Example sentences of "to [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brigit , 45 , will be seen in the first commercial this week playing a mum worried about her daughter going to university for the first time . |
| 2 | The practical transfer function is very close to unity for the required direct component of the potential difference if low-loss reactors are incorporated yet is very tiny at the ripple frequency if is made very small compared with the ripple pulsatance ( 200π for full-wave rectification , since the ripple to be smoothed is at twice the mains frequency ) . |
| 3 | Galvin , Swindon 's Irish winger , has recovered from injury , while Parkin returns to defence for the suspended Gittens . |
| 4 | It was probably in consequence of this great accession of landed wealth that Holland was summoned to Parliament for the first time in July 1314 . |
| 5 | Chairman , if I could just er , erm , some words that are n't included in this pa paper , I understand that the Deregulation Bill is published on the eighteenth erm , and presented to Parliament for the first reading , erm , it 's still far from clear what 's going to be said in it , but erm , it 's still widely expected that in fact , on major contentious issues will in fact be the suggestion that sections of Acts of Parliament will , could be revealed by ministerial order rather than go through the parliamentary process again . |
| 6 | More importantly , it is essential to make statutory provision for a framework of public audit in this country sufficient to ensure accountability to Parliament for the wider range of public expenditure now and in the future . |
| 7 | The government ( Cmnd 9008 , 1983 ) summarised its economic case thus : ‘ Ministers are accountable to Parliament for the broad conduct of the economy … . |
| 8 | The middle class is growing and the military is no longer the only path to advancement for the poor but able . |
| 9 | It was a very hot and sunny day in 1987 when I went to Semerwater for the open air service , and Yorkshire 's largest natural lake was a hive of activity . |
| 10 | Well erm , I 've just come up and and the accident so I 'm only entitled to money for the first four days . |
| 11 | Some black children may have had their first experience of Jamaican Creole from reggae lyrics , while others may have been attracted to Creole for the first time because of the music . |
| 12 | The switch back to Creole for the single word " though " is particularly striking . |
| 13 | Intellectual fascination with communism had been a feature of the 1930s ( naturally enough given the gloom and despair of that period ) and Communist Party membership surged during the war in response to admiration for the Russian military effort . |
| 14 | In the Life , he makes a number of references — to Johnson 's high regard for a man he knew to be in hiding in London on account of having borne arms in the ‘ 45 ; to the curious fact that Johnson wrote almost not at all during the year 1745 — though Boswell , a windblown reed at best where politics were concerned , attributes this to preparation for the great Dictionary , rather than to any politically-induced melancholia . |
| 15 | The former Test fast bowler , emerging briefly from retirement to play for the Australian Cricket Board Chairman 's XI , produced a cameo performance that captivated a 6,000 crowd . |
| 16 | Speaking to a gathering at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations , Bush stressed , however , that the Soviet Union 's full membership in the world economic community depended on a programme of political reform including a commitment to freedom for the Baltic states , a return of the four Kurile islands to Japan , an end to Soviet military aid to Cuba and deeper cuts in defence expenditure . |
| 17 | The report , entitled Assessment of Constraints on Space Shuttle Launch Rates , also notes that additions to the maintenance system and equipment will be needed to bring down ‘ turnaround ’ time — the period from landing to readiness for the next flight . |
| 18 | When it appeared enthusiasm for the fantasy turned to indifference for the real thing . |
| 19 | In this machine , some of the work Unisys has been carrying out with academic partners such as Caltec , JPL and with French microkernel specialists Chorus Systemes , will come to light for the first time . |
| 20 | I recently returned to Bali for the first time since my Los Angeles house burned down . |
| 21 | Deep anxiety may cause obsessive behaviour , fanaticism or a strict adherence to religion for the wrong reasons . |
| 22 | Indeed , the company 's relocation package recognised the fact that the Thames acted as a barrier to relocation for the Kent-based employees and made provision for them to make four paid visits to view accommodation . |
| 23 | True , it might be a genuine enquiry , but it could be Nigel Steen relating him to Jacqui for the first time . |
| 24 | The West German Finance and Economics Ministers , Theo Waigel and Helmut Haussmann , also visited Moscow , on Aug. 24-25 , to discuss matters relating to assistance for the Soviet economy and German-Soviet economic and technological co-operation . |
| 25 | The processes of school internal evaluation are recommended by the Hargraves Report , ‘ Planning for School Development : Advice to Governors , Headteachers and Teachers 1989 ’ , as the way to organise School Development Planning , a widely endorsed approach to management for the effective school of the 1990's . |
| 26 | Not only have I used whisky instead of the brandy usually specified in pork and liver pâté recipes , which is a question of only about two , but two important , tablespoons to 1½ lb. of the mixture , but I have resorted also to rum ( white rum is especially useful in the kitchen ) and to gin for the same purpose , and the results have been excellent . |
| 27 | Particular attention was paid on Sept. 28-29 to compensation for the aggrieved party ; to non-violation complaints under Article XXIII:1 ; and to binding arbitration as an option of settling disputes . |
| 28 | The new owner and Gaselee must now decide whether to send Party Politics to Fairyhouse for the Irish Grand National . |
| 29 | It 'll change as you get older erm you wo n't necessarily just have that all the time we used to run these courses for students who had just come out of college and they were joining their company to work for the first first time and we used to do this and we used to find that many of the people who had just taken out the job for the first time had very very flat scores . |
| 30 | Even if they return to work for the same firm when their children go to school their seniority is lost . |