Example sentences of "the room for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And indeed the frayed scrappy edges he had cut off from his trousers were lying strewn on the floor , in the middle of the room for everyone to see ! |
| 2 | By the introduction of a 75 x 75mm ( 3 x 3in ) square-section hollow steel post sited close to the centre of the room for the support of heavy timber trimmers , it was possible to construct a gallery which extends between the flank walls on modestly-sized 38 x 150mm ( 1–1/2 x 6in ) joists , carrying boards which give a platform 2m ( 6–1/2ft ) wide overlooking the larger part of the living-room . |
| 3 | There was silence in the room for some time as he waited for Frank to regain his composure , to ask the inevitable questions . |
| 4 | Here was the partial and still nuanced defiance of their respective Alliance masters that indicated both a German refusal of the role of victims in the superpower struggle and a sense in both German states that the room for manoeuvre was growing . |
| 5 | Solicitors feared the judges ' veto might result in rules limiting their new rights , but the bill lays down a tight framework which will restrict the room for manoeuvre . |
| 6 | A chair was placed in a certain spot in the room for each lesson — Theresa 's chair . |
| 7 | Horowitz left the room for a moment and returned with a slim red volume entitled Land Ownership in Palestine 1880–1948 . |
| 8 | Trainee conductors help move furniture and prepare the room for class activities . |
| 9 | M. Dupont resumed his conversation and I continued my way around the room for some moments . |
| 10 | At that moment one of the other two women who had left the room for a couple of minutes returned with a bowl of water and began to bathe the injured arm . |
| 11 | Many permissive parents who would never dream of beating or otherwise hurting their child may frequently utter a harsh word or send the child from the room for misbehaving . |
| 12 | In reality , the scope for choice here will depend on the nature of the clinical service concerned and the room for political manoeuvre . |
| 13 | The libretto now needs writing , not in terms of expectation of aid from elsewhere — little will come — but expressing the room for the innate , self-help strengths of local people and communities . |
| 14 | Catriona 's eyes raked the room for the cousin , but the bar and the more downmarket tables were empty . |
| 15 | ‘ Funny , but the radio shack is usually on this deck , ’ Forster remarked at the end of the room for these extra quarters . |
| 16 | As Mr Grovey searched the room for a suitable candidate to partner Brian this week , unhappily his eye fell on me ( not literally of course , it 's just a way of saying ‘ he looked at me ’ ! ) . |
| 17 | Ruth stood in the doorway of the room for a few seconds , looking at her aunt who was drifting on the edge of sleep . |
| 18 | In this case a gold frame was chosen to match another picture in the bedroom , but it would also have looked attractive in a pastel pink frame or one made from pine or a darker wood , depending on the room for which it was intended . |
| 19 | But the most enchanting thing in the room for Constance , apart from Miss Hatherby herself , was a large bamboo bird cage placed in the fireplace containing two brightly coloured and raucous cockatoos . |
| 20 | Hardboard sheets need to be stored in the room for a day or two before fixing . |
| 21 | Will this be enough , as I do n't have the room for any more tubes ? |
| 22 | The simplest form is putting the child on a chair to one side of the room for between two and five minutes and ignoring the child while seated . |
| 23 | Once the child starts to relax while seated on the potty the parent can gradually reduce the amount of attention and start to leave the room for short periods . |
| 24 | A rare book dealer underbid the pencil , watercolour and bodycolour ‘ Three peaches on a branch ’ by Pancrace Bessa secured by Kate de Rothschild for £8,500 ( $13,243 ) against an estimate of £3–5,000 and a telephone buyer competed against the room for ‘ A wooded river landscape ’ by an associate of Pietro Perugino raising the estimate of £5–8,000 to £42,000 ( $65,436 ) . |
| 25 | Saatchi was the vendor of two important London scenes , Frank Auerbach 's dramatic nightscape of Mornington Crescent station ( lot 53 , est. £150,000–200,000 ) which was bought by an Israeli collector bidding in the room for £135,000 ( $202,500 ) , and Leon Kossoff 's swimming pool in Willesden ( lot 59 , est. £150,000–200,000 ) which sold to a private collector for £190,000 ( $285,000 ) . |
| 26 | Making a retail price was Sotheby 's lot 278 , a fine Meissen Augustus Rex bottle vase of 1725–30 , estimated at £20–30,000 , it was contested in various places in the room and over the telephone , selling in the room for £42,000 ( $63,000 ) . |
| 27 | Then he went to bed , having checked the room for electronic bugs and found one in the base of the lamp . |
| 28 | In one feeding centre the room for the dead had become a Koranic school for young children . |
| 29 | Leaving alone the fact that I and many of the other interpreters were singularly ill-equipped for the task , the room for misunderstanding far exceeded the chance of agreement and harmony . |
| 30 | If permanent employment was a universal feature labour would become a quasi-fixed factor in production and the room for adjusting costs would be confined to altering working hours or bonus payments . |