Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its supporters make the point that it breaks down rigid hierarchies and allows for greater participation in the decision-making process . |
| 2 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 3 | Underfed farmers emerged from their homes , rubbing their eyes and searching for suitable throwing stones . |
| 4 | In Britain the foreign office acquired a news department almost at once ; later two improvised bodies staffed largely by journalists and created for particular purposes , the Neutral Press Committee and the War Propaganda Bureau , were set up . |
| 5 | While living together , cats may help each other in terms of mutual defence against intruders and caring for each other 's offspring . |
| 6 | Taking the figures for smokers and non-smokers and allowing for all competing causes of death , the conclusion is that around one in 20 of the lung cancers in the UK may be due to radon exposure at home . |
| 7 | The shabby ghosts of the Forster coterie waft out once more to pool their romantic gossip ; Forster himself shuffles forward to complain that Joe 's doings with one brawny menial have so put him off the lower classes that he has been obliged to travel first rather than third-class on a railway journey , and once again the air is full of that peculiarly spiritless twitter about guardsmen , homosexual tea parties and cure for pubic lice . |
| 8 | Sources predicted that there would be no sign of the frostiness which greeted Mr Spring 's suggestion , in a Guardian interview in July , that both Governments might have to bypass the parties and aim for joint rule . |
| 9 | A second group , Methods and Modelling for Interactive System Design ( MMISD ) is running two one day workshops on the following : |
| 10 | A further danger is that adaptation may mix different individual styles and make for poor reading . |
| 11 | Initially focused on Distributed Computing Environment interoperability testing — something that is apparently much needed — the Foundation says the Interoperability Lab replicates end-user environments and provides for real-world testing and verification . |
| 12 | Initially focused on Distributed Computing Environment interoperability testing — apparently much needed ( UX No ) — OSF says the Interoperability Lab replicates end-user environments and provides for real-world testing and verification . |
| 13 | These include involving relatively large numbers of local people in active neighbourhood roles and catering for disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed and individuals unable to obtain credit from conventional sources . |
| 14 | Any comprehensive community care system must ensure that all service users have ready access to skilled help from someone who is trained to assess their entitlements , to negotiate on their behalf with the Department of Social Security and other agencies , to assist with budgeting , offer financial advice and , where the individual desires it , hold benefit books and cheque books and arrange for regular bills to be paid and financial commitments to be planned . |
| 15 | Oligos I and III were methylated , incubated with nuclear proteins and used for band-shifting experiments . |
| 16 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold for 5 counts . |
| 17 | For starters , we only decided to break down the barriers and go for overseas imports last year because we needed an out-and-out fast bowler to make any impact on the championship . |
| 18 | Among the ever-increasing demands on the world 's mysteriously limited pool of capital , is aid to the former communist countries and help for other debtor countries . |
| 19 | The Queen was particularly delighted with these models and asked for two dozen to be sent to Buckingham Palace . |
| 20 | Nutty looked at Nails and thought for one awful moment he was going to burst into tears . |
| 21 | On July 1 , following two months of intensive negotiations , representatives of the Bush administration and congressional leaders reached a compromise agreement on an urban aid package which included the creation of enterprise zones and provided for total spending of $2,500 million over five years . |
| 22 | Add all other ingredients and boil for 30 mins . |
| 23 | The 10-year agreement eased restrictions on imports and called for greater co-operation . |
| 24 | Flak jackets are available to our crews and issued for some operations . |
| 25 | Holden , 48 , of Lyme Close , Knowsley , was given a nine-month sentence , suspended for two years , after admitting three specimen theft offences and asking for 48 others , spanning six months , to be considered . |
| 26 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 27 | Briefly cells were resuspended in ice cold lysis buffer ( 20 mM HEPES pH8.0 ; 20 mM NaCl ; 0.5% NP40 ; 1mM DTT ; protease inhibitors including 0.5 mM PMSF , 2µg/ml leupeptin and 2µg/ml trasylol ) , left on ice for 5 minutes and centrifuged for 1 minute at top speed in an Eppendorf microfuge . |
| 28 | The lumbering carts and chariots are protected by outriders mounted on giant wolves who patrol the area in front of the advancing tribe , probing for enemies and scouting for small settlements to loot . |
| 29 | Notes for Guidance were distributed together with the Parliamentary statement , indicating how individual schemes were to be prepared with the object of creating ‘ institutions which can be developed as comprehensive academic communities offering a wide range of disciplines and catering for full-time , sandwich and part-time students at all levels of higher education ’ . |
| 30 | Pour into the pastry cases and bake for 6–9 minutes . |