Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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1 | Only recommended for the larger pool . |
2 | In Dresden , long known for a softer line than elsewhere , the Mayor , Wolfgang Berghofer , announced after talks with 20 church and New Forum opposition activists that he was willing to discuss their nine-point proposal , and release anyone arrested who was not accused of violence within 24 hours . |
3 | So he headed off demands for a capital levy , knowing it to be unacceptable to his party , but Britain nevertheless paid for a higher proportion of the costs of the war from taxation than the other combatants ; he was also able to launch the Victory Loan of 1917 at an interest rate of only 5 per cent , having a surer sense of the patriotism of potential subscribers than did the Treasury . |
4 | While money was usually found for the larger items , there was a continual shortage for other equipment . |
5 | Preincubation was usually continued for a further 10 minutes , and then agonists were added to the suspensions and the change in cyclic AMP content recorded at intervals over the following 30 minutes . |
6 | It is fairly safe to say that ‘ vellum ’ is now usually reserved for the finer types . |
7 | In the US , the National Resources Defense Council has also petitioned for a faster phase-out of ozone depleters , calling for the CFC deadline to be moved from 2000 to 1995 , a 1993 ban on production of methyl chloroform and methyl bromide , and a 2005 ban of HCFCs which are not yet included in the protocol . |
8 | And he has also argued for a tougher approach to environmental enforcement and development of environmental technology . |
9 | Elections to the Assembly 's 125 elective seats last took place in October 1988 [ see pp. 36264-65 ] , when Kaunda was also re-elected for a further five-year term as President . |
10 | The organisers wisely elected for a slower , but much drier , exit ! |
11 | The risk factors therefore probably accounted for a greater proportion of the grade differences in sickness absence than was observed in the multivariate analysis . |
12 | Two years later , again at Daytona , on 11 March 1929 , he recaptured the record from the American Ray Keech at 231.362 m.p.h. in Golden Arrow , designed by Captain J. S. Irving with a 900-hp aero-engine hired from Napier and originally designed for the Schneider trophy winner Supermarine seaplane . |
13 | Throughout the rehearsals our choreographer , Geraldine Stephenson , had often pleaded for a larger space than the laundry in which to practise the swooping choreography she had devised . |
14 | See , just after the last spate of dates , when they were bolstered by an extra guitarist from Attic Head , The Boos have now plumped for a classier kind of act altogether . |
15 | On the question of a separate European " defence identity " , some NATO members reportedly pressed for a greater security role for the nine-country Western European Union ( WEU ) [ see pp. 37212 ; 37931 ] . |
16 | After two days , Beattie 's trial was adjourned for eighteen days and then resumed for a further three days . |
17 | In the eighteen months since Mrs Thatcher had taken up employment at Dickins and Jones , the mood of the Party had perceptibly changed for the better , the great bulk of the membership having transferred its loyalty smoothly from the old Leader to the new . |
18 | A key UDF demand was for the general election , currently scheduled for no later than June , to be postponed until November , in order to give opposition parties more time to organize . |
19 | All subjects studied were regular smokers but the duodenal ulcer patients were significantly older and had therefore smoked for a longer period ( Table I ) . |
20 | On the morning she was expected in the office for the signing ceremony , Stephen Navin , Virgin 's lawyer , telephoned the singer 's lawyers , only to learn that she had actually signed for a larger sum to CBS the day before . |
21 | It 's hard to believe that the man who used to play the bass in a sullen and studenty pop group called The Housemartins is the creator of this year 's most significant number one single , but the success of ‘ Dub Be Good To Me ’ is a sing that things have truly changed for the better . |