Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 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 | When is a building sufficiently furnished for full habitation ? |
| 3 | The veined and variegated roots yielded beautiful veneers much prized for ornamental work . |
| 4 | Boss wrongly sacked for sexual harassment |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Although technically possible on magnetic tape , logarithmic searches are too slow to be economic , so they are normally only considered for direct access devices . |
| 7 | The Horsepool in Coleford is made up of twenty three houses , all built for old age pensioners . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Bakker , however , is at pains to point out that dinosaurs were not necessarily built for sustained speed any more than mammals are . |
| 10 | Delivered autumn 1986 , she was especially built for comfortable cruising . |
| 11 | It is one of the old dishes especially made for potted char , the freshwater fish once a celebrated delicacy of the Cumberland lake district . |
| 12 | Highly rated for good food with wide choice of menu . |
| 13 | Their basic ecology , whether studied on the continent ( Prior , 1962 ; Wise and Shoup , 1967 ; Janetschek , 1970 ) or on the maritime and periantarctic islands ( Strong , 1967 ; Etchegary and others , 1977 ; Tilbrook , 1970 , 1977 ; Block , 1982 ) is similar throughout their range , indicating that collembola , like lichens , are well adapted for harsh environments but not especially equipped for polar life . |
| 14 | The slightly damp , hygroscopic pages of a book provide excellent storage for peels which are either awaiting permanent mounting or are only needed for temporary examination . |
| 15 | The metal is much used for decorative ironwork . |
| 16 | Where was that traditional British reserve only abandoned for cloying camaraderie under the influence of injuriously vast quantities of alcohol ? |
| 17 | This was especially marked for long chain n6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease . |
| 18 | There 's more of the same in the West Country where North Wheddon Farm ( Tel : 064 384 1224 ) near Minehead offers centre based holidays for the experienced , featuring the burnished hills of Exmoor , highly suited for exciting riding . |
| 19 | Devices like this poop scoop are better suited for domestic use . |
| 20 | In London representatives of the Belgian , Dutch and Norwegian governments-in-exile all hoped for British leadership of a post-war alliance system , and many British officials and ministers came to believe that a ‘ western bloc ’ could both control Germany in future and bolster British standing in the world vis-à-vis America and Russia . |
| 21 | His pen-and-ink drawings provided Minton with unrelieved amusement , as Lyttelton has recalled : Humphrey Lyttelton 's presence at Camberwell helped make it a centre for the beginnings of ‘ trad ’ , a jazz revival which replaced ‘ the polite and effete noise which had hitherto passed for genuine jazz ’ with a new vitality and energy . |
| 22 | Jackson have long stood for high quality American instruments , with their Japanese- and Korean-made Charvel counterparts sitting at the other end of the corporate see-saw . |
| 23 | For other years estimates were made by linear interpolation , a proportionate adjustment being made if the total of the estimates so obtained for individual age groups did not agree with the independent estimate from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys for all ages taken together . |
| 24 | The fascination of this book is in its clear-sighted debunking of the myths which many have fondly mistaken for historical truth : that Columbus was really aiming for Asia , that he and his sailors thought the world was flat , that Queen Isabella pawned her jewels to finance his trips and came down with her husband to wave him off from the docks , or even ( a fondly-cherished delusion ) that these were journeys of discovery rather than intentional acquisition and expansion of the Spanish empire . |
| 25 | It is also widely sought for cytomegalic virus disease . |
| 26 | By section 5 of the 1987 Act , the liability covered by Part I of the Act extends to : a ) death or personal injury , b ) damage to or destruction of any item of property ( including land ) other than the defective product itself ( there is a lower threshold of £275 before a claim can be made ) provided that the property ; i ) is the type normally intended for private use and consumption , and ii ) it is used mainly for the private use or consumption of the person claiming . |
| 27 | It is for this same reason that training programmes in treatment centres are not normally considered for potential counsellor trainees until they have been in recovery for at least two years and preferably longer . |
| 28 | Pouch construction is no longer recommended for functional bowel disease unless there is a megacolon and megarectum . |
| 29 | The the total provision for Harrogate District is ninety hectares of which thirty hectares is allocated to Greater York and we support that allocation because it properly reflects the provision of a site which is already committed for industrial development . |
| 30 | But the initiative was rejected by the countries where tropical forests are being indiscriminately felled for quick cash profits . |