Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far from being inclined towards self-righteousness , the Pharisees taught ‘ Be humble before all men ’ , and revered their teacher Hillel for his extreme humility ; and far from being judgemental , they urged ‘ Do not judge your fellow man until you are in his position ’ and ‘ Always judge others by the scale of merit ( that is , charitably ) ’ . |
| 2 | It was now that a more marked difference from the Parisians showed itself in their work , most obviously when they laid hands on Sermisy or Janequin for their own purposes . |
| 3 | This gives sufficient protection for its ephemeral purpose but , after prolonged wetting , such materials are hopelessly weak , whereas natural celluloses retain a good part of their strength . |
| 4 | Spain and Portugal wanted the unified EC market of 1993 to retain measures of protection for their domestic producers ( in the Canaries and the Madeiras respectively ) from the cheaper Latin American product . |
| 5 | Fergie 's policy of physical protection for his Welsh teenager is well documented . |
| 6 | Cleveland would need a massive government grant for its long-term plans for a supertram . |
| 7 | Professor Wragg writes : Your Local Education Authority is obliged to give your son a grant for his first higher- education course . |
| 8 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 9 | Supervisors have generally encouraged their students to read other theses , in preparation for their own efforts . |
| 10 | Then the gallery closes for three weeks in preparation for its major summer exhibition of new pictures by Anselm Kiefer . |
| 11 | Thereafter they fend for themselves and she is quickly into preparation for her next litter . |
| 12 | First , stock levels were increased by nine point three million in preparation for our important winter sale . |
| 13 | As preparation for his new appointment the BDA sponsored him on a two-year course at Bulmershe College , now Reading University , for a certificate in youth and community work , which he duly obtained . |
| 14 | It 's all part of his preparation for his new movie , A Bronx Tale . |
| 15 | He comes into form slowly , treating all other races as training preparation for his one target , the yellow jersey in Paris . |
| 16 | The next extract refers to a period in Salisbury when Philip Parrish works eight hours a day in preparation for his Civil Service examination without too many lapses into dreaming . |
| 17 | Before entering Georgia politics Carter had been an engineer in the navy , but that did not provide very suitable preparation for his political career . |
| 18 | Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book . |
| 19 | Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book . |
| 20 | In preparation for my new job I had attended a three week Radar Observer 's course at the Sir John Cass School of Navigation in London and obtained my certificate which is obligatory for budding Commanders and is identical to the ticket held by Masters and Mates of the Merchant Service . |
| 21 | Six weeks were spent in preparation for my new role . |
| 22 | In preparation for my recent trip to Cyprus I recalled the letter which Ron Swinburne of Birmingham wrote to you many months ago about the flying services available on the island at rates far below those of the UK . |
| 23 | Canton , Ohio-based Diebold Inc has won the contract to be the exclusive supplier of new i Series cash dispensers to Electronic Data Systems Corp under the latter 's monster contract with Southland Corp for its 7-Eleven stores in the US : Diebold will supply up to 4,000 InterBold i Series cash dispensers over a three- to four-year period . |
| 24 | Thames blamed unacceptably high levels of pesticide use by farmers , local authorities and British Rail for its poor showing . |
| 25 | At the presentation by HRH The Duke of Gloucester GCVO in addition to the Ian Allan Railway Heritage Awards and those made by the Railway Heritage Trust Westinghouse Signal Limited and others , the Association of Railway Preservation Societies Limited ( ARPS ) made its own presentation of the Peter Mainsty Award for Excellence to British Rail for their imaginative restructuring , refurbishment and revival of Liverpool Street Station . |
| 26 | Mr Branson demanded his rival came up with a large compensation settlement for its three years of customer poaching and publicity smears . |
| 27 | Suddenly he said ‘ If that manure does n't do the trick for my yellow mermaids , I 'm a Dutchman . ’ |
| 28 | Strategic Management for the Board — a two-day action based briefing for experienced board members requiring the opportunity for their strategic plans to be challenged by both their peers and leading authorities in strategic leadership . |
| 29 | Employers too find the contact with young people useful and a valuable opportunity for their own staff development . |
| 30 | And to set criteria for this strategic site exception policy which we feel should be added to the plan , to set this criteria in such a way that it would so point to the local authorities in the making of their local plans but it was clear that the policy did not provide a speculative opportunity for everybody any landowner throughout the county . |