Example sentences of "[adj] for [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Would it be possible for areas in area two with that information please ? |
2 | It might even be possible for Members of Parliament to walk down the street and assess the approximate value of property in one street compared with property in another . |
3 | Had this been successful it would have been possible for managers of education and training at every level within a locality to identify major employment issues , to assess likely large-scale change in employment patterns and to identify educational links which might have to be developed or changed . |
4 | If Chatterton chooses to flog , with the agreement of the committee , priceless port from the cellar , so long as the money is laundered through the entertainment account it allows him to be subsidised for a jaunt to Monte Carlo and no doubt Fishbane for nights of bliss with ladies from a call-girl agency . ’ |
5 | Plans for the extensive use of privatization coupons , reserving 40 per cent of nationalized property for sale to citizens at special low prices , encountered problems when it was revealed on Jan. 20 that up to 6,000,000 of the 8,000,000 books printed ( each worth Kcs1,035 or about US$35 — and exchangeable for shares in state companies — see also pp. 38584-85 ) had disappeared , allegedly bought up by private investment funds promising individuals a tenfold return on their investment after a year . |
6 | It was normal for pairs of waggon doors to face each other on opposite side walls of the barn ( Plate 2 ) , but in some barns the threshing floor could be approached only from one side , there being a blank wall opposite . |
7 | Each character must make a Cl test ( modified as normal for protections against fear ) or suffer -10 penalties to WS , BS , Cl and WP . |
8 | RIGHT It is quite normal for puppies to bolt down their food quickly , but with several puppies , you should check to ensure that each one receives an equal share . |
9 | True , she had had a pleasant bed-sitting room , and Mrs White had cooked for her and always been welcoming , but on some cold summer evenings , sitting in her Lloyd Loom armchair by a gas fire , turned low for reasons of economy , Agnes had experienced some bleakness . |
10 | But it is not co-extensive with it : And it is certainly too strong for reformulations in discourse where segments which are presented as paraphrases are not always strict paraphrases . |
11 | This rule seemed to be modelled on the proportionality requirement in self-defence , and was criticized as quite unsuitable for cases of provocation , where loss of self-control intervenes between the provocation and the retaliation . |
12 | FUNDAMENTAL science often leads to fresh technologies and even to new industries , but is is far less usual for developments in technology to lead to new science . |
13 | It should be emphasised that although these statistics are interesting for purposes of comparison , they should be treated with caution because of the differences in the methods of compilation . |
14 | She passed Seb Smith 's house one evening in the spring , taking a new route when exercising Midnight , and stopped to look over the hedge ( too high for nosers on foot ) into the Smith grounds . |
15 | This recession is proving especially painful for firms in advertising , retailing , the media and financial services . |
16 | With the outstanding exception of some Asian countries , among the 56 countries represented in Table 18 , the risks of maternal mortality due to abortion are more similar for girls under age 15 and women over 44 than the chances of succumbing to obstetric related causes . |
17 | I know it 's him , this man — what was his name ? — Luke Denner , that 's got you so worked up ; you 've not been the same since those few days in the country and that plan of his has been sitting on your desk untouched for days on end . |
18 | They are thus particularly appropriate for studies of convection and stratified flow . |
19 | This construction of article 5(3) is , I think , reinforced , as Mr. Tecks submitted , by the consideration that the words , ‘ harmful event , ’ while completely appropriate for claims in tort or delict or quasi-delict , seem most inappropriate for restitutionary claims . |
20 | The International Registration Service is not appropriate for items of value . |
21 | ( a ) Day care Every local authority must provide such day care as is appropriate for children in need within their area who are aged five or under and not yet attending school ( s18(1) ) . |
22 | I do prefer to wear smart clothes for work ; it 's still not easy for women in business to be taken seriously — I like to look the part . |
23 | The male penguin might just have calculated that if you 're stuck in the Antarctic for years on end then the cleverest thing to do is stay at home minding the egg while you send the female off to catch fish in the freezing waters . |
24 | Councils unprepared for effects of BSE |
25 | It is hard for universities to gauge how successful their graduates are in finding work . |
26 | Pledge was impractical on a widespread basis in a developing industrial society , since it requires possession by the creditor — obviously inappropriate for goods in transit or to be sold or transformed . |
27 | The surface of an ordinary playground can contain particles of strengthening materials that may , in strong sunlight , make it dazzling for children with photophobia . |
28 | This is a cave very accommodating for beginners in speleology and indeed for ordinary walkers with no such aspirations who , aided only by a torch , can penetrate quite easily for a hundred yards without meeting any difficulty . |
29 | While this would be fine for writers of science fiction , it would mean that no one 's life would ever be safe : someone might go into the past and kill your father or mother before you were conceived ! |
30 | If you let go of it before the fire button is released , the ball is kicked at an angle of about 20 degrees to the direction of travel — ideal for shots at goal . |