Example sentences of "[vb base] for our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Apart from conjunctions and disjuncts which we have decided not to take into account for our current purposes , this is the only instance in which the theme of the clause is not the element that occurs in initial position . |
2 | They account for our general sense of the appropriacy and inappropriacy of language as reflected in impromptu observations about style , varying from Queen Victoria 's remark on Mr Gladstone that " he speaks to Me as if I were a public meeting " , to more everyday comments like " No one would ever speak like that " , and to attributions like colloquial , journalistic , biblical , childlike , pedantic . |
3 | At midday we made our way to Plover Hide for our promised reward : an afternoon 's bird watching . |
4 | Send for our latest catalogue and price list showing our comprehensive range of profiles and ancillary products from British Steel including : Outer Profiles with matching liners , Curved Eaves and Corners , Flashings , Trims and Rainwater goods . |
5 | We have booked a date , time and place for our next meeting . |
6 | Mother love , iron discipline , cooked breakfasts — nothing promises the protection we want for our six-foot babies . |
7 | If we deny this , surely we deny profit to society , opportunity for today 's older people and hope for our future selves . |
8 | The expressive effect created by the use of the to infinitive in this type of context thus provides further support for our explanatory hypothesis . |
9 | There are 500,000 nurses in Britain today on whom we depend for our good health at home , in hospital and at work . |
10 | It is therefore entirely possible that the Kremlin will delay a resumption of negotiations and wait for our natural impatience , our demobilization problems , declining American interest in Korean affairs and local dissatisfaction with the division of the country to oblige us to supply speedy solution of these terms , i.e. a united front which excluding [ excludes ] all but elements controlled by the Communist Party . |
11 | How much you pay for our Current Account service depends on the way you run your account , but the standard item costs and fixed charge shown below are payable each charging quarter . |
12 | For further details of the full range of our confidential facilities including finance , insurance and radio accounting please apply for our explanatory brochure . |
13 | Or ask for our separate leaflet . |
14 | Ask for our comprehensive data pack . |
15 | We in the Royal Air Force , if you ask for our professional advice , are convinced that we will require manned aircraft as far as we can see to supplement the missile in both the offensive and defensive roles . |
16 | — ask for our special Farming Pack . |
17 | Ask for our free colour brochure for lots of interesting bathroom ideas . |
18 | But for more details of how Dolphin can make your bathroom beautiful , and to qualify for our fabulous free Power Shower or up to £250 trade-in-discount , ask for our free Home Design Service now . |
19 | Call for our full colour yacht charter brochure and comprehensive tariff . |
20 | But perhaps this is something we presume for our own convenience . |
21 | A final visit to say goodbyes to all our Malaysian friends and intensive packing saw us reluctantly depart for our homeward flight — Penang , Kuala Lumpur , Istanbul , Brussels , London , Yorkshire . |
22 | So what I have done is arrange for our normal trade discount ( 33.3% ) to be applied , and for a cheque for £35.80 to be sent to you . |
23 | Ring or write for our FREE BROCHURE . |
24 | Maybe they come for our superior quality of life . |
25 | Against the background of this account of perception as something indirect , with ideas figuring as intermediaries between our minds and material things , Malebranche discusses what reason we have for our usual supposition that the material world exists at all . |
26 | The main criticism of transcendent philosophies is that though the ideas are beautiful and those who live by their precepts can be happy , yet men ask what relevance the philosophies have for our modern world of materialism where we must make progress and raise humanity out of starvation and ignorance . |
27 | Erm I I still feel , as as a a business , we need for our own purposes an internal report . |
28 | Pray for our own missionaries and their endeavour . |
29 | Please phone for our Special Events brochure . |