Example sentences of "[adv] for the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then it had gone very badly for the small Halfling regiment . |
| 2 | I quote the case of my own area of the Wirral , again not because it is unique , but rather for the very opposite reason . |
| 3 | Not surprisingly , Ontos ' chief technical officer , Timothy Andrews , claims his company 's technology is at the top of pile of object contenders , but he admits that there is room enough for the five main players in a market that is worth some $100m-$150m-a-year in his estimation . |
| 4 | And you keep the person in that condition long enough for the damaged red cells to be replaced . |
| 5 | She would still have a spare bedroom , quite enough for the modest entertaining she proposed to do in her widowed state . |
| 6 | I 've worked only for the common good , humbly trying to advance knowledge … ’ |
| 7 | On granting or transferring a restricted hotel licence or a restaurant licence in respect of any premises , a licensing board shall , if as regards the use of the premises for the provision of the customary main meals it appears to the board that it is only for the customary main meal at midday or only for the customary main meal in the evening that the premises fall within paragraph ( a ) ( ii ) of the restricted hotel licence or paragraph ( a ) ( ii ) of the restaurant licence as set out in Schedule 1 to this Act , insert in the licence a condition that there shall be no permitted hours in the evening , or that there shall be permitted hours in the premises only in the evening , as the case requires . |
| 8 | On granting or transferring a restricted hotel licence or a restaurant licence in respect of any premises , a licensing board shall , if as regards the use of the premises for the provision of the customary main meals it appears to the board that it is only for the customary main meal at midday or only for the customary main meal in the evening that the premises fall within paragraph ( a ) ( ii ) of the restricted hotel licence or paragraph ( a ) ( ii ) of the restaurant licence as set out in Schedule 1 to this Act , insert in the licence a condition that there shall be no permitted hours in the evening , or that there shall be permitted hours in the premises only in the evening , as the case requires . |
| 9 | In fact , even the Japanese language version of these is worth a look , if only for the few English words that remain obstinately untranslatable and stick out glaringly among the elegant Japanese characters . |
| 10 | After the drama of the tied first Test , Australia won the second by seven wickets and West Indies the third by 222 runs ; as the fourth neared its close , West Indies appeared to have the game in their hands , only for the last Australian pair to survive for an hour and forty minutes and earn a draw ; and the final Test was won by Australia with just two wickets left . |
| 11 | Those who have put their trust in Jesus as Saviour " have been born anew … through the living and abiding word of God ; but , like all new-born babes , they must " long for the pure spiritual milk " of the word if they are to survive and grow ; and once beyond babyhood they need solid food — which is the " meat " of God 's word . |
| 12 | THERE were no surprises in the opening round of the Bell 's Scottish Championship finals at Kirkcaldy last night , except perhaps for the 8-3 winning margin of Colin Hamilton 's Gogar over Mike Hay 's Atholl , writes WH Kemp . |
| 13 | Monitoring included regular meetings — quarterly for the whole social services and primary health care teams and monthly for one general practitioner , the social services team leader ( care manager ) , and the team manager of the community health unit . |
| 14 | Proper gallery or exhibition space is expensive to hire , prohibitively so for the average professional artist . |
| 15 | ‘ So for the same weekly payments any council tenant can start along the road to ownership . |
| 16 | At the last he was in front , but he was dead tired and Winter could do nothing to hold him together for the final desperate few yards to the line . |
| 17 | Because all snail genes have an equal stake in every sperm and every egg , because they all participate in the same unpartisan meiosis , they work together for the common good , and therefore tend to make the snail body a coherent , purposeful vehicle . |
| 18 | Put simply , everyone has come together for the common good and economic prosperity of the river . |
| 19 | AN international treaty which commits three very different communities to work together for the common good is to be signed in Middlesbrough next week . |
| 20 | Between the RPR and UDF debate centred around three key questions : ( i ) the issue of United States-style " primaries " to select joint right-wing candidates , especially for the 1995 presidential elections ; ( ii ) the pace and nature of European integration , and ( iii ) policy towards the National Front ( FN ) . |
| 21 | Above all , we shall continue to reduce tax , especially for the low paid and allow working families to keep more of their earnings . |
| 22 | It can lead to serious motivational problems , especially for the long-term unemployed . |
| 23 | In the mid-nineteenth century life expectation was rising , especially for the new middle class , and central and regional authorities were coming to terms with the urban influx , which had changed the face of Britain . |
| 24 | Now that there was a sympathetic hand at the helm , especially for the new sexual politics , they were shaped into formal applications for local government funding . |
| 25 | This is a very important benefit , especially for the many single women in their fifties who are sacrificing their career to look after an elderly parent . |
| 26 | The final stage before the body leaves the body shop for the paint shop is normally for the completed welded body to pass down a line of welders and grinders . |
| 27 | In 1990 they were halted 90 miles from the Pole by wide stretches of open water.Having already travelled more than 500 miles from their starting point in Siberia , they set a record anyway for the longest unsupported polar journey.Then Sir Ranulph abandoned the polar cold for the desert heat , to find Ubar , before again teaming up with Dr Stroud for this winter 's headline-making trek to the South Pole , breaking their own record for the longest unsupported polar journey ever made.They returned in February and Sir Ranulph still can not tolerate running shoes on his frost-bitten feet , to train for his next expedition — ‘ another hot one . ’ |
| 28 | Germany will play France tonight for the third semi-final spot to play Scotland , while the losers will play Switzerland tomorrow morning for the final place . |
| 29 | It 's fizzing everywhere ! ’ as eighteen-year-old Andrew appeared from the laundry and raced desperately for the six tall flutes arranged on the counter-top in the kitchen . |
| 30 | THE wheels of justice began turning yesterday for the former Bolivian Interior Minister , Mr Luis Arce Gomez , when he appeared before a Miami magistrate following his arrest and deportation from Bolivia . |