Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These remain unused for the entire time that the child is in nappies . |
| 2 | As regards the cost implications of these shifts , although the over-85s are heavier users of costly services than younger age groups , the heaviest financial cost of the elderly arises from pensions not from services and , to repeat , the total pensionable age group will remain stable for the next two decades . |
| 3 | As The Lord of the Rings was coming to the end of its gestation it became possible for the first time for political leaders to say they wanted nothing and make it come true . |
| 4 | Real power remained in the hands of the union delegations but it now became possible for the local parties to ensure that their opinions were more effectively voiced . |
| 5 | With twelve children to her credit , she became pregnant for the thirteenth time by a British soldier . |
| 6 | When she became pregnant for the third time she was given an amniocentesis , the only form of testing available at that time . |
| 7 | So even if you are convinced that interest rates are going to drop further and remain low for the foreseeable future , you need to be alert to find a good bargain . |
| 8 | Well I got that , I got that for the wee ones . |
| 9 | The Americans countered by accepting this for the first ten years , but adding an extra M per cent interest , bringing the annual figure to £40 million for the remaining fifty-two years . |
| 10 | Last Thursday their problems became public for the first time when Allen began a legal battle for custody of three of their children . |
| 11 | Council goes public for the first time |
| 12 | The WO then further subdivides this for the eight counties of Wales . |
| 13 | We 'll have to use all our rehearsal time for Luxembourg too — we ca n't possibly afford to have the full cast up here for longer than three weeks and we 'll need that for the new production . ’ |
| 14 | Yet the longer she spent with Nathan Bryce the harder it was to accept that for the next four weeks her only escape from him would be in sleep . |
| 15 | When the subject of his father cropped up , which was not very often , Phil found that she could speak of him with true affection , keeping alive for the little boy his early memories of a loving father . |
| 16 | Due to the increased complexity arising from multiple word candidates in the input and the requirement that the system provide a wide coverage of English the use of an ATN-based grammar was considered unsuitable for the current application . |
| 17 | Yeah well , you see , we found that for the first three or four years now they 've gradually dropped off a bit , but they did used to , I mean they still come , but it |
| 18 | I happen to drive a very small car er a Fiat one , two , six and you ca n't get much smaller than that and I am much more aggressive when I 'm driving that for the simple reason I think its this sort of principle although I 'm nearly six foot in that I 'm a small person and the small person mentality comes out because I get cut up continuously , they do n't do that when I 'm driving my husband 's car which is a Volvo , er they will cut in front of me , I do n't think they , if they knew what my brakes were like they would n't do it . |
| 19 | I 'll be keeping this for the next few days with me looking after it . |
| 20 | It may , in fact , be better to organise it for the day after you move , because being certain that everything will run according to plan on the day of the move is almost impossible , so it is better to do without your cooker overnight and schedule this for the next morning when you know you are definitely going to be there . |
| 21 | Figure 7.3 illustrates this for the same capacitor as that in Figure 7.2 . |
| 22 | Figure 7.3 illustrates this for the same capacitor as that in Figure 7.2 . |
| 23 | They felt it offered no child care provisions , did not promise much for the unemployed and will mean a rise in fuel bills from next year . |
| 24 | Patients were interviewed monthly for the first five months and every three months thereafter . |
| 25 | The conversion into owner-farmers of those who had hitherto been tenants or agricultural labourers provided many for the first time with genuine prospects of making a decent living , unburdened by debts , high rents or heavy taxes . |
| 26 | Problems arising from interviews are discussed and the task of case checking allocated for the following week . |
| 27 | It must be emphasised , however , that an experienced endoscopist is necessary , as Dieulafoy 's disease can easily be overlooked or concomitant lesions , such as ulcers or varices , may wrongly be considered responsible for the bleeding episode . |
| 28 | The failure of the Director of Public Prosecutions , QC , to instigate any criminal charges against the six police officers found responsible for the unlawful killing of , by the inquest jury on November 29th 1991 at Middlesborough Coroners ’ Court . |
| 29 | invites the Bar Council to investigate the decision by the DPP not to prosecute the six police officers found responsible for the unlawful killing of . |
| 30 | THE FUTURE LOOKS STORMY FOR THE NEW NATURAL HERITAGE AGENCY . |