Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Purcell did not make extensive changes for the Fairy Queen revival — and indeed he had two excellent reasons not to . |
| 2 | A subsidiary of the Rover group is producing complete bodyshells for the car , which was last built sixteen years ago . |
| 3 | A subsidiary of the Rover group is producing complete bodyshells for the car , which was last built sixteen years ago . |
| 4 | This had set the tone later reflected in the harsh rules of the Indian Penal Code 1860 ( prescribing long sentences of ‘ rigorous imprisonment ’ ) , in the Prisons Act 1894 , in gaol manuals allowing cruel punishments for the smallest breach of discipline , and in a lasting policy of spending as little as possible on the gaols . |
| 5 | The economic crisis and in particular the slump produced lower totals for the next two years , but by 1939 , the number of holidays booked had risen to a substantial 62,500 , comprising 29,500 holiday-makers travelling overseas , and 33,000 taking home bookings . |
| 6 | ‘ I could see how the notion of raiding charnel houses for the secrets of life had always been present in Shelley 's thought ; but these horrid machine speculations were new . |
| 7 | The BCS does lots of other good things , like sitting on 31 standards committees , working with 15 European computer societies to harmonise professional qualifications for the single market , accrediting computer science courses to make them less theoretical and more oriented towards projects , maintaining a register of expert witnesses , setting up ad hoc specialist groups very quickly on new areas like expert systems , natural language translation and parallel processing , and helping the disabled . |
| 8 | From my discussions with British Rail , I know that it made specific proposals for the diversion of at least four of the crossings and that the Ramblers Association objected to them all . |
| 9 | She wanted to arrange sole rights for the overland trade in frankincense and other goods between her country and the rich markets to the north . |
| 10 | Once the removal date is confirmed , make advance arrangements for the disconnection of domestic appliances — and do n't forget to make similar arrangements at your new address . |
| 11 | Young Victor , a Romantic from birth , was excited when the family was given free seats for the theatre for every night of its stay , less excited when he found out that the programme never changed , so that it meant sitting through the same melodrama every night for a month . |
| 12 | In each age they had different demands and made different choices for the use of the land . |
| 13 | He was referring to a development of a policy document first published in early May 1989 , calling for the state sector " to issue public tenders for the sale of all profitable or non-profitable production , service and trade units , with the exception of important and strategic units " . |
| 14 | Using five-minute returns for the period from 1 to 15 October 1987 , they concluded that the negative basis after 11 a.m. on Monday 19 October was primarily due to stale prices , particularly physical delays in the processing of spot transactions , and not to illiquidity . |
| 15 | Finding the foreign exchange to pay for permissions may be difficult , especially as multinational publishers often change high prices for the use of material . |
| 16 | Brightness 's destiny — so we were informed — was to be returned to prison where she will have to perform mindless tricks for the entertainment of rouble-paying humans . |
| 17 | Afterwards to wear clerical clothes for the first time , and instantly to be expected to be a confidant or soul 's friend , was to many ordinands the more heartfelt turning-point . |
| 18 | So when [ named defendant ] , 41 , made sexual overtures for the first time during their five-year friendship she went to a neighbour and cried rape . |
| 19 | ‘ The Andy Warhol of Spain … who thinks a Camel cigarette packet has as much value as a Picasso ’ , an artist who reckons to ‘ make cultural sandwiches for the brain ’ . |
| 20 | In the local council offices , a department of employment vacancy board offers meagre opportunities for the job seeker . |
| 21 | Benjamin pulled me into the shadows as Mandeville came out to issue curt instructions for the dead sheriff 's body to be removed and informed the soldiers that he would stay at Templecombe for a while . |
| 22 | Drama provides another major resource in overcoming passivity , in stimulating children to become actively involved in thinking about language , and in helping them to enjoy literature at school so that they will continue to read and to act and to attend theatrical performances for the rest of their lives . |
| 23 | The Open Software Foundation says vendors have registered 22 platforms for the Distributed Computing Environment Interoperability Festival it is hosting between April 12-30th at its Cambridge , Massachusetts headquarters . |
| 24 | The report from this investigation made detailed recommendations for the organisation and curriculum of secondary education in Wales under the 1944 Education Act , and its relationship with primary and further education . |
| 25 | Is he surprised that the hon. Member for Livingston now spends less time talking about trust hospitals than producing racing tips for the Glasgow Herald ? |
| 26 | Going into the butcher 's shop and asking ‘ You got some bones for the dog ? ’ and then making a pot of soup … |
| 27 | But why do n't the rules stipulate that on a grey you have to wear brown breeches for the same reason ? |
| 28 | Hezbollah announced 12 candidates for the first two rounds , eight of them in Baalbek , three elsewhere in the Bekaa , and one in Beirut . |
| 29 | She frequently exhibited embroideries and jewellery and contributed technical essays for the society 's exhibition catalogues of 1889 and 1890 . |
| 30 | In every case , operationalization of the key concept in a research project has far-reaching consequences for the results of the research . |