Example sentences of "[adj] and [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I say I was sitting there adding it up , a pound for this and a pound for that and your meal , a fiver for Maggie , I 'm twenty pound short off you |
| 2 | Fortunately her mother had been told to expect this and the reason for it was explained . |
| 3 | This is subject to the proviso that where it is essential that an instrument comes into effect immediately , it can be brought into effect before it is laid , but that the Speaker and/or Lord Chancellor should be informed of this and the reason for it . |
| 4 | In some families with aggressive children the boundaries and limits on the child 's behaviour may not be clear and a struggle for power can take place between the parents and child which rapidly escalates into violence . |
| 5 | The use of telex machines increased 7 per cent in the year 1987-88 and the demand for fax machines will outstrip that this year . |
| 6 | Samples received from ICC show the ratio of characters to keystrokes to be 2:3 and the ratio for data delivered to the project team may increase to 1:2 . |
| 7 | From my point of view it was a complete success — fun , interesting and the chance for me to meet someone whom I 'd admired from afar since I was 14 years old . |
| 8 | I hate myself for being weak , and wish I were younger and stronger , but I 'm 68 years old and no match for them . |
| 9 | A good system for storing electricity will not become possible before 1995 , Meanwhile , the date for artificial intelligence is shunted back 20 years to 2020 and the time for weather control is 2030 instead of 2015 , All kinds of obstacles , not so much technological as human and economic , have interfered with the 1962 predictions , as with many others that people have made with seemingly unimpeachable authority over the past 50 years . |
| 10 | The war of 1808 and the movement for independence in the colonies was to complete the defeat of Spain 's effort to create a mercantilist empire . |
| 11 | This report provides an overview of recent changes in policy makers ' assumptions about the family , particularly in relation to the benefit system , where the recognition of relationships can mean more money for some and no money for others . |
| 12 | Fans shouted ‘ cut ’ as the star started describing an earlier film , Witness , as exciting and a must for cinemagoers instead of praising his latest blockbuster . |
| 13 | Talk of catastrophe is popular and a money-maker for authors and publishers . |
| 14 | I welcome very much the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the question of the working of the police national computer mark 2 and the need for effective safeguards , and I am delighted that this debate is starting at a relatively civilised hour . |
| 15 | Using a scale of 1 to 5 [ 5 best , 1 worst ] , the top score was 4.48 and the average for all 30 was 3.74 . |
| 16 | Confusingly , it was another Richard Hutchinson , of the City and later of Stepney , who was co-treasurer for sick and wounded soldiers , widows , and orphans from 1643 to 1660 and a judge for imprisoned debtors in 1653–4 , and who served as co-paymaster of the navy under the treasurers in 1688–71 , appearing in the latter part of Pepys 's diary . |
| 17 | Regard must also be had to Williams & Glyn 's Bank Ltd v Boland [ 1981 ] AC 487 and the necessity for any consents to mortgage from those in occupation ( see p31 and Precedent 11 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Actual losses on mortgage during 1991 and the provision for 1992 are well below the national industry average and prove the wisdom of our policy of prudence in lending and the good sense of members of the community in the management of their financial affairs . |
| 19 | A statutory meeting was convened on 26 November 1991 and an application for an interim care order under section 31 of the Children Act 1989 was brought before the justices on 29 November 1991 . |
| 20 | Planning was often difficult or impossible and the need for home care was less . |
| 21 | Providing an answer , in contrast , is not simple and the search for it goes to the very heart of the Verkehrsberuhigung concept . |
| 22 | So six and a half for that one . |
| 23 | Erm , six and a half for that one . |
| 24 | Lamb rampaged to 50 with a six and a pull for four in the same Su'a over . |
| 25 | For the first , public ownership is a virtual absolute , the derogations from it minimal and the necessity for them requiring proof . |
| 26 | agencies contracted to do community care assessments , such as Edinburgh and East of Scotland Society for the Deaf and the Society for the Welfare and Teaching of the Blind ; |
| 27 | The snowy owl inhabits the circum-polar tundra region , feeding on the most common rodent , which is usually one of the species of lemming ( see Table 2.3 and the Appendix for details of snowy owl biology ) . |
| 28 | The largesse the NHS received in an election year was predictably short-lived and the settlement for 1993 is only 0.8 per cent above the inflation forecast . |
| 29 | Since the hon. Gentleman mentioned YT in particular , I may say that we are investing £842 million in YT in 1991-92 and the figure for the year starting in April is £851 million . |
| 30 | If the staff : client ratio is low and the environment for care well equipped and attractive , -then you will have to measure this against the breadth of experience which represents your alternative within the NHS . |