Example sentences of "[vb -s] for the [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He goes for the older woman ! ’ |
| 2 | The current ( 1992/93 ) married couple 's allowance , together with the ceiling limits for the higher allowance , are as follows : |
| 3 | This , however , has been felt to be rather ironical since , although he is critical of idealism and maintains a formal commitment to empirical rationalism , it is Hobhouse who in fact calls for the greater degree of state intervention . |
| 4 | Probably this accounts for the greater part of the increase in sede vacante presentations made by the king , but he and his clerks pushed their claims to the limit . |
| 5 | Bone china tableware accounts for the greater part of output at the Wedgwood factory , where about one hundred designs are currently used in the production of this distinctively English ceramic ware . |
| 6 | The principle upon which it operates is that the pool is split into two components : the first is referred to as ‘ common funding ’ and accounts for the greater bulk of the pool ; and the second is known as ‘ further funding ’ and comprises an element of additional financing for those institutions which have a high historic unit cost . |
| 7 | The Magnolia dining room caters for the smaller appetite , with a selection of filled rolls and home-made soups . |
| 8 | He played Alan Crabbe , a nineteen-year-old who falls for the older Eileen — played by Nyree Dawn Porter — and is later beaten up by her fiancé . |
| 9 | If your employee qualifies for the higher rate , it should be paid for the first six weeks that higher rate SMP is due . |
| 10 | Now he 's become sixty five so as you remember he qualifies for the larger age allowances , he qualifies for the larger married couples allowance , so his total allowances are of course considerably increased by the fifteen hundred pounds . |
| 11 | What it means for the broader economy is that the current housing crisis is more serious than ever , and there does n't seem to be an end in sight . |
| 12 | It sees no antithesis between the liberal and the technical and contends for the wider acceptance of the truth that the latter will be of no lasting value to the community unless the people of this country are adequately equipped to participate actively in its government and culture . |
| 13 | The publication of land registers for the greater part of the country represents a major opportunity to secure the better use of massive acreages of underused land . |