Example sentences of "[adv] for [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The business did very well with the two lads greatly appreciated locally for their hard work and quality of service . |
| 2 | For years the Post has enjoyed a high reputation locally for its excellent food and service , and the addition of a luxurious wing , means that a matching standard of accommodation is now offered . |
| 3 | Although he was pardoned by the King and sent into exile ( presumably for his own protection ) , there were riots against him after his release from the Tower , and when he sailed from England he was intercepted and murdered on 2 May . |
| 4 | After the price wars of the late 1970s , when many supermarkets were still conspicuous mostly for their general ugliness and grubbiness , the big chains decided to invest their way out of trouble . |
| 5 | Partly for Clare 's sake , but mostly for my own satisfaction , I decided to do my level best to break that man . |
| 6 | These are the pictures which interest me most for their complex attitude to the feminine . |
| 7 | ‘ It just seems not a lot has been going right for me this season . |
| 8 | The document called the JNA " a cowardly army , fighting for no recognizable principle but largely , instinctively for its own status and survival " . |
| 9 | Near the start there are a couple of pieces which Tolkien had written up to thirty years before , both rewritten a little for their new context : Frodo 's ‘ Man in the Moon ’ song in the Prancing Pony , Sam 's ‘ Rhyme of the Troll ’ near Weathertop . |
| 10 | tutors need to be utilised in more effectively for their fullest potential to be realised ; |
| 11 | Just as we have found it convenient to think of genes as active agents , working purposefully for their own survival , perhaps it might be convenient to think of memes in the same way . |
| 12 | I 'm a keen dog owner and I ca n't recommend a dog enough for its constant company and affection . |
| 13 | HALEMA STAYED FOR three days , just long enough for her round figure bobbing up and down the beach to become familiar , long enough for the affection she exuded to be returned tenfold . |
| 14 | Are the cues contained within the picture strong enough for their proper interpretation ? |
| 15 | This is fast enough for our central vision to be fooled into the illusion of a continuously moving picture . |
| 16 | I 've a nasty feeling a profiteering wheeler-dealer like me is never going to be innocent enough for your high-minded ideology … ’ |
| 17 | If your agency is large enough for your personal account executive to be below the level of director of the company , he or she will probably be reporting to a management supervisor ( or some such title ) who will be a board director . |
| 18 | Buy new potatoes in small quantities , enough for your immediate use , to enjoy their ‘ home grown ’ fresh taste . |
| 19 | The first is hard to explain because , although Kelly may be right in asserting that the clash was one of a kind seen every week , it was still bad enough for his own organisation to have upheld a ban on the man in the dock . |
| 20 | The American was wearing a lapel , badge , big enough for his own name and some other word . |
| 21 | It is not good enough for my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley ( Mr. Waller ) , who is the sponsor of the Bill , to come here without those answers . |
| 22 | ‘ Seven o'clock for her next dose . |
| 23 | You gon na do better for me this time Ga ? |
| 24 | Thank you so much for your generous Christmas present — as I explained on the phone , John bought , the day of its publication party , a book compiled by one of his colleagues . |
| 25 | So much for my intellectual underwear . |
| 26 | So much for his promised imitation of a Catholic priest , she reflected bitterly . |
| 27 | ‘ Does n't care much for his fellow man . ’ |
| 28 | Has a lot more sparkle than the Escort replacement , thanks to the new 16-valve ‘ Zeta ’ engine , notable not only for its sheer performance but for smoothness and flexibility . |
| 29 | YOUR generous coverage of Neil Kinnock and Co 's shindig in York ( Echo January 13 ) was remarkable not only for its front page spread of crusader Kinnock ( a sad caricature of the Express 's Lord Beaverbrook ) , its 100 column inches of fact evasion and 2,000 words of distraction from political reality . |
| 30 | Mr Lamont said that the national lottery 's success would be kept under review , with the 12 per cent tax rate maintained only for its first year . |