Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This issue paid 8.45 p.c. tax free if held for five years and the maximum holding was £1,500 . |
| 2 | Its use in accident situations and acute emergencies is much simpler than prescribing for long-term chronic conditions . |
| 3 | Mustelids are intermediate between categories 2 and 3 ( Table 3.13 ) , with only 24 per cent of the incisors digested but the degree of digestion is heavier than seen for most category 2 predators ( Fig. 3.24 G ) . |
| 4 | Finally : the Prescription Act 1832 , still in force , provides that easements other than rights to light become absolute if enjoyed for 20 years . |
| 5 | You have to be resourceful when catering for larger numbers . |
| 6 | Peeling is more effective than washing for certain residues , but it will not remove pesticides like Alar . |
| 7 | The right-wing coalition knows better than to ask for any help from the Greens . |
| 8 | Since talking still seemed better than asking for written answers , it was decided to interview the parents in small groups , using a modification of the nursery from which is given in the SOED 's Using Ethos Indicators in Primary School Settings . |
| 9 | It seems likely that improvements in the health and work capacity of the elderly population over the last eighty years have more than compensated for any putative increase in the physical and mental demands of employment ; if so , rising retirement rates may reflect a decrease in the demand for the labour of elderly workers over a period in which their employment capacity has risen . |
| 10 | In the GDR , the Wachsregimente of the Ministry of State Security ( MfS ) and the Bereitschaftspolizei of the Ministry of the Interior have more than sufficed for this purpose , enabling the NVA to keep its hands clean and its morale high . |
| 11 | One fine day and such a trip as this more than compensates for all the bad ones . |
| 12 | The New York Times 's Vincent Canby wrote : ‘ There is nothing obviously glossy in Midnight Cowboy , but it contains a lot of superior laughter that has the same softening effect , ’ yet he found the central relationship was ‘ as honest and affecting as anything you 're likely to see in a movie , and more than compensates for those moments when the film seems to be exploiting its cheap , gaudy locale as might the director of a sight-seeing bus cruising through West 42nd Street and Greenwich Village ’ . |
| 13 | The outcome of £365 was significantly higher than predicted for two reasons . |
| 14 | The government also forecast GNP growth of 2.5 per cent in 1993 ( up from 1.3 per cent ) , and inflation of 2.3 per cent ( the same as predicted for 1992 ) . |
| 15 | By contrast , purchases bought with credit cards and shop accounts turned out to be less expensive than planned for more people than average . |
| 16 | Support was welcomed , but except in the case of Israel and the United States , the relationships which evolved tended to be as frustrating as rewarding for all the contestants . |
| 17 | No matter how long they had been unemployed , the Girls felt guilty when auditioning for other troupes . |