Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opportunities exist to push for new contracts within the same company , so individuals do not always have to leave for a new challenge . |
| 2 | Scots fail to qualify for latter stages |
| 3 | — there are far fewer letters than sounds , so that , for example , the five written vowels have to stand for two to three times as many spoken vowels ; |
| 4 | Well , well the rest of the country are beginning to realise , what Leeds fans have known for three years . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools have applied for grant-maintained status . |
| 6 | Some schools have asked for that to be kept for the sch er you know for them as well . |
| 7 | Now some of the schools have asked for this spa , this by the way is belongs to the school . |
| 8 | I am delighted to say that , to date , 315 schools have opted for grant-maintained status . |
| 9 | A number of readers have asked for more advice on entries that cover matches in pairs and trios . |
| 10 | As we enter the nineties we are progressing slowly with direct mail in UK politics , but national attempts by the different parties have failed for one reason or another . |
| 11 | Various authors have argued for seasonal camps and settlements based on the animal resources available — in the uplands in the summer and on the coast and lowlands in the winter . |
| 12 | The move has been criticized by environmental organizations , which argue that the cars could be fitted with a converter because the cost , around £300 per car , is not prohibitive and that in any case manufacturers have known for some time when the law would come into effect . |
| 13 | Communicators and peace activists from conflict-ridden Asian countries have called for stronger links between groups striving for ethno-religious understanding in the region . |
| 14 | Although the classification of countries in Table 8.1 suggests that a large majority of countries have opted for stable exchange rates , in fact this is not so ; those countries which are pegged to the US dollar will find their exchange rate moving against other currencies , because the US dollar itself is an independently floating currency . |
| 15 | Tim James , the council 's urban woodlands officer , said : ‘ Dutch elm disease has killed some of the trees and the high winds have accounted for some of the pine and larch . |
| 16 | In total more than 60 companies have applied for 122 out of the 435 blocks in the first two stages of the 14th offshore licensing round — the biggest response for 20 years , according to energy minister Tim Eggar . |
| 17 | Large and small shellfish companies have applied for Several Orders , and they are being promoted for environmental and economic reasons by the industry body , the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers . |
| 18 | It has taken an awful long time to come to fruition — and appears to have needed the departure of founder Ken Olsen to come to fruition , but Digital Equipment Corp is finally to start marketing Apple Computer Inc Macintoshes to major companies in the US , mirroring the arrangement the two companies have had for some time in Europe . |
| 19 | At all times in the past , certainly as far back as the Neolithic period , there have been particular places to which surrounding settlements have looked for specialised goods and services . |
| 20 | Conceptually , what is offered is little more than an automated ‘ sieve mapping ’ that land-use planners have used for many years , but the whole procedure is speeded up by many orders of magnitude using GIS software . |
| 21 | Our mountains have survived for millions of years , bearing witness to a history of violent , volcanic activity , glaciation and erosion , but ironically it 's the invention of the internal combustion engine and lightweight waterproof clothing that has put them under the most severe pressure yet . |
| 22 | The fact is that , when children really need to be aggressive , their artificial , if realistic-looking weapons seem to count for less than such natural weapons as teeth and fists . |
| 23 | Players from around the world , both famous professionals like Omar Sharif and amateurs like compete for major cash prizes around scattered tables . |
| 24 | Different universities have opted for one or other of these strategies with very interesting ramifications . |
| 25 | Sealions have departed for cooler waters and in some places seals lie dying on the rocks in their fur coats . |
| 26 | The fact that the pieces have lain for 300 years under the sea bed means that they are remarkably fresh while the tight settings have ensured that the inlaid stones are still in place . |
| 27 | Since that date certain material implications have followed for those subgroups and school subjects promoting or representing the academic tradition . |
| 28 | Research workers have tried for many years to culture mycobacteria from tissue affected by Crohn 's disease , although generally without success . |
| 29 | TWO residential homes which for many years have cared for young people and the elderly are being closed by the Salvation Army . |
| 30 | Organisations have known for some considerable time that the acquisition , distribution and effective use of information is a key factor in gaining a competitive advantage . |