Example sentences of "for [art] [det] [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 The Union organises meetings of its members , presents a comprehensive entertainments programme on all sites , and provides funds for the many clubs and societies in the University , as well as offering a wide range of services to students .
2 In addition , the proffered certainties of Calvinism had great appeal for the many men and women who were suffering from the dislocation and anxiety produced by a period of unpredictable economic development and rapid social change .
3 Well , keep awake for the few minutes and you might derive a little comfort from knowing what scientists can and ( more important ) can not do .
4 Others , for the same reasons or for what they believe are reasons of legal principle , may argue that no murder is committed , on the basis of the reasoning noted earlier that the ventilator is ‘ prolonging life ’ , and turning it off is an omission permitting death , not a commission causing death .
5 Michael Coward has become trade marketing manager for the same divisions and will eventually be responsible for Johnson Brothers ' similar activities .
6 ( There is often a degree of integration between these ; this aims for the use of the same key-presses for the same effects and allows the transfer of data between functions . )
7 Additionally , in the case of a complete failure to perform to contract at all , the buyer will usually have the right to go elsewhere to a third party for the same goods and to charge the seller for any increase in the price paid to the third party over that payable to the seller .
8 If this were so one would expect measures of inter-hemispheric transmission time to remain roughly constant for the same stimuli and subjects , yet this does not appear to be the case ( Bashore , 1981 ) .
9 Those who return for the same symptoms or are referred may require more attention .
10 WHelan did nt look out of place , but in this match I feel that he and Deane were both looking for the same balls and not really working as a pair .
11 Vivien is not alone in thinking that the European professionals are making a mistake in looking for the same privileges and superstar treatment that is nowadays meted out to their American sisters .
12 They signed up for the same courses and joined the same societies ; they sat together in seminars and went together to the National Film Theatre ; they had sex together and moved together into a one-roomed flat in their second year .
13 On the other hand , Heron ( 1794 ) says that Lewis was destitute of wood except for a few birches and hazels ’ .
14 Ice expected to last some time , but look for a few skimmers and perch at Newport on pole and maggot .
15 The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes .
16 When they had gone and the noise of the engines had faded away , all would be quiet for a few hours and most people on night duty could relax — but not the Met Office , of course .
17 He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field .
18 But for now , she would not allow herself to think , she would rest for a few hours and then make arrangements to deal with business matters .
19 The men and women ( eleven in all ) who met here and talked for a few hours and went their unremarkable ways , were the descendants of the impassioned few Roxborough had gathered around him in the dark days following the failure of the Reconciliation .
20 ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’
21 However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable .
22 They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping .
23 Leave to dry for a few hours or overnight .
24 They chatted for a few minutes but Treloar had nothing more to say .
25 I do n't mind if he reads for a few minutes but that 's it .
26 He and the housekeeper continued to converse for a few minutes and finally he said , ‘ Very well , Mrs Pettifer , sherry at six . ’
27 Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’
28 ‘ We 'll never find her , ’ he told the girl , Anne , ‘ let's just hang about out of earshot for a few minutes and go back . ’
29 Albert Popple stared at the small creature for a few minutes and marvelled at its capacity to kill .
30 We take our clothes off and I stick my penis into you and pull it in and out for a few minutes and white stuff comes out and you say ‘ Is that it ? ’
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