Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although recorded annually there is no regular winter population , and birds rarely remain for more than a few days except in severe winters , when considerable influxes occur . |
| 2 | Voluntary organisations in many cases became the effective agents of enforcement , as well as pressure groups constantly campaigning for further intervention , and here they became quasi-state apparatuses , a pattern which had a long history . |
| 3 | As our plans only allowed for one day on Mykines , we made the hølmur our main target , and after leaving our things in the empty house in which we had arranged to spend the night , we set off to follow the steep cliff path which leads to the bridge . |
| 4 | The ornaments recovered from Neolithic cemeteries in the Rhine and Danube basins show that the shells most favoured for personal adornment were those of the mussel Spondylus gaederopus from which were fashioned necklaces , pendants and bracelets . |
| 5 | Their inspectors merely called for visual inspections and dye penetrant checks , as opposed to the ultrasonic testing called for in the UK . |
| 6 | The vessels best equipped for this were ‘ cogs ’ , ships of high sides well suited for commercial traffic from which , indeed , most of them were taken . |
| 7 | LABOUR backbenchers yesterday called for two Cabinet ministers to explain how they allegedly spent £6,000 of taxpayers ' money on three urgent flights home from France , or repay the money . |
| 8 | Ford claims the new versions of the Ford Escort and the Mercury Tracer are the cleanest-running cars ever approved for mass production in the world . |
| 9 | So shocking was the defeat that some of Levi 's supporters openly called for mass resignation from the Likud and the formation of their own independent list . |
| 10 | Animals passively compete for these resources by taking as much as possible for themselves ; but they will also , in some circumstances , actively fight for them ( Figure 7.1 ) . |
| 11 | By contrast with diamonds , which were too hard to be ground smooth and could only be mounted as natural crystals until medieval lapidaries had learned how to cut them , coloured transparent stones continued to be shaped by the time honoured methods originally devised for opaque stones . |
| 12 | Once requisitioned , vessels originally built for commercial purposes had to be adapted for military ones . |
| 13 | Opportunities now exist for Senior Technicians to make a valid contribution in two specific areas of this important field of research . |
| 14 | It says : ’ Such concentration on meeting the Government guarantee , and use of funds originally earmarked for other purposes for YT , inevitably means that other aspects of our proposed programme may suffer and that we also neglect the long term development of Youth Training itself . ’ |
| 15 | Product plans from 18 months ago called for first Alaska shipments this quarter , a date HaL is obviously not going to make . |
| 16 | Product plans from 18 months ago called for first Alaska shipments this quarter , a date HaL is obviously not going to make . |
| 17 | Interest in the GCR never seems to wane , borne out by the fact that copies of our first volume have all been sold , and correspondence from readers invariably asks for more . |
| 18 | ( Keep all the remaining black trimmings tightly wrapped for later use . ) |
| 19 | Methods commonly used for such processing involve using transitional probabilities ( for example the Viterbi algorithm or Markov modelling ) , using information about how letters combine ( for example n-grams ) , using lexical look-up , or combinations of these . |
| 20 | Methods commonly used for such processing involve using transitional probabilities ( for example the Viterbi algorithm or Markov modelling ) , using information about how letters combine ( for example n-grams ) , using lexical look-up , or combinations of these . |
| 21 | Projects already undertaken for pharmaceutical customers have involved removal of plant and equipment contaminated with low-levels of radioactivity and other hazardous materials . |
| 22 | Ben-Eliezer launched a review of contracts already signed for another 14,000 housing units , now in various stages of planning and construction . |
| 23 | In view of the high profile nature of lifts in a hotel , the contracts normally include for special attention to be given to the cosmetics of the lift installation . |
| 24 | Meetings already arranged for this year include ‘ Changes in the wind — the end of the traditional British holiday ? ’ and ‘ The retail and catering consortium ’ . |
| 25 | This is also the venue for the annual Howden Agricultural Show , which every year brings friends and visitors together to revel for two days in the old-fashioned atmosphere of an English country fair . |
| 26 | The report points out that the sector is highly diversified : worldwide , the 10 largest companies only account for one third of production , while in Europe a large number of small and medium sized firms operate alongside 15 or so multinationals . |
| 27 | While France stands shoulder to shoulder with Germany , and the two countries together account for half the EC output , the exchange rate mechanism will survive , representing a beacon of hope for federalists who still see a common currency as the bridge across which Europe must pass to a federal future , and a baleful threat for the sovereign Britishers , who see it as a black hole which could draw EC members inexorably into the same destiny . |
| 28 | The EC and member countries together accounted for 51 per cent of the capital , with France , West Germany , Italy and the United Kingdom each providing 8.5 per cent . |
| 29 | Polytechnic directors yesterday called for more government funding . |
| 30 | FIRE-FIGHTERS risked their lives yesterday searching for two suspected young arsonists believed to be trapped inside a blazing school building . |