Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] to [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hall 's extension to 20th March was considered by The Saturday Review to be such a ‘ pitiful and illusory concession ’ as to make it hardly worthwhile , while the Architectural Association , on 5th November , 1856 , put in a strong plea to Hall for a further extension of time . |
| 2 | Tempera is the normal alternative to oil for overpainting gold , but you may be able to use a thin layer of tempera or even saliva rubbed into the surface as a preparation for acrylics . |
| 3 | I for one very much welcome the possibility of custodianship as yet another route to permanence for children in care , or at risk of coming into long-term care . |
| 4 | You can save time and effort by using a British agent to book for you . |
| 5 | Yet here was her grandson fending for himself , leaning amiably against a kitchen cupboard and eating a self-made sandwich , while his mother gave infinite attention to food for women who should have been at home attending to their own children . |
| 6 | First of all , he can include a patent indemnity , without any exclusion clause tacked on to it , along the lines set out above , providing express but limited remedies , and , in particular , not putting forward an express right to compensation for economic loss . |
| 7 | The animals were deprived of food but allowed free access to water for 24 hours before the experiment . |
| 8 | Another approach to ATP for a date change seems certain and do not be surprised if this time the pressure from the players points it in a different direction . |
| 9 | He announced at the beginning of that year that ‘ if Hitler had worn a dhoti he could have mistaken his mystical approach to life for that of Mr Gandhi ’ . |
| 10 | The European Community 's environment commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana , has threatened to take the British government to court for failing to comply with the EC 's drinking water directive , which sets limits on levels of toxic and microbiological pollution . |
| 11 | We will restore last year 's training cuts which caused so much damage to training for young people and the unemployed . |
| 12 | Chronic otitis media with effusion , or glue ear , is the commonest reason in children for elective admission to hospital for surgery . |
| 13 | It is very difficult to avoid seeking out and using information that is confidential if it is known or suspected that the information will be a crucial aid to survival for your company in the future . |
| 14 | This model shows one route linking early loss to depression for working-class women through premarital pregnancy , and poor coping , making continued working-class status more likely . |
| 15 | The ceremony meant an unscheduled return to work for Christine as she had been off work with a broken hip , but was well on the way to recovery and set for a New Year return . |
| 16 | Too many customers are alienated by our miserly attitude to compensation for mistakes that we made . |
| 17 | ITV may take the Premier League to court for banning their cameras from grounds . |
| 18 | If you order your tickets by post , please send SAE and the following information to Theatre for Oxford , 69 Oxford Street , Woodstock , Oxford OX7 1TJ : |
| 19 | Profoundly yet lightly and yet again oh so generously imagined , he turns the novel 's transpersonal unsteadiness to joy for us and sheer astonishment , and its cancer-growth of rumour to life 's health through art 's freedom . |
| 20 | What seems to have been forgotten is the role played by my relation , Meg Meade-Fetherstonhaugh in bringing this Sleeping Beauty to life for our generation to enjoy until its tragic destruction . |
| 21 | Video material that could be used in teacher training can be grouped in a similar way to material for teaching : |
| 22 | Gaughan again popped up on the right wing to centre for Nick Cusack to force Stewart into another diving save , then the impressive Andy Toman charged on to a Steve Mardenborough flick , and fired just wide with the keeper beaten . |
| 23 | IAN RUSH makes a welcome return to action for crisis club Liverpool here tonight insisting : ‘ We must win for our own good . ’ |
| 24 | Lyle 's par four not only gave him his most crucial win since the 1988 US Masters but relegated winless Montgomerie to runner-up for the fourth time this year . |
| 25 | Police put out an urgent call to public for more four-legged volunteers … |
| 26 | The ideal introduction to English for very young children |
| 27 | The meagre returns from tillage stimulated the conversion of arable land to pasture for sheep , which was proceeding actively in the early decades of the century . |
| 28 | It seems to me that Bethe ( writing in 1954 ) did not give due credit to Ulam for switching ideas onto an entirely new track ; judging from accounts given elsewhere ( eg The Advisors , H. F. York , San Francisco , 1976 ) Ulam rather than Teller should be called ‘ The Father of the H-Bomb ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've a great deal to thank-you for , Edward , ’ he said , ‘ not many would have helped me the way you did or taken me in the way I looked that night . ’ |
| 30 | An increased use of angioplasty may limit the number of elderly patients with coronary disease who need bypass grafting for refactory angina , but there is no effective alternative to surgery for the large number of patients in their 70s and 80s with symptomatic aortic stenosis . |