Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They suggest that this causes a vicious circle for women : the fear of violence leads women to greater dependency upon a known male ; dependency makes the woman particularly vulnerable to attack from this male , because he has no fear of retaliation ; when women go to the police about such attacks nothing is done ; consequently many women consider that the police are unhelpful , and this reinforces women 's fear of violence and dependence upon individual male protectors . |
| 2 | For suppose that the disuse of meat causes a permanent distaste for it , and that an increased demand for fish continues long enough to enable the forces by which its supply is governed to work out their action fully ( of course oscillation from day to day and from year to year would continue : but we may leave them on the side ) . |
| 3 | Where a lease reserves a fixed rent for part of the term and an unascertainable rent for the balance , it is stamped ad valorem on the fixed rent and £2 on the unascertainable rent . |
| 4 | He has no time for inefficiency , and he reserves a particular scorn for the manner in which the medical profession organises itself . |
| 5 | A nut and bolt fixed the handle shafts to the top section : the blade spanner incorporates a small spanner for the nut , so only a screwdriver was needed here . |
| 6 | To prevent unwanted distortion , most transmitter circuitry incorporates a level control for optimum matching and unity gain and a compression circuit to deal with transient ( peak ) signals . |
| 7 | The combination of these features emphasises a large problem for speech recognition — the same word may be spoken in many different ways and never match exactly what the system was trained with . |
| 8 | Herein lies a big problem for managers who must take steps to ensure that everyone understands the need for involvement — To this end a series of seminars and talks should be arranged in order to explain the issue , seek ideas and the commitment of everyone to meeting the challenge . |
| 9 | The colour black in all such cases was considered especially lucky because this was the colour associated with the occult practices , but herein lies a transatlantic contradiction for , in America , it is the white cat that is lucky and the black cat that is unlucky . |
| 10 | The Northern League of Signor Umberto Bossi , which wants a separate state for the rich north in a federal Italy , has gone up from two seats to 82 . |
| 11 | The polygenic nature of ageing contains a baleful message for gerontologists ; it is most unlikely that engineering of a few genes or intervention in a handful of physiological pathways will prevent the process from occurring . |
| 12 | It is enough to say that paragraph 2 of the guidelines contains a general requirement for the prosecution to disclose ‘ unused material ’ to the defence , consisting of witness statements and documents which are not included in the committal bundle , but this requirement is qualified by a number of exceptions listed in paragraph 6 . |
| 13 | Whilst the student grant contains a fixed amount for housing , it is generally regarded as well below market rates that , of course , vary according to area . |
| 14 | The third section identifies a number of situations where such equivalences can arise , and develops a normal form for finite programs . |
| 15 | In Fig. 3.3 , for example , the characteristic is approximated by a straight line with slope T' , so the motor torque is : A motor with a high stiffness develops a large torque for a small displacement from equilibrium . |
| 16 | TENNIS : Three-times Wimbledon champion Stefan Edberg heads a strong field for the £300,000 Stella Artois tournament at Queen 's Club , London , from June 8–14 . |
| 17 | He writes a regular column for BBC WILDLIFE . |
| 18 | He writes a weekly column for The People newspaper . |
| 19 | This part is taken from the first 4 bars of the Pride And Joy solo and illustrates a great device for filling out the sound of your lines . |
| 20 | They now have a new experience of such days which starts a new pattern for the future . |
| 21 | Notice that when you get to the end of each line , Word starts a new line for you automatically . |
| 22 | That looks a nice house for seventy thousand there , three bedrooms |
| 23 | Twin Oaks looks a great type for the fences and may be the hardest to beat but I also have a healthy respect for Cool Ground and Brown Windsor . |
| 24 | John Jensen is not a flamboyant player in midfield but looks a brilliant signing for £1 million . |
| 25 | ‘ Colorific does n't meet the best opposition ever seen in the Great Voltigeur and Further Flight looks a worthy favourite for the Lonsdale . ’ |
| 26 | Fforde highlights a key difficulty for his argument by pointing out that in the debates about the issue which dominated Edwardian Conservatism — tariff reform — the Conservative Party developed a language which ‘ employed a great deal of anti- laissez faire rhetoric and espoused policies which involved state expansion ’ . |
| 27 | SILENCE Of The Lambs star Anthony Hopkins , 57 , has a perfect recipe for success . |
| 28 | This is an externally refereed journal with a circulation of over 500 copies , and which has a world-wide reputation for excellence in the quality of papers published . |
| 29 | He stands down this summer looking tired and weary after 20 years in office running a metropolis of ten million people which has a world-wide reputation for its crime , its gangs , its murders , its drugs , its violence , its riots , its burning streets . |
| 30 | The arm was developed at the bio-engineering centre at the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Centre in Edinburgh , which has a world-wide reputation for the quality of specialist clinical care it provides for people with severe or unusual physical disabilities . |