Example sentences of "for [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each has its attributes but for all round performance Kodak technical Pan film 2415 is recommended , with subsequent development in Kodak HC1100 developer for about the suggested time at the manufacturer 's dilution D. |
| 2 | Their first innings made only 205 , with 57 from Smith and 43 from debutante Bailey ( whose reward , after failing in the second innings , was to be dropped against Sri Lanka , one of the most astonishing pieces of selectoral crassness for years ) ; but on the second morning , in real sunshine for about the first time in the rubber , Foster bowled splendidly to decapitate the order . |
| 3 | What we normally do is get together with the rhythm section for about the first week or so — and it 's just heaven because you 're just a small band . |
| 4 | ‘ What 's the matter , San ? ’ the fat woman asked for about the fifth time since they had all trooped in out of the cold . |
| 5 | for about the fifth time |
| 6 | For about the seventh time Folly walked over to the vase on the mantelpiece which held the flowers he had sent her that morning . |
| 7 | ‘ They had just been reconciled for about the 18th time and when work forced them apart he started on the vodka . |
| 8 | For about the hundredth time , I cursed whatever kleptomaniac curmudgeon had walked off the train with my bag . |
| 9 | it 's been on for about the past month |
| 10 | She put my book down , said for about the fourth time how sorry she was that she 'd missed my reading , but she 'd simply felt too shaky . |
| 11 | Erm he 's in Scotland for about the next month , but I 've asked him to do the recordings in the next week . |
| 12 | Negotiations for a concordat had been going on between Spain and the Vatican for about the same length of time as those between Spain and the United States . |
| 13 | Arthur Rackham 's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens in the limited signed edition could be bought in 1960 for around £40-£50 and the Peter Pan Portfolio for about the same amount . |
| 14 | Mm and old Bob down the road , Bob , he has n't been in for about the same sort of time this 'll be his fourth week wo n't it ? |
| 15 | I went to the flicks — I wanted to see Some Like It Hot for about the tenth time and it was being revived at Baker Street . |
| 16 | Isabel asked Ellen for about the tenth time . |
| 17 | But he felt as well something far greater — the sudden joy of life that he had pleaded for as the old eagle 's right , and in pleading for it then had begun at last to claim it as his own . |
| 18 | Diary entries can be coded in a wide number of ways allowing activities to be carefully tracked and even accounted for through the built-in billing system . |
| 19 | Well , let's assume you 're saving the questions for after the second paper . |
| 20 | We had our own bedrooms and that was saying quite a bit , because er the , the nurses home had been built er for the er as a sort of war memorial for after the First World War which was one of the most sensible war memorials I think anyone could have er provided . |
| 21 | I am not sure that the right hon. Gentleman has told the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) that , but perhaps the hon. Gentleman is putting down an early marker for after the next election . |
| 22 | This is to prevent the offeror from acquiring more shares than he bid for under the partial offer , and shareholders in the target from receiving more favourable treatment from the offeror by selling in the market during the 12 months following the partial bid . |
| 23 | The UK and Irish governments meanwhile recommenced regular ministerial meetings as provided for under the Anglo-Irish Agreement . |
| 24 | Modern art is catered for with The Sixties Scene in London by David Mellor ( no relation to Britain 's erstwhile Heritage Minister of that name ) ( £29.95 ) and , most topically , Understanding Hypermedia by Bob Cotton and Richard Oliver ( £25.95 ) which looks at the impact of computer-generated imagery on contemporary art and design . |
| 25 | If the record is not on the centre track the first or last track will be searched , depending on a comparison of the key being looked for with the highest key on the track . |
| 26 | Water sports are particularly well catered for with the advantageous siting of the University overlooking the River Bann . |
| 27 | Water sports are particularly well catered for with the advantageous siting of the University overlooking the River Bann . |
| 28 | Thus , We an now substitute values for into the above equation : Stage 2 : Determination of |
| 29 | Unless the state expanded its pre-school facilities , children would be catered for in the private sector , increasing class divisions . |
| 30 | Several items called for in the Digital Servo Interface are ‘ specials ’ and will not be available locally . |