Example sentences of "and [vb base] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In December 1979 I became one of two lesbians and sixty-five gay men providing a twenty-four-hours-a-day information service and helpline for the gay community . |
| 2 | Whatever the colour scheme , whatever the style , these pretty white duvet covers and pillowcases from Lace Lady will fit in like a dream — and make for a good night 's sleep . |
| 3 | The first is that with another ten years of John Paul 's rule , the silencing of awkward bishops and theologians , the appointment to the episcopate of a most carefully selected team of neo-conservatives , a rather traditionalist form of Catholicism will , in fact , harden and remain for a long time effectively unchangeable . |
| 4 | Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear knows his club must keep producing youngsters like two-goal Neill Ardley to enable him to sell big name men and compensate for the low income produced by attendances like the pathetic 3,386 for this game . |
| 5 | But it does need to be borne in mind that although this form of sudden death can create such instantaneous reactions there are also people who hide and keep quiet and suffer for a long time before finding the opportunity to talk to someone about their feelings or until another trigger sets them grieving . |
| 6 | These predisposed combinations are called co-occurrence relations or collocations , and account for a large proportion of English word combinations [ Smadja , 1989 ] . |
| 7 | In spite of knowledge of precautions , injuries from accidents during sport and leisure activities are common-place and account for a significant proportion of emergency admission to hospitals . |
| 8 | As EMS currencies are pegged to each other and account for a big part of each other 's baskets , the stability of the trade-weighted values of the French franc and the D-mark compared with the dollar and the yen is no surprise . |
| 9 | These are known as ‘ transferred cases ’ and account for the vast majority of appeals . |
| 10 | These changes , which were just beginning to develop at the end of Marx 's life have thrown into question much of this original Marxist theory and account for the modern debate about whether or not the capitalist state is always ( or ever ) an instrument which defends the interests of the ruling class in a repressive way . |
| 11 | We believe that methodological limitations of the lactulose hydrogen breath test may explain the present results and account for the reported controversies . |
| 12 | One notable attempt to differentiate between political institutions within a post-colonial state , and account for the relative power of the bureaucracy by reference to the class structure of the colonial legacy , is Meillasoux 's ( 1970 ) study of Mali . |
| 13 | Sweden , who beat England last month , need only avoid a heavy defeat in Poland a fortnight today to head the group and qualify for the final stages . |
| 14 | NCR Corp 's Hauppauge , New York-based subsidiary Applied Digital Data Systems Inc has signed a co-marketing agreement with Structured Software Solutions Inc for ADDS to distribute the latter 's FacetTerm Window and session manager software with ADDS ' AlphaWindow and character terminals , making ADDS the only terminal manufacturer to offer windowing systems on both character and AlphaWindow terminals ; to encourage evaluations , value-added resellers can currently buy a single AlphaWindow terminal and FacetTerm for a reduced price of $350 . |
| 15 | In 1965 Lyndon Johnson told Congress that ‘ If we stand passively by while the centre of each city becomes a hive of deprivation , crime and hopelessness … if we become two people , the suburban affluent and the urban poor , each filled with mistrust and fear for the other … then we shall effectively cripple each generation to come . ’ |
| 16 | support a continued moratorium on hunting the great whales , and push for a similar body to the International Whaling Commission to take responsibility for the 66 small cetaceans currently unprotected |
| 17 | So why not make things hard for yourself and send for the full Just Desks catalogue or call in at our showrooms and see everything else we can offer you . |
| 18 | Contact your local authority to determine what their plans are and press for a coherent strategy that includes maintaining community and voluntary sector initiatives . |
| 19 | In particular , will he urge that the Indonesians should immediately abandon the trial of the two East Timorese survivors and press for a full United Nations investigation ? |
| 20 | He was to express the presbytery 's grave concern over certain aspects of the handling of these cases and press for an urgent review of procedure in suspected child abuse cases . |
| 21 | Recipes in magazines and books ( and cooking times on many pre-packed foods ) are generally based on 600 to 700 W. If you buy a more powerful oven , you 'll need to reduce the cooking time by about 25 per cent , or lower the power level to the equivalent of 600 to 700 W and cook for the normal time . |
| 22 | If the creditors decide to rescind their agreement and sue for the full amount of their debts , can the creditor rely on the agreement as a defence , whether or not he was a party to it ? |
| 23 | ALWAYS known by his initials , J.P.M.Millar for more than 40 years ran the National Council of Labour Colleges ; an organisation which through classes , lectures , weekend and summer schools , and the massive number of correspondent courses organised by his wife Christine , provided shots and shell for the emerging Labour movement . |
| 24 | ALWAYS known by his initials , JPM Millar ran the National Council of Labour Colleges for over 40 years ; an organisation which through classes , lectures , weekend and summer schools , and the massive number of correspondent courses organised by his wife Christine , provided shots and shell for the emerging Labour Movement . |
| 25 | Still stroking my son 's forehead with my left hand , I reach out into the darkness with my right and fumble for the little clock on his bedside table . |
| 26 | Bearing in mind the millions of pounds that the Government raised from privatisations — the selling of the family silver — and all the money that has been raked into the Treasury , should not the Economic Secretary stand at the Dispatch Box and apologise for the economic mess in which the Government have landed this country ? |
| 27 | For final output the system must be able to calculate the number of lines and pages that a section of text will make , generate running heads and feet , and provide for the complete hyphenation , justification , and page make-up of the text . |
| 28 | At this point we might begin to talk about ‘ the state ’ as something which extends beyond government ( and especially beyond the Government of the day ) and the part which it plays in ordering our lives through its claims to guarantee , represent and provide for the common interests of its citizens . |
| 29 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a short while . |
| 30 | If your flow of ideas dries up , return to your central idea and wait for a new thought . |