Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gather up the red , blue , green and yellow fondant trimmings , keep a little piece of each aside for the counters , and then press together . |
| 2 | ( In the seventeenth century Bishop Ussher calculated a date of 4004 B.C. for the creation of the universe , a figure he arrived at by adding up the ages of people in the Old Testament . ) |
| 3 | Gray 's Anatomy , however , eclipsed all others , partly for its meticulous detail , partly for its emphasis on surgical anatomy , but most of all perhaps for the excellence of the illustrations , based on drawings by H. V. Carter , who assisted Gray with the dissections , and engraved by Messrs Butterworth & Heath with remarkable skill . |
| 4 | We 're nowhere near young enough for the present war , but when the world war comes — we 'll be just right to fight it . |
| 5 | Though he established a military academy at Chełmno in 1776 specifically for the sons of the Polish nobility , this was not consistent with his general line of thought . |
| 6 | His son , the present Lord Rathcreedan , born 1905 , recalls that his parents came to Henley in 1910 specifically for the golf and because it was not far from London . |
| 7 | His head cleared at his second , where he thrashed two drivers on to the green , while he went to two under for the day at his fifth , the short 14th , where he hit a seven-iron to 7ft . |
| 8 | His round was made around a run of five 3s from the second to the sixth holes — that brought him to two under for the championship . |
| 9 | An order came out from the Chief Constable : ‘ The following inspectors ( there were three of them — I was one ) and sergeants and men will parade at such-and-such a yard at Birkenhead at eleven o'clock for the launching of the Ark Royal . |
| 10 | The routine at Aubagne was the same every day ; we got up at 4.30 am , washed , shaved and paraded outside before a breakfast of coffee and bread in the main cookhouse ; then we cleaned the barrack rooms for an hour and paraded again at 7.30 am for the allocation of the day 's duties . |
| 11 | It was necessary to come to church at 6.30 pm for the 7.00 pm service if you wanted to avoid sitting on the narrow side-benches . |
| 12 | Okay anyway , we 'll er leave it at that then for the moment . |
| 13 | Notice is hereby given that the fourth Annual General Meeting of British Gas plc will be held at the National Exhibition Centre , Birmingham B40 1NT , on Thursday 9 August 1990 at 2.15 pm for the transaction of the following business : |
| 14 | Notice is hereby given that the twenty-second Annual General Meeting of LASMO plc will be held at Cinema 1 , Barbican Centre , Silk Street , London EC2Y 8DS , on Tuesday 25 May 1993 at 11.30 am for the following purposes : |
| 15 | Really , I mean I think i cos he 'd obviously done no preparation at all really for the meeting . |
| 16 | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Hotel Conrad , , on 16 June 1993 at 11 a.m for the following purposes : |
| 17 | Ellery Hanley is back at loose forward for the Regal Trophy semi-final with Castleford at Headingley today , while the New Zealand centre Kevin Iro also returns after recovering from an operation for cartilage trouble . |
| 18 | The coach departed from Clun at 8 a.m. for the four-hour journey to Minehead , the terminus of the West Somerset and indeed of the original branch line whose closure in 1971 led to the formation of the preserved railway which is so successful today . |
| 19 | Fourteen two , erm the great problem is it 's easier to get if an afternoon meeting can finish at a reasonable time , then I can probably but erm I think if you , if you 're looking at the clock when home in the evening for a number of reasons it might be then I would this and unless we can sort of put a restricted time on the agenda which is impossible , I can imagine coming down here at two o'clock for the meeting . |
| 20 | ‘ So Jozef Taczek will be waiting at seven o'clock for the exercise book and photo , will he ? ’ she asked finally . |
| 21 | The problem was that we had to get to Gatwick Airport by 7.30 am for the 8.30 flight to Paris . |
| 22 | I have a Stern Cabin eleven feet by twelve principally for the comfort of Mrs. G. and one adjoining of a smaller size . |