Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pos pn] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The ITC has its reasons for such mealy-mouthedness . |
2 | I guess the good news has its drawback for some men . |
3 | However , Sage feels the system has its attractions for small businesses , particularly if they intend to network Sage software and want guarantees of system compatibility . |
4 | But he robustly defends his propensity for tabloid television . |
5 | BREATHING FIRE , UNGERMANN BASS UNLEASHES ITS DRAGONSWITCH FOR VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORKS |
6 | Image , hyperbole , parallelism , comparison , repetition or any other trope are potentially all equally effective in committing poetic violence on ordinary language , and it is this differential function and not any inherent quality that constitutes their interest for Russian Formalism . |
7 | DEC says its results for this quarter will reflect the first growth in its business for eight quarters . |
8 | She blames her mother for this and sees it as a sign of inferiority , thus experiencing penis envy and transfers her affections to her father as he has the penis she wants . |
9 | We had doubts in our minds about the strength of these children 's attachment to their adoptive parents and though our sample group is very small , we would like to pose the hypothesis that ‘ severing children 's meaningful emotional links with members of their birth families limits their capacity for full attachment to their new families ’ . |
10 | Farmers in one of the most important regions are threatening a strike unless Mr Gorbachov meets their demands for higher prices . |
11 | An example of a limitation clause is where a supplier of computer software limits his liability for faulty software to the licence fee he has received for that software . |
12 | According to compensation theory the leisure society only arrives when people 's preference for extra leisure exceeds their preference for extra income . |
13 | Corydoras expert DAVE SANDS chooses his favourites for this month 's gallery . |
14 | The 31-year old may well be named on Thursday when Taylor reveals his squad for next month 's World Cup qualifier against Norway . |
15 | Hendry resumes his bid for another title when he faces Ulsterman Joe Swail tonight for a place in Saturday 's semi-finals . |
16 | ( The recently-renovated 1930s Mamounia gets my vote for most beautiful rooms anywhere ) . |
17 | This naturally reduces their attraction for each other and so the forces holding the cell wall together laterally are diminished and the cell swells . |
18 | He takes their word for this . |
19 | Sailing Bond gets his reward for 20 years of trying . |
20 | The first few times , the pup gets his food for free to demonstrate to him that people are nice , but after a few treats he has to sit for his stranger and for his supper . |
21 | This image of the professional justifies his demand for complete autonomy and his demand that the client give up his own judgment and responsibility , leaving everything in the hands of the professional . |
22 | But it seems my taste for traditional sex objects is terribly old-fashioned . |
23 | Secondly , the extreme resistance of the egg in the environment ensures its persistence for several years . |
24 | The political can retain an ethical foundation : Levinas finds his example for this , unexpectedly , in Marx 's famous comment on idealist philosophers — that the point is not to describe the world but to change it : |
25 | It will determine who forms a government on Friday and who governs our country for five years , ’ said Mr Major . |
26 | EDINBURGH PRESENTS ITS CASE FOR NEW GALLERY |
27 | Beijing says any hospitality to the Dalai Lama helps his campaign for Tibetan independence . |
28 | When one of the children asks his mam for some coffee she says , " We ca n't afford coffee any more , son . " |
29 | When Pip 's fortunes fall Pumblechook changes his attitude for one of spurious pity , condemning Pip for his ‘ want of gratitoode ’ . |
30 | The chair is typical of his work in that it combines his passions for functional design — ‘ there 's nothing cosmetic about it , everything has a purpose ’ — and for modern materials , in this case BV130 , ‘ a very exotic , high performance plastic ’ usually used to make power drills and lawnmower parts . |