed largely by journalists and created for particular purposes , the Neutral Press Committee and the War Propaganda Bureau , were set up . |
| 12 | So I took another — four hundred and thirty this time — and a seat and waited for half an hour . |
| 13 | Various parties and groups were established 1989 and 1990 in Nepal itself to oppose the programme and to press for democratic reforms . |
| 14 | He also appealed to all Beninois to return to work to lay the basis for economic revival , while the transitional government implemented an economic structural adjustment programme and negotiated for external financial resources . |
| 15 | So including current and lagged total money growth in the output equation and testing the null hypothesis that the coefficients on these variables are all zero is exactly equivalent to including current and lagged predictable components of money growth in the output equation and testing for zero coefficients on these variables . |
| 16 | In 1903 a loosely structured organization , the Union of Liberation , was formed to unite all sections of opposition and to press for constitutional democracy based on universal , equal , secret and direct franchise . |
| 17 | You told her you had n't been able to get her out of your mind and begged for another chance . |
| 18 | Lot number sixty seven Lot sixty seven is another one there we are , that one showing for you a hundred pounds for this , and ten , twenty , at one hundred and thirty , forty one hundred and forty is bid and selling for one hundred and forty pounds , anybody else at one for one fifty , one sixty going on sir ? |
| 19 | Lot number seventy one Lot number seventy one seventy one there 's the stele showing there 's the carving showing there for a hundred and fifty pounds , at one fifty , one sixty , one seventy , at one hundred and seventy pounds , at one eighty offered , one ninety , two hundred now two hundred is bid and selling for two hundred , you all done ? |
| 20 | Lot number thirty four Lot number thirty four the okimono there 's the okimono showing eighty pounds for this one is offered , at eighty pounds I 've got in two places , at eighty pounds , eighty five in the centre , at eighty five is bid and selling for eighty five it 's yours sir at eighty five , ninety to my right , ninety five going on sir ? |
| 21 | The world 's airlines use a variety of methods to account for their fleets , depreciate aircraft and account for foreign exchange gains and losses , and differ widely on their levels of disclosure in income statements for depreciation and finance costs . |
| 22 | This is a common confusion and accounts for many weak arguments in sociology and elsewhere . |
| 23 | While living together , cats may help each other in terms of mutual defence against intruders and caring for each other 's offspring . |
| 24 | Taking the figures for smokers and non-smokers and allowing for all competing causes of death , the conclusion is that around one in 20 of the lung cancers in the UK may be due to radon exposure at home . |
| 25 | In the hall , turning to Martin , she said , ‘ Come and see the table before you go upstairs , ’ and hurried forward to the dining-room , where Martin exclaimed in genuine appreciation of the table , beautifully decorated with flowers , glass , and silver and set for sixteen people . |
| 26 | ‘ Yeah , ’ he drawls , rolling chewing gum around his mouth and pausing for dramatic effect . |
| 27 | The shabby ghosts of the Forster coterie waft out once more to pool their romantic gossip ; Forster himself shuffles forward to complain that Joe 's doings with one brawny menial have so put him off the lower classes that he has been obliged to travel first rather than third-class on a railway journey , and once again the air is full of that peculiarly spiritless twitter about guardsmen , homosexual tea parties and cure for pubic lice . |
| 28 | Sources predicted that there would be no sign of the frostiness which greeted Mr Spring 's suggestion , in a Guardian interview in July , that both Governments might have to bypass the parties and aim for joint rule . |
| 29 | They had woken at eight , and he had made tea and toast for both of them . |
| 30 | Strain the cooking juices into a saucepan and simmer for 2 minutes . |