Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb -s] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a common confusion and accounts for many weak arguments in sociology and elsewhere . |
| 2 | Currently small business represents more than 25pc of UK turnover and accounts for one third of the total workforce . |
| 3 | Any form of exercise which increase the speed of the heartbeat and lasts for 15 minutes will qualify . |
| 4 | Each walk is on a different theme and lasts for 1½–2 hrs and covers approximately 1½–3 miles . |
| 5 | The Institution regrets any misunderstanding which may have arisen from the article and apologises for any offence or inconvenience caused to G.L. Watson and Company and Mr J Allen McLachlan . |
| 6 | Much inter-bank lending in Eurocurrency takes place and accounts for much of the business . |
| 7 | This effort to unite what can not be united lies at the heart of the haiku and accounts for some of its tense , sad loveliness . |
| 8 | Every day the Catering Department serves up almost 1,000 lunches across the campus , cooks up hot breakfasts for students in hall , creates four-star menus for visitors to the Management Centre and caters for special functions and conferences . |
| 9 | Pivots at centre and reverses for easy cleaning . |
| 10 | The dorsal fin is decorated with a black oval over a white backing and accounts for another popular name for this species , the Hi-Spot Rasbora . |
| 11 | This saves 50% of the work when inputting into a database and allows for less mistakes . |
| 12 | Formal business opened with the adoption of the Standing Orders Committee Report , and the presentation of the Annual Report and Accounts for 1989 . |
| 13 | REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR 1989 |
| 14 | Mr. Michael Alison ( Second Church Estates Commissioner , representing the Church Commissioners ) : During 1989 the Church Commissioners will be producing a range of publications including their report and accounts for 1988 , the 17th report of the central stipends authority , a series of leaflets describing the work of the Church Commissioners , and a brochure on commended entries for the parsonage design award competition . |
| 15 | However , in Committee my Hon. Friend the Member for Falkirk , West ( Mr. Canavan ) pointed out that the report and accounts for 1987–88 referred to six trustees responsible for TOPS and a management committee of 10 . |
| 16 | Once a year the magazine includes an Annual Report and Accounts for those who wish to look more deeply into Society affairs . |
| 17 | About £35 million of Faroese frozen and fresh fish is imported to Britain every year and accounts for 13 per cent of the islands ' fish exports . |
| 18 | She is an APRS member and has for many years been a life member of other heritage and conservation bodies . |
| 19 | The former makes for a flexibility in design and allows for local idiosyncrasies , while the latter are slightly quicker and ensure that the craftsman spends less time working in the room which is to receive the decoration . |
| 20 | Titled ‘ Top Of The Pops ’ , it emerges on the company 's Hallmark label and retails for 29s 6d instead of the usual 47s 6d for pop cassettes . |
| 21 | Painter-signatures of Euphronios and Euthymides cease around 500 , and their styles of drawing can not be traced further ; but the signature Euphronios epoiesen begins about the same time and continues for twenty years or more , always on cups , most of them painted by one man , evidently his pupil and one of the greatest of the next generation , Onesimos . |
| 22 | The demo can be played for some time and allows for detailed assessment before opting to buy . |
| 23 | This innovation permits a longer arm and makes for better control of front suspension movement . |