Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether , for instance , concepts such as ‘ ethnicity ’ , ‘ class ’ , ‘ politics ’ are ‘ culture-free ’ , that is whether academics have succeeded in freeing them from their narrow everyday cultural uses and made them available for cross-cultural use , is a question of judgement and , ultimately , of ontology . |
| 2 | She told some lies about the close relations between the old malai half of the island and ours which had , she said , made them indistinguishable for all practical purposes : for example , it was not an invasion but a reunion . |
| 3 | The Spear & Jackson Neverbend range has an excellent hand trowel and fork ( about £5 ) , the 12in wooden handles of which make them suitable for many jobs . |
| 4 | Unfortunately the major forage grass species have complex life-cycles which make them unsuitable for some experiments . |
| 5 | Indeed , Ernest Bevin , speaking at a union dinner , maintained that , if there is a new conception of the objects of industry , then there can be created in this country … conditions which will minimize strikes and probably make them non-existent for 25 years . ’ |
| 6 | The suggestion is that this will reduce their chances of finding such work themselves and make them dependent for informal assistance on others whose circumstances are similar to their own . |
| 7 | well you got them four for ninety nine and you enjoyed them did n't you ? |
| 8 | Almost immediately after 5 Corps entered southern Austria , it found itself responsible for hundreds of thousands of surrendered enemy personnel , camp followers and civilian refugees , of many different nationalities . |
| 9 | you want something quick for that did n't ya ? |
| 10 | Walkers Crisps has something new for jaded taste buds — Worcester Sauce flavour . |
| 11 | It was usual for the baby of the family to sleep with the nanny , and the Dolls ' House night nursery has everything necessary for both of them . |
| 12 | We knew he was going to try his hardest for 72 holes . |
| 13 | This success also gave City their first League double of the season , but it was a little ironical that in a game where the respective goalkeepers played a prominent part in keeping it goalless for 70 minutes , an error by the Halesowen custodian should have produced the match winning goal . |
| 14 | This hangar was all closed up apart from one door , so he drove in in the semi-dark and reversed rapidly into what he thought was an empty corner without checking it first for parked vehicles . |
| 15 | Organisers said the display was amusing but warned that some people might consider it unsuitable for young children . |
| 16 | American Express found themselves responsible for hundreds of barking duffel bags . |
| 17 | Her personal milliner John Boyd , who has been making hats for the princess since she was 16 , said : ‘ She already has such a collection of hats that she does n't need anything new for this occasion . ’ |
| 18 | I am quite pleased that Auckland fly-half Grant Fox has changed his mind and made himself available for international action . |
| 19 | In 1892 he began an involvement with Earls Court , by laying out the grounds for the international horticultural exhibition ; but the industrial exhibition of 1894 , of which he was a director , was a financial failure , and Milner made himself responsible for some of the debts . |
| 20 | The words were insignificant , but there was something in his tone that made her happy for some reason . |
| 21 | You also told me that for eleven years you were national coach and team manager to the United Arab Emirates . |
| 22 | He also told me that for some years , two unknown people , evidently strategically placed in big City offices , have been collecting for us all the first-day covers received there . |
| 23 | The word ‘ natural ’ will still be allowed , says the Ministry of Agriculture 's Food Advisory Committee , for ‘ single foods of a traditional nature to which nothing has been added and which have been subjected only to such processing as to render them suitable for human consumption . |
| 24 | I 've done my best for that guy . ’ |
| 25 | Yeah , we 'll give you eight for that . |
| 26 | I 'll give you hundred for that other one . |
| 27 | Well I 'll give you two for both . |
| 28 | I 'll give you ten for that . |
| 29 | So basically , we can give you ten for ten timber and |
| 30 | I have n't seen you both for such a long time , and you 're both of you just ! |