Example sentences of "for [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to compare the success of different systems , for reasons including the following : |
| 2 | In the United States , for example , there is a discernable preference for products with the technological appeal of a ‘ gadget ’ |
| 3 | ‘ There is no evidence that Hong Kong is used as a base for activities against the Chinese government , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 4 | One observation is essential to the construction of a GP box and that is the location of the vanishing point for diagonals of the squared plan grid , VPd , on the eye level . |
| 5 | The day began at 10 am for rehearsals for the next production but if this proved unsuccessful , it was taken off and the new production rushed on . |
| 6 | Erm I did write er as was suggested asking about erm facilities for cyclists in the potential shopping centre development in Bishop 's Stortford . |
| 7 | They still did n't want both openers out for ducks in the first two overs , nor Jones to follow for 5 . |
| 8 | But the usage in ( 86 ) and ( 87 ) can be used to reverse the argument , and in general each domain ( space and time ) provides fertile ground for metaphors about the other ( see Chapter 3 below ) . |
| 9 | Many developing nations argue that since the industrialized countries are the world 's main polluters , they should pay for improvements in the global environment ; and since they are rich , they should pay for the transfers of technology necessary for the developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions , stop deforestation and carry out other changes . |
| 10 | They propose an improved procedure for the handling of bills ; making legislation easier to follow ; and , of course , the cry for improvements in the present Select Committee system . |
| 11 | thought that , … in preference to the suggestion that there might be more frequent recommendations for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative , it might be possible to introduce a system similar to that adopted in some parts of the United States under which a distinction was made between murder in the first and second degree , the death penalty being reserved for cases of the former kind . |
| 12 | The courts seem to take the view that the minimum mark-up is usually in the region of 50 per cent of the hourly rate , and can rise in personal injury cases to 75 per cent in a very big , difficult case , and could go up as far as 100 per cent or more for cases of the greatest difficulty or where quantum is huge and complex . |
| 13 | We got on well from the moment we met and we still see each other from time to time , and talk for hours about the good old days . |
| 14 | While Bernard will gladly talk for hours about the ambiguous sexual imagery present in everything Suede do — from the photos on their record sleeves to their live performances — his real love , besides his guitar playing , is ultimately songwriting . |
| 15 | Sitting at the table one evening next to Astrid 's mum , Peg , from Massachusetts , he opened up , as one sometimes can , to an interested stranger and spoke for hours about the old days and about his condition and his feelings . |
| 16 | He was famous , people flocked to catch a glimpse of him , they stood for hours in the freezing cold in the hope that he would choose their hand to shake — for no better reason than an accident of birth . |
| 17 | On a good day ( for the parents , that is ) children can be absorbed for hours in the imaginative construction of a world which depends on them alone for its realization and reward . |
| 18 | When she 's happy she can sleep for hours in the same position . |
| 19 | I read it , cover to cover , endlessly , and practised casting for hours in the back garden , on the lawn . |
| 20 | He had experimented for hours in the tiled bathroom . |
| 21 | We heard of daily torture , public hangings , guards who walked about with whips , gas chambers , castrated children and prisoners who lay dead for hours in the communal beds . |
| 22 | After around twenty years of virtual silence , except for chimes at the occasional wedding , the sixteenth century church bells are finally back in place . |
| 23 | The keynote speeches will include ‘ a high-level official from the Commission ’ , currently being finalised , along with Nobel prize winner Dr Arno Penzais , vice president of research at AT&T Bell Labs , Doug Michels of the Santa Cruz Operation , Roel Pieper of Unix System Laboratories and Charles Reilly , vice president for operations at the Open Software Foundation . |
| 24 | FEC have a conditional agreement with Canadair to buy twenty-five Challenger ( LearStar ) 600F cargo aircraft to supplement their Falcon fleet for operations in the 1980s . |
| 25 | These three questions were used in an adapted form for housewives in the present sample . |
| 26 | Lybke 's workshop-gallery , opened in 1985 , soon became a refuge for artists in the former East Germany who were excluded from officially-approved art centres . |
| 27 | This absorption gives the spectacular deep blue that has made it a popular material for ornaments since the Middle Ages . |
| 28 | Then there is the matter of the French Cheddar ( not to be confused with an unidentified English cheese known for generations to the French public as Chester ) now being made down at Castres in the Tarn department of the Languedoc . |
| 29 | This makes them uniquely suitable for investigations into the actual mechanisms of siderite concretion formation . |
| 30 | Perhaps most important is the development of a ‘ Mothers ’ Front ’ to campaign for investigations into the mass ‘ disappearances ’ . |