Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had also successfully lobbied for a prestigious residential development under the Community Development Block Grant programme , although the sale prices far exceeded the borrowing capacity of the majority of local residents ( median income was less than $7,000 in 1980 , whilst unemployment stood at three times the city average ) . |
| 2 | A new mood of optimism prevails at Grace Road , where fundraising has been successfully completed for an indoor cricket school , building work on which will start in September . |
| 3 | Northanger Abbey is only tolerable because it has been modernized ; like Sir John Soane , Jane Austen clearly feels that survivals of medieval ecclesiastical architecture are ‘ little calculated for the common habits of life ’ . |
| 4 | There was a red light up , and he was stopped by a policeman as he reached the opposite pavement and duly asked for the appropriate number of marks . |
| 5 | This might throw light on his uncomplimentary nickname too , and on how , as the charter S 933 of 1014 reveals , " the attacks and plunderings of the evil Danes " gave him possession of a Dorset estate of the church of Sherborne , which he eventually sold for a great price in gold and silver to a friend of the monks , who returned it to them . |
| 6 | The outcome of the local government election showed little change for the main parties , and SDLP MP Eddie McGrady said the Secretary of State would see the results revealed nothing that he did not already know . |
| 7 | The Minister will know from many of the schemes that he visits that one of the carrots that they hold out to young people is the ability to drive vehicles off road and eventually to train for a full licence . |
| 8 | ‘ Would you rather wait for the other ladies ? ’ he ventured , obviously torn between his duty and the thought of her sitting alone in such rowdy company for several minutes . |
| 9 | In such a climate , the ‘ If ’ poem seems a little outdated for the modern manager . |
| 10 | Do you think that erm any of the town 's been badly designed for the old people ? |
| 11 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 12 | The prospect of a radical overhaul of US banking legislation was confirmed on Feb. 5 when the US Treasury announced proposals including the abolition of two laws dating from the 1930s which were widely blamed for the fragmented character of US banking . |
| 13 | Dr. Tolba , widely respected for the critical role played by UNIP in achieving the Montreal Protocol on ozone depletion , is looking forward to the London Conference on Climate next June aimed at toughening up the Montreal guidelines . |
| 14 | From the seven candidates eventually interviewed for the vacant headmastership , Mr. Alfred Edward Daniels was appointed . |
| 15 | Running like this , with the mad south-west wind behind her , gave her a glorious sense of freedom , for her exercise had been terribly limited for the past five weeks . |
| 16 | Public-sector contracts anyway only account for a small proportion of Olivetti 's sales , says Mr De Benedetti . |
| 17 | The army command long pressed for a local ‘ home guard ’ such as had been the rule in Malaya , Kenya and other terrorist situations . |
| 18 | Blue eyeshadow , much reviled for the past five years , is back at Chanel , Lancôme and Rubinstein and has never been out at Lauder — Mrs Lauder is a firm believer in the power of blue . |
| 19 | Bureaux in the main are not purpose-built and even if they have been especially partitioned for the purpose-built and even if usually enough total space to consider the ergonomics of advice work . |
| 20 | If that question is applied to the hard track arid gets a positive answer then it is no longer enough to go for the easy choice . |
| 21 | In addition , the copyright monopoly is only given for a certain period of time ( eg in the UK , 50 years from the end of the year in which the author dies ) , but databases are usually continuously updated with new information , therefore does the protection period keep changing ? |
| 22 | It usually starts shortly after the animals have been weaned and in most instances it only persists for a few months . |
| 23 | John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education , yesterday said ‘ the report shows we are better placed for a major advance than some have suggested ’ . |
| 24 | The Irish are patient enough to wait for a lucky break . |
| 25 | Christopher swiftly arranged for a six foot wall to be built along his boundary , and angrily muttered that it was going to have to be the Scottish islands . |
| 26 | The tall house on Thrush Green had been but sparsely furnished for the young couple had great aspirations but little money , and most of the furniture was solid Victorian stuff given by their parents . |
| 27 | They sensibly asked for a new kettle but were told that they could not have one because cuts meant that no new equipment or furniture of any kind was available . |
| 28 | Mayson was denied his hat-trick by good ‘ keeping and twice Smyth was through , only to go for the unselfish option when perhaps a shot would have been better . |
| 29 | When I gave it away I believe I was still playing well enough to continue for a few more years , but I had had enough , and it was time to consider the family . |
| 30 | Establishments were obviously catering for a different market in the evening , and it can be assumed that customers were prepared to spend more time and to pay more for a different ‘ meal experience ’ . |