Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — 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 ; |
| 2 | Well , well the rest of the country are beginning to realise , what Leeds fans have known for three years . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Different universities have opted for one or other of these strategies with very interesting ramifications . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In London a survey has recently been carried out of Holborn and Westminster area firms and the High Court taxing officers have accepted for 1992/3 the broad average direct cost for carrying out litigation in an area will be £88 per hour . |
| 9 | Well I mean relations have existed for thousands of years . |
| 10 | Profits have fallen for three consecutive quarters and capital spending has fallen in response . |
| 11 | Now if the Liberals wish to vote for five hundred people to lose their jobs because they 're allowed to do all well and good and our press release afterwards will make sure the people are aware of this . |
| 12 | Fairford 's windows have stood for five hundred years despite the ravages of the Reformation … |
| 13 | Doctors need to retrain for eight months . |
| 14 | The ferocity and complexity of the Yugoslav wars have made for two simplifications . |
| 15 | South Yorkshire police have asked for 17 posts for the coming year ; they have been given 16 . |
| 16 | Women tend to look for three to four things , your shoes , your fingernails , ties and socks , okay so make sure you look the part . |
| 17 | MORE than 250 women have applied for 40 jobs as mud wrestlers , earning £250 a week with a firm based in Crawley , Sussex . |
| 18 | At Shell Chemicals UK ( which employs 920 workers , 122 of whom are women ) over the past three years women have accounted for 42 per cent of the intake into chemical marketing and 25 per cent of the manufacturing intake . |
| 19 | We in the childrens services have known for two years that something more must be done and we must pay our staff more . |
| 20 | Even so , GATT estimates that services have accounted for 17–20 per cent of world trade every year since the mid-1960s : other estimates are that FDI in services has risen even faster . |
| 21 | A consequence of difference ( 1 ) — the on-line difference — is that hypertext systems need to cater for two classes of users : |
| 22 | Due to the fact that aerosols have accounted for 60 per cent of CFC usage in the UK , Britain will meet the terms of the Montreal Protocol ( a 50 per cent cut in CFCs ) ten years ahead of schedule . |
| 23 | ‘ The plans have existed for three years and no-one has asked the supporters for their opinion , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 24 | Indeed , there was still a chance that , terrified they might lose a crucial test of confidence in the chamber that Democrats have controlled for four decades , the president 's managers on Capitol Hill would seek to delay the vote . |