Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , except for flows at untypically low Reynolds number , even the most powerful current computers can not handle all the data needed for a full numerical analysis of turbulent motion . |
| 2 | In both cities men of £40-£99 accounted for a further 16–19 per cent . |
| 3 | This result is in general agreement with the peak generation estimate of 1.2% reflectance determined from the rapid pyrolysis data published for a German coal by Jüntgen and Klein ( 1975 ) ( Figs. 12 and 13 ) . |
| 4 | The development of a GIS capable of storing and manipulating the volumes of data required for a global research programme is still some way off , but smaller GIS have been used to attempt to provide at least a beginning . |
| 5 | A trout jumped for a sparkling irridescent fly . |
| 6 | The biggest march was in Quimper on the Brittany coast , where up to 10,000 people gathered for a silent protest which remained calm until the late afternoon when a handful of people began throwing stones and tear gas bombs . |
| 7 | In the 1983 general election , nearly 8 million people voted for a political ticket ( Liberal/Social Democratic Party Alliance ) for which their parents could not previously have voted . |
| 8 | Letting someone else decide — most often manifest in people applying for a wide range of jobs perhaps with little in , because they are unable to decide which is most appropriate for them and hoping that somehow the right choice will be made by the employers themselves . |
| 9 | Former Royal Shakespeare Company actress Charlotte Cornwell had more luck when she was awarded £11,000 to compensate for a vile personal attack on her in the " News of the World " over her performance in a new television series . |
| 10 | It is a sense of revulsion at injustice and poverty and denied opportunity , whether at home or abroad , which impels people to work for a better world , to become , as in our case , democratic socialists . |
| 11 | Revulsion at injustice , poverty and denied opportunity , he says , impels people to work for a better world . |
| 12 | Getting these two sets of very different people to work for a common cause is n't always easy but , as well as you can , make sure both understand that : |
| 13 | It all seems to be about using one or two people to stand for a whole sensibility , but thereby creating the impression that they were somehow alone in the field . |
| 14 | The progressive questioning of the staff made for a terrible atmosphere in the Staff Common Room . |
| 15 | At night the harbour lights up and the atmosphere becomes electric as the streets of Aghios Nikolaos fill up with people looking for a good time in the restaurants , bars and discos . |
| 16 | We had always known that there were many people looking for a historic building to restore but had not realized the extent , which was very encouraging . |
| 17 | ‘ I hate , ’ Mrs Gray burst out passionately , ‘ people looking for a certain sort of reaction from me about it . |
| 18 | Pippa Raudsepp , residential mortgage manager with independent financial advisers London & Country Mortgages , said : ‘ For people looking for a new mortgage the rates are quite good . |
| 19 | ‘ How long do people wait for a new outpatient appointment ? ’ |
| 20 | On the one hand , people look for a low instalment amount ( which of course tends to mean a relatively long repayment period ) ; on the other , they look for a short repayment period ( which tends to mean a relatively high instalment amount ) . |
| 21 | Prices range from 65 pounds to 665 pound the better the suit the higher the price , most people opt for a semi-dry suit it is made out of neoprene a rubbery material which lets the water in but does n't let it out again your body heat warms the water up . |
| 22 | A significant element in its declared purpose was the better exchange of ideas between librarians and commercial producers , particularly because the commercial production of audio-visual teaching media accounts for a large proportion of programmes . |
| 23 | There were faces at the barrier , people craning for a last look . |
| 24 | ‘ Look lady , for what other people pay for a one-way ticket to Chicago , you can travel anywhere Delta flies for a month . ’ |
| 25 | Prickly heat is the term most people use for a medical condition called polymorphic light eruption ( PMLE ) . |
| 26 | He shouts ‘ Beats International ! ’ with the kind of enthusiasm most sane people save for a winning goal or a multiple birth , and then he breaks into rhyme . |
| 27 | A partnership is an unincorporated body of people combined for a common business objective . |
| 28 | While the prophetic people waited for a great military leader , and the Dark Power scoured the skies for signs of a cosmic invasion , God slipped into the world almost unheralded . |
| 29 | That and other systems sales accounted for a whacking 50% of SunExpress revenues last year when it was getting off the ground , with end user sales pegged at just 35% . |
| 30 | SunSoft has been publicly quiet on Interactive Unix since acquiring the division at the new year despite the fact that its sales accounted for a significant portion of the record number of licenses it sold . |