Example sentences of "[vb base] for the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , ‘ the simultaneous and combined economic and political struggle of European workers … helps account for the more articulated class character of [ their ] labour movements ’ ( Kassalow , 1982 , p. 210 ) directed against a very visible and expanding bourgeoisie and , in part , a response to a more repressive state apparatus ( Geary , 1981 ) . |
| 2 | The latissimus dorsi account for the very impressive ‘ V ’ shape of athletes and bodybuilders . |
| 3 | They provide for the less committed who still wish to enjoy some of the fruits of the soccer culture . |
| 4 | And here I apologise for the rather poor sound quality , but he refused to shut his parrot and dogs in another room during the interview . |
| 5 | Shirley Hughes 's The Big Alfie Out of Doors Storybook ( TS403 — one cassette ; 33 minutes ) read by Thora Hird is a lovely listen for the very young and more than tolerable for their elders . |
| 6 | Bobby Robson was there to assess World Cup candidates , but nothing positive emerged from 90 minutes of scuffling that made one almost yearn for the more measured boredom of Rangers ' European Cup exit in Munich three days earlier . |
| 7 | I suggest that we proceed along those lines and look for the most economic way to alleviate my constituents ' problems while not doing too much damage to my hon. Friend 's constituents . |
| 8 | When you begin classifying , look for the most obvious groups first . |
| 9 | It is widely available as Tumbleweed and Greenscape but if you have a large area to treat ( say 500m2 ) , look for the more economical Roundup GC . |
| 10 | Look for the more creative solution — the tried and true do n't always bring the best results . |
| 11 | Very broadly residential homes cater for the physically frail whereas nursing homes/long-stay hospital care is more likely to cater for the mentally frail . |
| 12 | If you are planning to cope with very large lawns , or use the trimmer for keeping an orchard under control , opt for the more durable petrol-engined version . |
| 13 | Most opt for the more mundane pursuits as their peers abandon their grand schemes and resign themselves to working in an office , a factory , a building site , or taking a cushioning three years in tertiary education . |
| 14 | He said consumers would handle various conventional materials such as cotton , and Tencel garments , and then opt for the more expensive Tencel version . |
| 15 | It may also be equally true that disincentive effects operate for the very low and the low income-earners where any increase in earnings is counter-balanced — sometimes more than counter-balanced — by a corresponding loss of benefits . |
| 16 | McLeish stopped at the door of the interview room and looked in through the spy-hole , wanting to get some feel for the evidently hostile and , by all accounts , neurotic Penelope Huntley . |
| 17 | In the Janacek second string quartet Intimate Letters that followed they really cracked the idiom , playing with a perceptive feel for the uniquely arhythmic phrasing that echoes that of the Czech language . |
| 18 | We apologize for the somewhat chaotic state of affairs on Saturday and the slight lateness in some runs . |
| 19 | On their pumping new single , ‘ Gold ’ , which is bizarrely reminiscent of New Order circa 1984 , East 17 go for the sneeringly philosophical angle , insisting that ‘ life is worth more than gold ’ . |
| 20 | go for the really obvious physical properties first , and if you have a little checklist that you go through , bang bang bang for each one , |
| 21 | We will deal only with self-excited instabilities , but predictions of chaos also exist for the more complex case where the injected signal , or the pumping rate , are modulated . |
| 22 | The under raters need encouragement to raise their sights and reach for the apparently impossible . |
| 23 | What is n't obvious is that work for the over 50s is an acceptance of life as a minority and often an unprivileged minority at that . |
| 24 | I do n't think there 's any need for me to spell out any more at this point what that may mean but the responsibility in as churches to ensure that we care for the under eights . |
| 25 | The path that leads to the world 's highest mountain is full of adventures … full of famous stories … but there 's been nothing so grand and gallant as the expedition being planned by Macintyre of Milton Keynes … who cater and care for the mentally disabled … |