Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was altogether too dignified and courteous for the rough and tumble of politics , was not a good debater , and left after less than eighteen months . |
| 2 | Although particulate traps can be made to work effectively for short periods under favourable conditions there is some way to go before they are reliable enough for the rough and tumble of ordinary operating conditions . |
| 3 | Mobile mums groups are for mums with ‘ mobile ’ toddlers who need toddler-proof houses but who are maybe not ready yet for the rough and tumble of Open houses . |
| 4 | It was created for a group of mums who felt their babies were too old for new mums but not yet ready for the rough and tumble of open houses . |
| 5 | ONE OF the doughty pack leaders to emerge in the late 1940's from the Manchester scrum of ‘ palaeomagnetists ’ was S , Keith Runcorn — a former Cambridge engineer with an almost unhealthy liking for the rough and tumble of the rugby field , Keith Runcorn is now professor of physics , and geophysics supremo , at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne — and incidentally the president of the university 's rugby club , To honour Runcorn 's reaching the age of 60 , the university organised earlier this month a three-day conference on ‘ Magnetism , planetary rotation and convection in the Solar System ’ , Since the Second World War , geology has undergone conceptual upheavals as never before , The apparently ludicrous ideas proposed by Alfred Wegener in the 1920s , that the Earth 's continents were drifting around , have found solid ground , The evidence came from physicists inspired by wartime work on radar , by cosmic-ray research and the discovery that some rotating stars have a magnetic field , The physicists set themselves the task of measuring whether rotating bodies on Earth also produce magnetic fields , The eminent Patrick Maynard Blackett devised a highly sensitive magnetometer for this work , but finding that a spinning gold cylinder produced no magnetic field , turned his machine to measuring rock magnetism , A school of expertise concerned with ‘ fossilised magnetism ’ developed around him at Manchester and later at Imperial College , London , The fruits of such work inspired a reappraisal of continental drift and new theories to explain the mechanisms responsible for moving the continents , and later produced the foundations on which were forged the unifying concepts of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading , Runcorn applies an enormous enthusiasm to all that he takes on — as many past students and editors of various science journals can testify , His first notoriety came with his attempts to determine whether the Earth 's general magnetic field was related to the planet 's rotation , or related to some deep-seated phenomenon , To determine this he took his magnetometer down some of the deep Lancashire coal pits . |
| 6 | A bit too frail and woolly for the rough and tumble of ordinary practice . |
| 7 | It was as if they realised that she was not for the rough and tumble of this world , like the aggressive women with shaggy hair styles who pushed their way through life thrusting their hard shopping baskets at defenceless men . |
| 8 | Civil liberties were guaranteed , the franchise was extended to all over the age of eighteen , and an enlightened approach was urged for the industrial and education spheres . |
| 9 | Full details and syllabus of the teacher training course have been sent to them , and the syllabus and assessment sheets for the Junior and Youth Bronze Awards , which apply throughout the British Isles , while the statistics that were requested apply to Scotland only — I felt the letter was needed in case they thought there were only 4 teachers in the whole Society ! |
| 10 | Metal detectors designed especially for the professional and hobbyist markets represent just a tiny fraction of the Garrett electronics empire , but it is in this latter sphere that the Garrett name comes to life . |
| 11 | Not not quite a law for the rich and law for the poor , |
| 12 | Several prominent firms engaged in genetic manipulation for the agricultural and food industries have been excluded from participation in the venture . |
| 13 | From today more Central South bulletins are being subtitled on Teletext for the deaf and hard-of-hearing . |
| 14 | For the deaf and aphasic , they will need to employ pen and paper in addition to speech , and make more use of bodily and facial cues than might otherwise be necessary . |
| 15 | that it came as no surprise that after six busy years with the Association she was appointed Deputy Head Teacher of the Doncaster School for the Deaf and Director of its Further Education Department . |
| 16 | Medical applications include the development of two- and three-dimensional eye controllers that could help surgeons using endoscopic cameras , real time mother-foetal heart monitors , eye and muscle controllers for the disabled and physiotherapy aids for rehabilitation . |
| 17 | Those classed as ‘ other homes ’ included convalescent homes , a rehabilitation centre , an assessment centre , a holiday home for the disabled and rest homes which may in practice have been homes for older people ( the classification was made on the basis of the information given by the person interviewed ) . |
| 18 | It is such a group of specialists that has helped us write technical briefs on the Food Hygiene ( Amendment ) Regulations , microwave ovens , BS 5750 , accessible accommodation for the disabled and cook-chill catering . |
| 19 | His most important contract ( first with another carpenter , John Ball , and then on his own ) was for the deepening and wharfing of the Fleet ditch , an enormous task which employed 200 men , took two and a half years to finish ( 1672–4 ) , and brought him a gift of plate worth £200 from the City on its efficient completion . |
| 20 | The front runner in any bid for the remote-sensing and weather satellites is Comsat , the Washington company that already runs a series of communications craft . |
| 21 | Compared with the black and grey tones for the blue and red of the other roundels one might almost believe that on number five the roundel ring immediately inside the yellow is red and the inner spot is blue , although on this one the tail stripes appear similar to numbers one , two , four and six . |
| 22 | Cruising chutes may be booked as optional extras for the Moody and Oceanis yachts . |
| 23 | In a sense , the social worker is responsible for the emotional and material well-being of the patient . |
| 24 | The acquisition of a car for the private and business use of a director was not considered by both members of the Court of Appeal ( Neill and Dillon LJJ ) to be an integral part of the company 's business . |
| 25 | San Jose , California , Microfield Graphics Inc will roll out the X8 colour graphics controller , its graphics processing controller for the technical and manufacturing markets , for X-Windows and Microsoft Windows systems . |
| 26 | At a ceremony on board Pride of Calais recently , P&O European Ferries ( Dover ) , Managing Director , Les Stephenson received the British Standards Institution plaque and certificates from the then Secretary of State for the Environmental and MP for Folkestone and Hythe Michael Howard . |
| 27 | Yet the movement towards balance is growing , not just for the environmental and safety reasons outlined earlier , but also for social reasons . |
| 28 | He is currently CPD Co-ordinator for the Southern and South East Regions and Director of the CPD Unit at Kingston Polytechnic School of Architecture . |
| 29 | Magritte is rehabilitated as a technician capable of surprisingly expressive passages of paint , although Sylvester 's case for the Impressionist and vache pictures is unlikely to win general agreement . |
| 30 | The charity was launched in June 1988 by Dr Patrick Dixon , a specialist in care for the dying and author or two books on the subject of AIDS . |