Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The generally optimistic tenor of this debate provides a revealing comparison with those public views examined for the earlier period . |
| 2 | But policies intended for the poor in general , which are politically more acceptable than those designed for specific racial groups , will aim at a big section of blacks too . |
| 3 | This year 's theme is Museums and the Environment and a database will be set up on projects completed for the 18 May . |
| 4 | The services that the authorities developed for the handicapped followed the model already established for the blind . |
| 5 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 6 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 7 | Mr Castro said it would be ’ arbitrary , capricious and absurd ’ to apply policies designed for a big country to little Cuba . |
| 8 | In reality , the tsarist authorities substituted for the Nicholaevan concept of " obligated " peasants the slightly more beneficent concept of " temporarily " obligated peasants . |
| 9 | This month , Tom Gadd and Suzanne Ardley look at striking furnishings and accessories designed for a brighter life |
| 10 | Buchsbaum and Fedio ( 1970 ) , for example , reported that the visual evoked response to lateralised presentation of words and nonsense patterns differed for the two types of stimuli , most markedly over the left hemisphere . |
| 11 | Please write to the addresses given for the individual courses ( NOT to Ideal Home ) , enclosing an sae for your booking form — applications can not be processed without one . |
| 12 | There is one important difference : the Prime Minister and his Cabinet can embark boldly upon their way forward , with electoral considerations banished for a long time to come . |
| 13 | On the night of Wednesday 4 July 1759 Rear-Admiral George [ later Admiral Lord ] Rodney in the 60-gun Achilles , led four 50-gun ships of the line , five frigates and six bomb-ketches , described earlier , into Le Havre and , impudently anchoring in the main channel , began next morning a heavy bombardment of the docks , the warehouses storing timber , the construction yards , and , most important of all , the completed flat-boats intended for the coming invasion . |
| 14 | From 1334 to 1343 the clergy voted for no fewer than eight tenths , or from the combined provinces — and at a conservative estimate — roughly £140,000 ; in the next decade almost as much , seven tenths or some £124,000 were conceded ; during the second half of the 1350s only two tenths were granted , £35,000 ; the peace of Brétigny brought a respite from royal taxation until 1370 , after which until the end of the reign £100,000 was raised by traditional subsidies , £50,000 was sought as a special grant in 1371 ( though little of this was effectively collected ) and a graduated poll tax was imposed in 1377 . |
| 15 | At the Suffolk elections of 1705 and 1710 , 80 per cent of the clergy voted for the two Tory candidates . |
| 16 | By 1811 , with the addition of a modest number of new subscription-based schools designed for the poor , things had improved although the geography of provision remained very uneven . |
| 17 | Table 1 summarises the parameters selected for the different minerals . |
| 18 | The coup though , out in the main hall , is the set of four of Prospero 's 24 Books made for the controversial Peter Greenaway film which revamps Shakespeare 's The Tempest . |
| 19 | Among the throngs of passing students I was thinking fondly of Jordi when someone who was obviously an American passed by , and our eyes met for a split second . |
| 20 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 21 | Given the fact that schools selected for a Minor award were being encouraged to develop existing good practice , it is , perhaps , surprising that the formation of a permanent library committee , as in the case of the Major Project , was not made a prerequisite for their participation . |
| 22 | Those schools selected for the first quality audit in mathematics or science have recently been asked to supply 12 pieces of work from across the entire year group reflecting the spread of the ability range . |
| 23 | As it is , not only is the average specification of cars sold in Britain the highest in Europe , but cars destined for the British market also tend to be bigger , with ‘ upper-medium-sized ’ cars disproportionately popular compared with elsewhere in Europe . |
| 24 | An example of a letter to indicative offerors selected for the second phase of the auction is set out in 1102.20 . |
| 25 | As Labour confidently outlined the contents of its first Queen 's Speech , including a commitment to introduce by summer a Bill to establish a Scottish Parliament , the three main parties prepared for a big push over the last weekend of the campaign . |
| 26 | Why are government bonds which still have eleven months to run regarded as liquid , whereas overdrafts granted for a few weeks are not ? |
| 27 | The royal monogram ER was on the front cover and immediately beneath the monogram were the words SUPPLIED FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE . |
| 28 | Lacuna 's eyes closed for a few seconds . |
| 29 | Her eyes closed for a brief second as she drew all her inner strength together to steady her voice . |
| 30 | Isabel 's eyes closed for a despairing second . |