Example sentences of "for [adv] [adj] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He scored 109 as the West Indies reached 225–3 in their second innings after being dismissed for only 183 and following-on . |
| 2 | ‘ Luncheon for only three and ninepence , ’ she declared , reaching out towards a miniature steamed pudding and drawing it towards her , ‘ excellent ! ’ |
| 3 | Maureen was torn between her longing to hug Terry and gaze her fill on the young brother who had been lost to them for so long and pity for Frank who had no family to welcome him home . |
| 4 | Clearly it is of prime importance to know how and why this dramatic reversal of traditional attitudes has occurred , and to ask ourselves the question why our approval of democracy should be so automatic and unhesitating when , had we been born a century or so earlier , we would have been equally unhesitating in disclaiming any support for so dangerous and radical a notion . |
| 5 | For so imaginative and radical a technological construction , there is in the available record an astonishing lack of enthusiasm , continuing interest and even basic technical information . |
| 6 | The Developing in the Dale project hope to organise photographic workshops for under 14s and adult groups . |
| 7 | However , concerns are expressed about the waiting times for elective surgery and out-patients and a perceived need for more medical and nursing staff . |
| 8 | For instance , an effectively compulsory change of year end could affect a firm 's billing cycle , which may have been agreed with clients : this would no doubt have cash flow consequences for both firm and client . |
| 9 | Purpose-built as a bookshop at the turn of the century , the barrel-vaulted and galleried interior of DAUNT BOOKS , 83 Marylebone High Street , London W1 , is rapidly becoming a pole-star for both actual and armchair travellers . |
| 10 | Similar findings have been reported for both mid and east Devon where both service and professional activities have increased considerably ( Glyn-Jones , 1979 ; 1982 ) . |
| 11 | There is both an exultant and a suffering note in the return of the destructive dove which is also the Christian bird of Incarnation whose message for both individual and society , parish and city , is driven home in the famous anthem passage when ‘ The dove descending breaks the air . ’ |
| 12 | Such a figure was the perfect model for the everyman figure seeking the meaning of salvation for both individual and society that Langland depicted in the weary , wet-shod Will , so vibrantly aware of the gap between the final metaphysical realities of heaven and hell and the immediate beguiling preoccupations of the field full of folk , for whom hot pies seemed more sustaining than the bread of life . |
| 13 | These modules offer students the opportunity to raise their awareness of the scope for both individual and community action in relation to community welfare and community needs . |
| 14 | Basic attitudes essential for both specialist and non-specialist RE teachers |
| 15 | Golf and fishing are the national sports of Scotland , for both male and female , and I remember Mother , who was also a moderate golfer , fishing on a river adjacent to a golf-course , avoiding the balls flying past her head , many of which flew straight into the river . |
| 16 | Available in long lengths to avoid end laps , Seam-loc is ideal for both new and refurbishment work and is equally versatile as a wall cladding system . |
| 17 | Packages in the existing topic areas ( practice management , project management , contract procedures , building law , and legal and insurance issues ) continued to sell and were used for both personal and practice CPD . |
| 18 | There is amongst sociolinguists a general consensus that pseudonyms should be used for both personal and street names in order to preserve anonymity . |
| 19 | CW intimated he wishes eventually to move to bar-coding of Library stock to facilitate loans , and the same technology will suffice for both Horticultural and Library purposes . |
| 20 | The new publication features the full range of Speedfit products for both copper and plastic pipes , for hot and cold water services and for central heating . , , . |
| 21 | Not all materials are suitable for both modern and period treatments — for example , a dark velvet usually looks best in an antique-style frame , whereas a pale pink silk or cotton can be an attractive choice for a more modern setting . |
| 22 | ‘ District health authorities will be under a duty to ensure that demands for both acute and community health care are adequately met , and their performance in discharging this vital function will be monitored . ’ |
| 23 | In many cases this is unlikely to be successful but for both professional and business reasons we should endeavour to ensure that acquisition is the appropriate route for the company to follow . |
| 24 | We argued for a more discriminating balance of questions , statements and instructions ; for fewer pseudo-questions and more questions of a kind which encourage children to reason and speculate ; for more opportunities for children themselves to ask their own questions and have these addressed ; for oral feedback to children which without being negative is more exact and informative than mere praise ; for both questioning and feedback to strike a balance between the retrospective function of assessing and responding to what has been learned so far , and the prospective function of taking the child 's learning forward ; and for much more use to be made of structured pupil-pupil interaction both as a learning tool and as a means of helping teachers to function in a more considered manner and therefore more effectively . |
| 25 | For both adult and infant mortality rates , two trends are clearly discernible : there has been a substantial reduction in mortality rates for all socio-economic groups ; the reduction , however , has been more substantial for the upper socio-economic groups with the result that socio-economic inequalities have widened over the years . |
| 26 | Northolt was the West London RAF airport that was used for both military and VIP civil flights . |
| 27 | ICI in the UK has developed a new low-energy system of charging sprays suitable for both hand-held and tractor mounted sprayers . |
| 28 | The H pylori negative and positive healthy volunteers were similar for both basal and peak acid output . |
| 29 | In the real world there is never a movement from the one to the other , and it is correspondingly less clear what the implications for both allocative and X-efficiency are . |
| 30 | The emphasis should be on quite small units — for both retail and restaurant use . |