Example sentences of "[adj] for [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The house was in need of total renovation and would not be habitable for nearly a year , but the Ashleys moved into a hotel in Le Touquet from where they hoped to oversee the extensive repairs to the exterior and interior . |
| 2 | For instance , building-society deposits , bank cash accounts , and National Savings holdings all rose sharply throughout the period , especially with high interest rates prevailing for almost the whole of the 1970s . |
| 3 | oh you it 's due for about a bit more then |
| 4 | Well I think that we 've seen the erm tremendous growth in word processors , and this is erm an area which I feel will develop enormously , and it really would be quite possible for nearly every home to have a word processor within it . |
| 5 | In such a case it is possible for either the seller or the buyer to commit an anticipatory breach of contract , i.e. to repudiate the contract before the time for performance . |
| 6 | In response , Congress , in the 1974 Act , included provisions requiring the president to report impoundments to the legislature , making it possible for either the House or the Senate to compel the release of impounded funds , and obliging the executive to spend them in accordance with legislative intent . |
| 7 | The increasing amount of business to be handled meant that more and more decisions were now taken by officials , even merely middle-ranking ones : it was no longer possible for almost every question to go to the minister himself for final decision , as had hitherto been normal . |
| 8 | Rain spoiled the opening day of Durham 's first match as a first-class county to the extent that play was possible for only the morning session , which allowed Paul Parker and John Glendenen to put on 119 in an untroubled manner off 34 overs . |
| 9 | I , I maybe fall asleep for maybe an hour or two and then I 'm woken and I 'm coughing all the time . |
| 10 | HaL Computer Systems Inc , Campbell , California , remains one of the most difficult companies to ferret information out of so we 're grateful for even a glimmer of intelligence . |
| 11 | These had been kept intact for almost a century by Louisa Greenough Powers Ibbotson and her descendants . |
| 12 | Paula had been dry for almost a year before the taxi fracas . |
| 13 | Taking everything into consideration , the 1993 Coca Cola North West 200 — which is the 64th of the series — must be the most open and potentially exciting for quite a number of years . |
| 14 | The lucky ones have found jobs , of course , but many others have now been unemployed for over a year — or even two years in a significant number of cases . |
| 15 | They had been free for nearly a month . |
| 16 | The bungalow , in a pretty Worcestershire village , has been empty for nearly a year . |
| 17 | At the official press conference today , Brian Horton said he 'd been looking at the young twenty-one year old for quite a while . |
| 18 | That would have kept her warm for quite a spell . ’ |
| 19 | This year 's El Niño is the most serious for nearly a decade . |
| 20 | This modern hotel , renowned for its warm welcome is situated on the outskirts of Birmingham , easily accessible by road , just five miles from the City Centre , ICC and NIA , the hotel is perfect for both the leisure and business traveller . |
| 21 | But , dear Christ , they could hardly talk : Paddy with his bashed-in nose , the look of a hog and a missing leg ; and the woman — his wife ? — she was lucky for even a guy like him . |
| 22 | ‘ He was ill for about a week . |
| 23 | Maxim had wondered about that : the blast effect had seemed pretty widespread for just a bomb . |
| 24 | But most crucial was the fact that ICI itself became sceptical that this development was good for either the site or its image . |
| 25 | There appeared to be a determinate , stable , inverse relationship between the rate of change of money wages and the unemployment rate which had continued to hold good for almost a century . |
| 26 | They had been married for about a year . |
| 27 | Wait until the baby has been well for about a week , and then reintroduce each food in turn , beginning with those least likely to cause trouble , and testing cow 's milk last . |
| 28 | Then it all went black for quite a while . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been awake for over an hour , ’ she said , sitting on the edge of the bed , when he came back into the bedroom . |
| 30 | It has also been employed , in conjunction with other research techniques such as the follow up interview , in the identification of survey questions which are problematic for either the interviewer or the respondent . |