Example sentences of "for [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first … is the arrangement for bringing to the Joint Intelligence Organisation 's attention information other than intelligence reports . |
| 2 | Both Mac and Morrissey were well known for slagging off the entire rock world outside their own small circles . |
| 3 | Theodosiou was the first to go for stamping in the 72nd minute and Greg Downs followed after protesting at a penalty decision . |
| 4 | The local police no longer stop him for speeding through the sleepy streets of his home town of Riolo Terme , they just pull him over for an autograph . |
| 5 | On Oct. 5 it was reported that a former Minister of State , Ghulam Akbar Lasi , had been given a one-year prison sentence for overspending during the 1988 election campaign . |
| 6 | After years in the wilderness , he became head of the newly-established Institute for Forecasting in the mid-80s . |
| 7 | Each field has a name and space for typing in the corresponding data , and the user progresses from field to field under program control . |
| 8 | The Prime Minister , Shaikh Saad al Abdullah as Salim as Sabah , commuted on June 26 the death sentences imposed on 29 people ( three of them women ) for collaborating with the Iraqi authorities . |
| 9 | Gough , the first Scotland captain to be sent off , faces a one-match ban after his automatic dismissal for handling during the disastrous defeat in Berne . |
| 10 | For all index-linked stocks issued prior to January , 1987 , it is necessary therefore to adjust downward their base for indexing by the multiplicative factor of 100/394.5 . |
| 11 | He improved his championship best to a wind-assisted 10.39 seconds in the 100 metres semi-finals and the organisers have agreed to pay his expenses for competing in the Olympic trials in Birmingham on June 27 and 28 a bonus normally offered only to winners . |
| 12 | In April 1984 the National Development Officer for catering in the Western Division , which includes Strathclyde and Dumfries and Galloway , organised the initial ‘ fleshing out ’ of the catering related modules through the SCFE members from the Western Division . |
| 13 | The degenerate octamer-TAATGANAT oligonucleotides A and C differ only at position 11 ( see Fig. 4A ) and compete equally well for binding to the labelled ICP4 sequence as the completely homologous TAATGARAT sequence B. The Ad2 degenerate octamer-TAATGAR motif oligonucleotide A , which contains the first four bases of the octamer fused to a perfect TAATGARAT motif , seems to be a stronger competitor than oligonucleotides B and C. In summary , the results displayed in Fig. 4B and C clearly show that the POU domain of pou[c] binds with high affinity to the TAATGARAT and degenerate octamer-TAATGAR motifs and with very low affinity ( only detectable after overexposure of GMSA signals ) to the canonical octamer motif . |
| 14 | If this transpires to be the case for binding of the intact 140k protein during VZV infection , numerous possible functional implications of such a broad-ranging conformational effect can be envisaged , including modification of the interactions of transcription factors with DNA or with other proteins , or clearing the promoter of non-specific DNA binding proteins . |
| 15 | This distortion may be important in providing the flexibility needed for binding of the binuclear iron cofactor . |
| 16 | Scarlet had thrown away all her old aluminium pans since she had learned that they might cause Alzheimer 's disease , and she never used tap water for cooking for the same reason . |
| 17 | It is now almost certain that more people in Indian cities will become dependent on kerosene for cooking in the near future . |
| 18 | He advises that while the unit backs onto our store , as a self-contained unit , it should continue to be available for let on the open market . |
| 19 | Wedding and funeral forms , sent in by the families , were passed to me for transposing into the accepted cliches . |
| 20 | The tallship is most famous for appearing in the 70s TV programme , The Onedin Line . |
| 21 | However , both sides cautioned against over-optimistic hopes that treaties on all three issues could be ready for signing at the planned " superpower " summit in Washington in June . |
| 22 | Is this just an aberration , if you look at the road markings , you 'll see it seems to be official , cos the road is marked out for driving on the right , and the reason is that er , traffic law in this country says , that vehicles drive on the left , except in Savoy Street . |
| 23 | Cut out long thin strips for trimming around the top edge of the boat and fix on with a dampened paint brush . |
| 24 | Poor Father O'Hara had contracted cholera and died shortly after the withdrawal to the banqueting hall ; when his body had been heaved over the ramparts for the jackals and pariah dogs ( the only way that remained for disposing of the dead ) , a number of heavy metal beads , crosses , Saints and Virgins had been discovered in his effects . |
| 25 | It goes on to Culworth , where it meets Banbury Lane , and may have proceeded along this Lane to the great markets of Northampton , where the cattle were sold in large numbers for fattening on the rich Midland pastures . |
| 26 | In those days there was considerable emphasis on its carcass quality and 60,000 fat Jutlands were sent to England with another 30,000 lean cattle going for fattening on the German marshes . |
| 27 | SNOOP Cyril Reenan was branded a prying sneak yesterday for eavesdropping on the intimate phone conversation . |
| 28 | Our expedition was the brainchild of a small , rotund , Bombay businessman with a penchant for climbing in the outermost reaches of the Himalayas . |
| 29 | Our idea — which would involve wheeling a building large enough to cover London 's Tower Bridge over the damaged reactor — gained us a $ prize and , more importantly , an automatic place on the short list for bidding for the 3 million ECU feasibility contract . |
| 30 | It was during the Autumn term that certain staff had responsibility for contributing towards the self-appraisal report . |