Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In February 1940 at the Labour Exchange at Devizes , I duly registered for military service . |
| 3 | The general reconnaissance raid , mounted to find out what enemy defences if any stood along a stretch of coast , developed into the assault pilotage surveys of 1943 and 1944 , secretly landing for specific intelligence of beach conditions and defences . |
| 4 | They can not only compensate for declining liquor sales , but can even arrest and reverse that trend . |
| 5 | When is a building sufficiently furnished for full habitation ? |
| 6 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 7 | Good science does not necessarily make for good philosophy . |
| 8 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 9 | THERE was an article in The Times the other day which said that good spelling did not necessarily make for good writing . |
| 10 | The veined and variegated roots yielded beautiful veneers much prized for ornamental work . |
| 11 | Boss wrongly sacked for sexual harassment |
| 12 | If we consider the mathematics of combinations we must come to the conclusion that the pattern making activity of the mind is far better designed for conceptual thinking than any computer . |
| 13 | Although technically possible on magnetic tape , logarithmic searches are too slow to be economic , so they are normally only considered for direct access devices . |
| 14 | The UK Government offers Overseas Research Student(ORS) awards annually to provide for partial remission of fees to overseas postgraduate students of outstanding merit and research potential who are studying for research degrees . |
| 15 | Is there a broad enough base for popular capitalism ? |
| 16 | Home responsibilities protection only counts for full tax years , which is a disadvantage , since most of us do not arrange our lives from April to April . |
| 17 | The three policies separate cover for climbers into new user friendly packages , with options of year long cover for domestic use and two policies for climbing abroad . |
| 18 | The Horsepool in Coleford is made up of twenty three houses , all built for old age pensioners . |
| 19 | The man 's hair mass rocks back and forth on his rigidly stationary head like a wildly excited toupee and is only matched for unusual activity by his furiously trembling eyebrows and the cracked black toe-caps of his shoes moving up an down like wasps ' abdomens about to insert their stings . |
| 20 | Despite these finds , competition in the modelling business gets tougher every year , and agencies are constantly looking for new talent . |
| 21 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
| 22 | We 've taken all this into account , erm I 'm not sure all groups have tried to do that , erm but we have tried to please everyone , we do have some particular priorities and we do want to make significant improvements in service where we can and not necessarily looking for cheap publicity by increasing in lots of places as some people are supposed to of done so where one concludes sometime a significant amount of money in but will have a noticeable difference to their essential service . |
| 23 | This means not only looking for good practice in the present but also looking for indicators for the future . |
| 24 | We are very big and therefore we 're only looking for big business , is that , is that fair comment ? |
| 25 | It was especially looking for new business in Osaka . |
| 26 | Bakker , however , is at pains to point out that dinosaurs were not necessarily built for sustained speed any more than mammals are . |
| 27 | Delivered autumn 1986 , she was especially built for comfortable cruising . |
| 28 | One could be a ‘ creationist ’ without being much support for Biblical religion . |
| 29 | It is one of the old dishes especially made for potted char , the freshwater fish once a celebrated delicacy of the Cumberland lake district . |
| 30 | Highly rated for good food with wide choice of menu . |