Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly in simple population terms the older age groups account for a disproportionate amount of health care expenditure . |
| 2 | On-shore activities make for a lively and exhilarating festival . |
| 3 | Under the helm of Sydney Newman , the weekly productions scored in the top ten ratings chart for a staggering thirty-two out of thirty-seven weeks between Autumn 1959 and Summer 1960 , with audiences averaging upwards of 12 million . |
| 4 | Behind this superb spur the vines of Clos des Goisses extend for a further 8 hectares on north-east-facing slopes and rise at a lesser incline from 100 to 138 metres , after which the land flattens out towards Avenay . |
| 5 | In West Germany shoppers look for a Blue Angel on the label before they purchase . |
| 6 | A search is now under way to find a medium with a reliably long shelf-life , because even if our present-day sound recordings last for a full century ( which is doubtful ) , our successors will have to copy the whole collection every hundred years or so . |
| 7 | Uterine contractions continue for a few days after birth ( they are often particularly evident when the child begins to suck at the nipple ) . |
| 8 | Finally , the authors argue for a new model of practitioner as evaluator and locate this argument in the new social services ' world of inspection and performance review . |
| 9 | Both authors argue for a stylistic analysis that recognises the inherently dialogic nature of all kinds of discourse , and that is able to discriminate between the multiplicity of voices and ideological accents that characterise not only the language of the novel , but also that of poetry and drama . |
| 10 | Opportunities exist for a wide range of engineering staff : electrical , logic and systems design , memory systems design , operating systems design , optimising and compiling development , and CAD/CAM . |
| 11 | Only six solo roles call for a male soprano , on the basis of which it is possible to make a few observations . |
| 12 | The nine gleaned from this encounter puts Essex ahead of the field on 30 points , with Norfolk one-and-a-half behind as the six-time winners prepare for a final match against Cambridgeshire . |
| 13 | Tourists from other countries account for a great deal of revenue to some large hotels and therefore a watchful eye is kept on the figure , so that advertising campaigns can be planned to attract foreign visitors . |
| 14 | ‘ Appearances count for a great deal in this life , and if you appear tonight in an outfit like the ones you seem to favour then no one will believe our relationship is anything but a business one . ’ |
| 15 | The returning emigres hope for a clean sweep but this has not happened anywhere in Eastern Europe where the price of reconciliation has always been a measure of compromise . |
| 16 | Most countries opt for a three-stage alert scheme , although Japan adopts two levels of smog emergencies ( table 7.4 ) . |
| 17 | Some companies opt for a simple mailing of information supported by the product samples , or the complete package may be personally delivered to selected media by the PR executives concerned . |
| 18 | Paraphrase , summary and other forms of indirect representation of other texts allow for a greater transformation of the object text , from minor rewordings to allegorical exegesis . |
| 19 | Bodies caked in mud , the rescuers gather for a debriefing session ; up sound . |
| 20 | Full marks to Wallace , who finished with a seven feet putt for a 73 after almost holing his tee shot , a four iron , at the short 14th . |
| 21 | APME president David Beynon said that ‘ these circumstances call for a disciplined and enlightened response from the industry ’ . |
| 22 | The small size of the private-rented sector and the difficulties which council house tenants face in moving between local authority areas have for a long time constituted major barriers to long distance migration by lower-income workers ( Robertson , 1979 ; Hughes and McCormick , 1981 ; OPCS , 1983 ; Hamnett , 1984 ) . |
| 23 | Bright , primary colours make for a cheerful , family room . |
| 24 | Housing costs account for a large proportion of the RPI , and mortgage interest rates play a significant part in housing costs . |
| 25 | Right , I mean the exceptions to , to the sort of , that general sort of rule of thumb are enterprises where variable costs account for a large proportion of total costs , things like egg production , pig production , they tend to be very short run supply elasticities tend to be very high in those type of enterprises , primarily because most of the costs , alright , are tied up in , in variable costs . |
| 26 | Choose 7/8in mats where workers remain for a full shift ; 1/2in mats at work stations used for hours at a time ; 3/8in mats in traffic areas . |
| 27 | Irony is a good example of this exploitation and the difficulties such usages pose for a pragmatic theory based on appropriateness , for ironies take their effect and their communicative import , and thus their appropriateness , precisely from their inappropriateness . |
| 28 | Why should the Tory rebels vote for a wrecking amendment which has been rendered futile ? |
| 29 | If the taxes that individuals pay for a local public good were higher as a consequence of higher income , the poor might enjoy a greater quantity of a local public good if they were resident in a high-income area . |
| 30 | The following day , on August 1st , the South African Under-15 schoolboys arrive for a four-week tour of England . |