Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Groups formed in this way tended to remain relatively stable , moving as a whole from one activity to another , although in a few classes they were formed only for specific activities ( generally mathematics ) and disbanded for the rest of the day . |
| 2 | The new guidelines will tell the police to give no more than two cautions , except in rare circumstances , and to caution only for minor offences . |
| 3 | Tranquillizers should be prescribed only for short periods to help patients through crises where their levels of anxiety are such that their coping ability is grossly impaired . |
| 4 | Engineers are devising a modular robot ( see picture ) comprising standard sections that can be joined together for specific applications . |
| 5 | Equations ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) can be solved analytically for spherical impactors in an isothermal atmosphere if and C H are held constant . |
| 6 | Although particulate traps can be made to work effectively for short periods under favourable conditions there is some way to go before they are reliable enough for the rough and tumble of ordinary operating conditions . |
| 7 | It cares little for social conventions , either . |
| 8 | In June Lithuanians had voted overwhelmingly for Russian troops to be withdrawn by the end of 1992 ; Latvia and Estonia had reportedly also made the same demand . |
| 9 | One Midlands wine wholesaler was ordered to clear dust from a warehouse floor used only for cased goods , the association said . |
| 10 | Although Doodlebug breaks no new ground and may not prove challenging enough for hardened players , it 's still a neat little platformer . |
| 11 | The original airstrip was designed only for short nights to the mainland in the days when the Foreign Office was encouraging the seduction of the Falklands by Argentina . ’ |
| 12 | Once more , however , they provided only for small numbers and their success even in establishing this few in permanent work or independence appears to have been small . |
| 13 | The main service on offer is the Schwab One International account which has been designed especially for international investors . |
| 14 | Designed especially for young hands , from age three upwards , the puzzles have 24 extra-large pieces , and are all based on popular nursery rhymes — including Humpty Dumpty , Hey Diddle Diddle and Old MacDonald 's Farm . |
| 15 | The United States would probably have reverted to isolationism as happened after the First World War ; Congress would have cut back Defence spending , starving the US defence/industrial base ; and American big business would have looked elsewhere for profitable enterprises . |
| 16 | As I sit at this word processor , the chips of which may have been assembled by a young woman in the Philippines for a pittance a day and for such long hours that her eyes will be damaged in a tax haven created specially for foreign companies , I am acutely aware of the link between the health of the people of the Philippines and my life here in Britain . |
| 17 | Good location for local community and used extensively for other events/activities . |
| 18 | It also produced wood for charcoal burning — the only fuel used extensively for industrial activities before coal became more intensively mined and more widely available . |
| 19 | He has already become a familiar figure at St Wilfrid 's Primary School , which he regularly visits both for pastoral duties and to enjoy the company of the pupils . |
| 20 | The smoke analogy holds well for flying brents too . |
| 21 | The decision came after Congress failed to receive a presidential certification testifying that Pakistan 's nuclear programme was being designed exclusively for peaceful purposes . |
| 22 | Furthermore , while in former times the responsible authorities strove their hardest to mitigate poverty , of circumstance and opportunity , by driving hard for high levels of education provision , low expectation still depressed educational achievement , and work-related training in industry continued to be low-grade — where employers allowed it to happen at all . |
| 23 | An exciting period lies ahead for Fine Arts Brass , with concerts on an increasingly larger international stage at major Festivals and Concert Halls , several recording projects and further TV and Radio appearances . |
| 24 | Designed primarily for experienced professionals with considerable experience of language teaching or some other relevant field , but also suitable for those with a strong research interest in an applied linguistic topic . |
| 25 | It is hoped that these state-ments of principle will over time influence national courts by persuading them to look beyond their own , or indeed any one , legal system , particularly where the dispute is international and thus does not readily respond to national laws designed primarily for domestic transactions . |
| 26 | This is a non-corporate grade designed either for senior managers whose careers are based on practical rather than academic foundations or managers with acceptable academic knowledge of the industry but with little practical experience . |
| 27 | Accordingly , adjustment via the exchange rate was not able to compensate adequately for long-term changes in competitive conditions . |
| 28 | The characteristics of this cAMP-stimulated anion efflux were similar to those reported previously for CFTR-expressing cells . |
| 29 | Note that the forskolin-sensitive currents ( Cl - cAMP ) in the trachea were smaller than those reported previously for wild-type mice . |
| 30 | ‘ Forty-four per cent of the appointees are women — a very high figure for such posts — and their success should encourage even more to come forward for future appointments . ’ |