Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the fourth chronicle , out this month , The Tale Of The Body Thief ( Chatto & Windus £14.99 ) , our old fanged-friend , Lestat , has given up his previous rock star persona and yearns again for human life . |
| 2 | Whenever the so-called yield gap ( long minus short rates ) goes negative , and stays so for longer than two business quarters , past experience suggests that the banks get badly bruised . |
| 3 | This was all very encouraging and bodes well for 1993 . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend is right to remind us that the Universities Funding Council has considerable funds which it receives from the Government and distributes partially for research-based purposes . |
| 5 | If she has a break of , in this illustration , eight years out of employment to rear to children , and works part-time for most of the years when they are still at school , the lifetime earning profile is given by the lower line . |