Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When agricultural improvers visited Sussex in the war years they had little favourable to say about the situation in general and the Weald came in for wholesale condemnation , although there was some disagreement about the details . |
| 2 | Louisa Twining campaigned ceaselessly for trained nurses and matrons . |
| 3 | Not that it 'd need to — Grandmaster Chess might be showing its age a bit , but if you can put up with its idiosyncrasies it 's a bargain at £1.99 , especially with Renaissance Othello thrown in for good measure . |
| 4 | Kravchenko came in for fierce criticism at the seventh congress of the USSR Journalists ' Union held on Feb. 5-7 , over the return of political censorship of state television , as witnessed recently in the withdrawal of the Vzglyad documentary series and the return by the flagship news programme Vremya to official propaganda and exhortation . |
| 5 | As a member of the cabinet which had to cope with the Irish famine , Clanricarde pressed hard for remedial measures , pointing out that from time to time ‘ an adherence to sound principle will cause an immediate sacrifice ’ . |
| 6 | No fool , Berenson went in for finding ‘ Isabellas ’ ; Mrs Gardner fancied herself as America 's answer to Isabella d'Este , the great Renaissance art collector . |
| 7 | Piper tunes up for big Benn |
| 8 | Being a true professional , she flashed a smile — as Fred hung on for dear life — and admitted it was a pretty paw show . |
| 9 | The day 's individual performance came striker Gary MacDonald , who scored all four of his side 's goals in their 4–1 home win Blue Mark Outterside gave Blue Star the lead after six minutes , but the visitors then had Micky Robinson sent off for dangerous play . |
| 10 | A year or so earlier George Younger stepped aside for Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home , who had renounced his peerage . |
| 11 | Even more than in the 1930s , the TUC were imprisoned within constraints imposed on it by a capitalist wage-structure : the TUC argued strongly for adequate pensions ( denying , for example , that an old person needed less to eat ) ; but if this was to be implemented without encouraging further wage-cuts to elderly workers , then it appeared to them inevitable that a retirement condition must be introduced . |
| 12 | In the Slovenský Raj look out for black woodpeckers and storks . |
| 13 | We ate the fish and polished off some cider while we watched the bombers blasting Caen , the British guns along the Orne joining in for good measure . |
| 14 | Election ‘ 92 : Glitterati turn out for Labour |
| 15 | Bob Dylan comes out for ultra-right Pat Buchanan |
| 16 | SKIPPER Allan Border hit his highest first-class score of the tour as Australia made up for lost time on a rain-hit day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |
| 17 | Argyll applied unsuccessfully for judicial review based on a restrictive view of the Commission 's substantive and procedural powers . |
| 18 | God works together for good in all things . |
| 19 | But if , and most of are I 'm sure that we 've come today with some thorn in our flesh somewhere , some worry , some difficulty or a disappointment perhaps of some kind , then just remember that in all things God works together for good with those who love him , and for that rejoice and give thanks , and again I say , rejoice . |
| 20 | Indeed , Bailey holds up for critical scrutiny the idea that schools can prepare young people for a world of rapid technological change by concentrating on the very technology which is subject to change ; rather , he suggests , the best basis for adaptability is a liberal education aimed at generating a wide understanding and the development of reason and autonomy . |
| 21 | Japan looked around for diplomatic support , but this was not forthcoming from either Britain or the United States . |
| 22 | Mary Bailey sets up for existing fish , while Ian Lucas spots some new opportunities with mid-price catfish . |
| 23 | They were buffeted psychologically as well as physically , and , although W.G. Quaife batted tidily for undefeated 40 , the crafty Hampshire pair , Alec Kennedy ( 4 for 47 ) and Jack Newman ( 5 for 53 ) ran through Warwickshire for 158 , the last wicket falling at 4.20pm . |
| 24 | Taking part were the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of the five states ( with Deputy Premier Claudio Martelli standing in for Italian Premier Giulio Andreotti ) ; observers attended from the European Commission , the World Bank , the European Investment Bank and the new European Bank for Reconstruction and Development . |
| 25 | Samuel Whitbread came in for special praise ; he was ‘ essentially useful to all with whom he is in any way connected , resolute and firm … of energetic character … ’ . |
| 26 | More significantly , for the long term future of the industry , it has launched into a series of alliances , including a development partership with long-time rival Apple , with chip maker Motorola thrown in for good measure , and former IBM allies Intel and Microsoft left out in the cold . |
| 27 | Leeds continued to pile on the points as Iro burst through for loose forward Hanley to score a seventh try . |
| 28 | As early as 1913 a conference was held of all local authorities in Greater London to plan comprehensively for arterial roads . |
| 29 | ‘ TORSO TOMMY GEMMELL SKINS UP FOR CELTIC |
| 30 | India called yesterday for international help in identifying those responsible for the bombings , after investigators said the trail pointed abroad , possibly towards Pakistan , or to Tamil Tiger guerrillas in Sri Lanka . |