Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb -s] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the implications of another disastrous election defeat begin to be analysed , it is clear that calls for the Labour Party to embrace PR as a way of breaking the Tory stranglehold are gaining in strength . |
| 2 | Each one is a potential hypnotic and competes for the attention . |
| 3 | It sees no antithesis between the liberal and the technical and contends for the wider acceptance of the truth that the latter will be of no lasting value to the community unless the people of this country are adequately equipped to participate actively in its government and culture . |
| 4 | If he pleads guilty and begs for the mercy of the court , he may get off with a fine and deportation . |
| 5 | It can be judged from these that plans for the subscription were fairly advanced before her death . |
| 6 | ‘ Roll your own ’ more than compensates for the lifelessness of other parts of the book . |
| 7 | There is nothing cruel or stupid about providing a benefit system which more than compensates for the 20 per cent . |
| 8 | In white leather with turquoise and grey trim , the Axis 800 comes in sizes 6–11 and retails for the very competitive price of £34.99 . |
| 9 | Roads , railways , lakes , rivers , major settlements , chemical storage facilities and political boundaries can be displayed and used as overlays for the various modules that examine the impacts of chemical spills into the atmosphere and river systems . |