Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Irishman had the choice of the two horses in Ascot 's H & T Walker Chase last month , and successfully opted for Deep Sensation . |
| 2 | Research methods are to be treated as a collection of tools designed and thereby suited for particular jobs . |
| 3 | On the other hand , if you have lost your partner and like two branches of a tree , you had grown together in kindness and only lived for each other through thick and thin , then talk inwardly to your partner . |
| 4 | This view is held by Mr Leahy ; it is expressed most forcibly by Jeffrey Sachs , a Harvard economist who has advised the Russians and long argued for more aid . |
| 5 | Our members wanted it and in many industries it makes sense , but the bigger task , the main event , is to see whether by a more formal relationship , a more formal partnership , we can build a union which is better than the T & G , better than the G M B and better suited for modern conditions than any trade union so far created in Britain . |
| 6 | Beyond the door lay the cargo compartment , bare , bleak , functional and obviously designed for one purpose only , the transport of missiles . |
| 7 | The Law Commission thought that this would exclude products " designed and normally bought for commercial use " , but that there might be borderline cases . |
| 8 | Charles Martel had them out in 737 , but the island was laid waste and largely abandoned for three centuries , the Bishop and clergy fleeing and the Counts of Melgueil , of evil repute , appropriating the see and its revenues ; yet in 798 St Theodulph of Orléans reported that despite this , and pirates , there were still four chapters there . |
| 9 | This underlying cause is the persistently instilled belief that the universe was created by a ‘ god ’ — and this ‘ god ’ is the maker of humanity and must be worshipped , appeased and generally held responsible for everything ; to be credited with , and thanked for all that brings enjoyment , and outrageously excused for all that brings suffering . |
| 10 | Now that the hand was not naturally and exactly adapted for one specific task it became generally adaptable for just about everything and hence the agency which ultimately controlled the hand was now called on to give it the directions which automatic instinct and locomotive reflexes no longer could . |
| 11 | In British English , examples of this are [ h ] -dropping and glottalling , which are regionally widespread and usually marked for social status or style . |
| 12 | The siting of the control and communications unit where the emergency signals are received and possibly monitored for secondary action i.e. isolating services etc. , is imperative , and slave mimic display panels should be considered at other and remote positions from the prime risk areas to ensure cover for the control of the emergency operations . |
| 13 | Management training for ryokan operators and staff is more and more geared for western guests ' needs and comprehension . |
| 14 | In America recalcitrant administrators who implement the regulation of industry with excessive enthusiasm are noticed , and quickly purchased for private sector employment if they are exceptionally meritorious . |
| 15 | Yet an individual or government possessing the qualifications of being white , European in cultural origin and liberal-democratic by conviction will be remorselessly and unreasonably criticized for each and every offence against the supposedly absolute standards of protest-morality . |
| 16 | In the two months prior to writing this chapter , my counselling has involved one thirteen-year-old babysitter for a coven who was drugged and sexually abused for two years before eventually plucking up the courage to tell her parents . |
| 17 | The Aug. 6 statement was accompanied by a photograph of United States hostage Terry Anderson , kidnapped in March 1985 and now detained for longer than any other of the Westerners captive in Lebanon . |
| 18 | In 1785 nine ports exceeded 10,000 tons and now accounted for 86.5 per cent . |
| 19 | At least the knights had not been party to the massacre ; they had achieved their task and now looked for suitable reward . |
| 20 | Usually ground into a powder before use Pepper Sauces p101/ Hot condiments made from a variety of chilli peppers and often matured for several years . |
| 21 | A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken from the third part of the duodenum , and routinely processed for histological examination . |
| 22 | The context , temperature , is one of the most obvious and frequently used for negative numbers . |
| 23 | ‘ He got very worried and immediately sent for one of the consultants from the hospital . ’ |
| 24 | Biopsy specimens were fixed in 2.5% phosphate buffered glutaraldehyde , and then fixed for one hour in 2% osmium tetroxide in the same buffer . |
| 25 | Perhaps the most famous of all , this ham is dry cured when it is rubbed with salt and then matured for 3–4 months . |
| 26 | Both grass and clovers recover and grow more quickly when grazed hard for a short period and then rested for two to three weeks than they do under continuous nibbling . |
| 27 | Emily and I let the girls home early and then returned for one last look at the old building . |
| 28 | There was a rustle of excitement as the listeners exchanged expectant looks and then shifted for more comfort on the hard wooden seats . |
| 29 | He was almost blue with cold , having had to scramble up an iceberg , loaded with a hundred pounds of scuba gear , and then left for long minutes all by himself . |
| 30 | SEVKI AKINCI : a 16-year old Kurdish boy , on 9 April 1992 he beaten and abused by soldiers , held down over an open fire , and then left for dead . |