Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ explosion ’ of place differentiation in Britain also provides the rationale for the more locally focused treatments in Part III , which are arranged in term of types of places rather than on the basis of the standard regional units used conventionally for more detailed accounts of the geography of Britain . |
| 2 | The longer you leave it the more likely you are to profit from the upward trend in equities established now for nearly a century . |
| 3 | Some branches go in for quite lavish posters , some make do with local draughtsmanship . |
| 4 | ‘ the smoke of the innumerable tall chimneys lies over all like a poultice … houses and shops go on for ever , and at the back of them , blotting out all the rest of the world , rise great precipitous mills like frowning cliffs , at whose base are the small houses where the folks live like coneys at a mountain foot . |
| 5 | Active exploration requires a Mines Royal Licence , issued for twelve months extended annually for up to three years dependent on satisfactory progress . |
| 6 | The rights and expectations raised in the Education Act 1981 have led many parents to press hard for both assessments and services and some authorities are having problems with implementation . |
| 7 | There are two explanations put forward for why the King has relaxed his grip on the government . |
| 8 | For shrews live as long as 1.5 years , while many elephants plod along for over 50 years . |
| 9 | Stung to the quick , Kammerer retorted that : ‘ Boulenger was lucky for apparently his eggs developed normally for as long as 5 days before they died . |
| 10 | He seemed to have talent too , though the neural induction gauntlet was a bit old-fashioned now , even in Schiaparelli where things hang on for ever . |
| 11 | It was a game that kicked off an hour late after a bomb alert closed White Hart Lane leaving thousands of fans and both teams locked outside for more than two hours . |
| 12 | Things remained thus for nearly 80 years , and although it became generally recognised that the genus needed to be split-up into several smaller ones , the amount of work required was such as to make the task an almost-impossible proposition , at least for a single revision . |
| 13 | In the 82 patients followed up for more than six months , all three post-dissolution regimens were well tolerated . |
| 14 | Before their initial gall stone dissolution treatment , 15 of 82 patients followed up for more than six months had had solitary stones , compared with 67 who had had multiple stones . |
| 15 | Orders went out for only simple celebrations of Hitler 's birthday on 20 April 1941 on account of the war . |
| 16 | These are some of the milestone constituencies to watch out for tonight — early declarations , marginals that may indicate a trend , ministers whose seats are at risk and well-known candidates . |
| 17 | To begin with , there is the expense of the uniform , which London military tailors run up for about £2,000 . |
| 18 | Nineteen teams were entered — ten in the ‘ A ’ competition and nine in the ‘ B ’ section — and 81 ten-minute matches ran continuously for nearly three hours . |
| 19 | This is partly because only a proportion of hinds conceive in a given year and individual stags rarely hold harems throughout the whole breeding season , and partly because few stags breed successfully for more than four years . |
| 20 | There is even a suggestion that rewards which are routine and expected may be more motivating that the ones given only for extra special effort . |
| 21 | Others do so for more earthly reasons : they see the power of women as some sort of threat . |
| 22 | The owners are forced to admit honestly that they are having their cats ' sex organs cut out for purely selfish reasons — to make them less restless , noisy and , in the case of toms , less smelly and belligerent in the mating seasons . |
| 23 | Richards won the toss and took a long time to decide to bat ; when he did so Dilley bowled superbly , and five wickets went down for just 54 . |
| 24 | AUSTRALIA wrapped up the series 4–0 with an ultimately easy victory over a dispirited Indian side , whose last 10 wickets went down for only 59 in the final innings . |
| 25 | ‘ Thrill ’ was the most frequent motive for attending but ‘ humour ’ was also frequently cited — if the wrestlers went in for too much close holding choruses of ‘ Kiss me sergeant ‘ and ‘ What blue eyes you 've got ’ would strike up . |