Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am trying to work out when I can walk Paul Buttle 's circuit of the Lakes , devised especially for Outdoor Action . |
| 2 | Small farms were assigned to sons of noblemen and promising warriors , on condition they reported annually for military service . |
| 3 | To obtain a clear white wine from black grapes Dom Pérignon would have had to employ sophisticated pressing techniques ; it is most likely , therefore , that it was Pérignon who invented the traditional Champagne press , designed exactly for this purpose . |
| 4 | Many , but sadly not all , camcorders enable you to monitor the sound in the field via an earpiece which is plugged into a socket provided specially for this purpose . |
| 5 | She posed carefully for each exposure . |
| 6 | The country 's budget of £4 million for bus services in 1993–4 is exceeded by its education services budget of £5.5 million used partly for local bus service contracts and partly for purchasing seats on commercially run buses . |
| 7 | Commodities which travelled in the opposite direction were salt , which came by sea from Cyprus , the Greek islands and Albania , and which was distributed by means of pack animals to Bosnia and Serbia ; and cereals brought in from the Aegean , Cyprus , Asia Minor and Sicily , and used mainly for local consumption . |
| 8 | Rosewood , used mainly for fine furniture and musical instruments , is one of only six commercially traded timber species covered by CITES . |
| 9 | And er , we stopped there for some time and nothing happened and me dad says Gil ! |
| 10 | The specimens were than analysed using the method described previously for mucosal metabolism . |
| 11 | This place had been the first German prison camp built specifically for British air-crew . |
| 12 | Helen got away for one day and they spent nine hours together in the open air . |
| 13 | Unlike NATO , which came together for collective defence , the European Community includes neutral Ireland and may soon include neutral Sweden and Austria too . |
| 14 | Thus employers came together for mutual support since labour 's ( political ) goals posed a threat not merely to individual employers but collectively to employers as a class . |
| 15 | A textbook , composed specially for this examination , has been published — Preparing for English for Commerce , by David Davies and Douglas Picket , publisher Prentice Hall . |
| 16 | THE President of Bosnia-Hercegovina , Mr Alija Izetbegovic , appealed yesterday for international intervention to halt the conflict consuming his country after Serbian rebels virtually blockaded the capital , Sarajevo , and continued a drive into the republic . |
| 17 | The UK scored lowest for this variable . |
| 18 | Right , from the top : Benetton chose wrong Pirelli tyres but Piquet drove steadily for third place . |
| 19 | Two days later , we all suffered again for one person 's misdemeanour . |
| 20 | If the returns fell it increased labour output ; if they rose it felt no need to do so and opted instead for increased leisure . |
| 21 | Mungo felt like saying : ‘ Well , Emily 's not much better , ’ but opted instead for peaceful co-existence . |
| 22 | A text book , composed specifically for this examination , has been published — Written English for Business ( First Level ) , by Alan Stanton , publisher OUP . |
| 23 | A textbook , composed specifically for this examination has been published — Written English for Business ( Second Level ) , by RGH Andrews , publisher OUP . |
| 24 | A textbook , composed specifically for this examination , has been published — Written English for Business ( Third Level , by Bernard Bater and Gerald Lees , publisher OUP . |
| 25 | A textbook , composed specifically for this examination , has been published — Preparing for English for Commerce , by David Davies and Douglas Picket , publisher Prentice Hall . |
| 26 | Billie could see their closeness when Adam let her out , saw that they cared deeply for each other . |
| 27 | Very few ideas and very few projects of any significance are implemented by one person alone : Other people 's effort makes it happen — whether they are assistants , subordinates , a staff , a special project team , or a task force of peers assembled just for this effort . |
| 28 | Emphasising the consequent costs in economic terms , the Turkish government lobbied strongly for financial compensation and for concessions in its relations with Western countries , for example through more preferential access for Turkish textiles . |
| 29 | More importantly , I began to write poetry myself , for myself , poetry which I showed to no one and kept hidden in an exercise book reserved explicitly for that purpose . |
| 30 | Sathasivam Krishna Kumar ( " Kittu " ) , 31 , regarded as the LTTE number two and a member of its central committee , who had first arrived in the United Kingdom in October 1989 and applied unsuccessfully for political asylum there in August 1990 after the breakdown of peace talks with the Sri Lankan government , was told in early August 1991 that he had to leave the UK by Aug. 7 or face deportation , for having abused his refugee status by collecting funds and trying to procure arms . |