Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shift we commend — from a stance which teachers view as authoritarian and bureaucratic to one founded on professional partnership — is not only preferable in terms of the quality of relationships within the Authority , but is also far more likely to deliver the very improvements in professional practice for which the Primary Needs Programme was established . |
| 2 | Or he may try to trade in that idea for something he might think would be almost as valuable , the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Germany . |
| 3 | Well that 's why I said to you , and , and Laura , er to James , no way would we get ourselves in that position for you you have your lives to lead |
| 4 | It is worth noting , however , that Richards 's concept of poetry is similar to that which we have encountered in the previous two chapters , in that poetry for him is simply shorthand for literature that has aesthetic value ; his belief was that the value of literature as a whole lay entirely in its use of the emotive function of language . |
| 5 | Maitrey , too , offered Gooch consolation , saying : ‘ The ball was turning in that net for anyone who bowled . |
| 6 | He does n't want to know anything about you , and what he 's , and it 's got age , sex , erm , it 's acc , A C C , he 's after your accent , could you just put the county that you , you were from please , in that column for him . |
| 7 | Well it seems to me that there was obviously enough information in that plan for you to be able to understand very very clearly what , what was wanted and what was going to be done . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll drop in that baccy for you tonight , Mr Miller . |
| 9 | This sets up Charge Code 0001 as the directory pointed to by the system-wide logical name LSTRAIN_CC0001 , and all material whose name is reserved under that Charge Code will reside in that directory for it 's life cycle . |
| 10 | And there is nowhere in that area for them to go . |
| 11 | Once modifications are complete and the approver registers his approval of the package , LIFESPAN then automatically confers approval on every module in that package for which approval is sought . |
| 12 | The end result might only be a slight scratch , but the potential might have been in that situation for something a lot worse . |
| 13 | Politicians and administrators were ill-equipped to handle the problems of working men caught up in bloody enterprise for which they were not responsible . |
| 14 | The year 1890 was also a very significant year in deaf history for it saw the birth of the British Deaf and Dumb Association . |
| 15 | It has an important place in European history for it was here that the peace treaty was signed that finally brought an end to the War of the Spanish Succession . |
| 16 | Mr Profumo was in top gear for his final paragraphs : ‘ With its mutilations , voyeurism , in-jokes , phantasmagoric idiolect and cruel humour , this is a harrowing and quite extraordinary book . |
| 17 | My second 's in BROWN COAT for which I 'm renowned . |
| 18 | Although Smith 's contemporaries held him in high regard for his remarkable administrative skill and consummate powers of conciliation , few had any understanding of his real scientific achievement until the Academy 's prize brought him posthumous international recognition . |
| 19 | It was in direct reprisal for their raid on British ships in Scapa Flow a few nights before when bombs had been dropped on land and killed one civilian . |
| 20 | In substance and spirit there is much in her portrayal that coincides with the stereotype of woman found in medieval antifeminist literature : lascivious and insatiable , alluring to men , drawing them to a fall — e.g. tempting the monk to sin , and befooling her husband ( or , more seriously , tempting him to indulge in sexual intercourse for its own pleasure and indeed for its cash value ) . |
| 21 | This can then be used to estimate demand for the product in another country for which statistics are not available . |
| 22 | As the final notes quivered into silence and he left the stage to tumultuous applause , she rose to her feet in spontaneous acclaim for his effort . |
| 23 | LIFESPAN will also create files in this directory for its own use — each LIFESPAN Process writes a command file here which will route users to the correct process when they wish to use LIFESPAN . |
| 24 | You do n't just say , ‘ Give me a hand in this campaign for everyone to put out their dustbins ’ You try to get the mayor to do it , or Princess Diana to do it , or a hundred-year-old lady , in the district or Rumanian orphans . |
| 25 | In this fable for our computer age , a computer freak Joe Jenkins becomes obsessed by a computer game in which he has to save a goldfish . |
| 26 | There may be nothing else in this trick for you , but you could get dead finding out . ’ |
| 27 | Sainsbury 's sponsored one of the nine categories — Press Advertising — and found that it also received a certificate in this category for its graduate recruitment campaign . |
| 28 | Maltings engineer , ( father of ) , and the maintenance team deserve special mention in this feature for their combined skill in keeping essential plant operational and for their assistance with new installation . |
| 29 | Obviously the rig does not always conveniently lie in this position for you , so you must swim the rig into position with a strong leg action . |
| 30 | ‘ I guess that things would have to change very , very materially in conditions of childcare support in this country for us to see a dramatic rise [ in women returners ] . |