Example sentences of "for [pron] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People took them in for them other people what was sick but we did n't never have no dosh . ’ |
| 2 | As a treat for her large staff , who had been so assiduous over the period of moving in , Amy encouraged them to go . |
| 3 | And Britain 's golden girl at the Barcelona Olympics , farmer 's daughter Sally Gunnell , is rewarded for her thrilling 400m hurdles win with the MBE . |
| 4 | Last month the Inland Revenue announced that Michael Hopkins — who cleverly bridges the divide between high-tech and traditional craftsmanship — had won the competition for its new headquarters in Nottingham . |
| 5 | On the contrary , BMW — which is to celebrate its 75th anniversary soon — greeted the announcement of the S-class with undisguised glee while sitting back to count record orders for its new 3-series and boast about production figures for its V12 — now running at 80 per day when the original target had been 10 to 15 . |
| 6 | Tobacco-to-insurance conglomerate BAT , awaiting a threatened bid from Sir James Goldsmith 's Hoylake , yesterday unveiled nine-month profits up 17 per cent at £1,228million , putting the group firmly on course for its promised £2billion total by the year-end . |
| 7 | Tobacco-to-insurance conglomerate BAT , awaiting a threatened bid from Sir James Goldsmith 's Hoylake , yesterday unveiled nine-month profits up 17 per cent at £1,228million , putting the group firmly on course for its promised £2billion total by the year-end . |
| 8 | Dansk Data Electronik A/S , Herlev , Denmark , is claiming a world record SPECrate — int92 performance of 8,383 for its eight-way Mips R4000-based Supermax Multiserver system . |
| 9 | Luxury clothing retailer Burberrys has invited a number of agencies to pitch for its estimated £1.5m international business . |
| 10 | Pacific Telesis Group Inc 's Pacific Bell unit named Northern Telecom Ltd as its primary vendor for its five-year $650m project to deploy Synchronous Optical Network equipment : the Canadian will supply S/DMS TransportNode OC-3 , OC-12 and OC-48 network equipment to handle local loop and inter-office communications requirements and the equipment will also be incorporated into Pacific Bell 's Asynchronous Transfer Mode broadband network ; the Baby Bell said that the investment in fibre optics and associated electronics advances its plans for a statewide all-digital network . |
| 11 | Noted for its phenomenal roach catches in the 100–200lbs bracket with specimens over 2lb , the tiny river by Irish standards is at its best during the spring when the huge roach shoals migrate from the nearby loughs in readiness for spawning . |
| 12 | Matsushita , along with Time-Warner and others , also has an alliance with 3DO , a new Californian firm with bold ambitions for its interactive multi-media machines . |
| 13 | Our county council always has enough money for the obscure and the daft , but when it comes to providing for its old people 's homes , it does not have money . |
| 14 | Well , a look at the Mizuno brochure will tell you that , when used in conjunction with graphite and boron , it assists in the provision of impact resistance and vibration dampening while increasing stiffness for its pro Series 9.2 , the top of the range racket for the advanced club or professional player and racket which retails for £139 . |
| 15 | Michael Heseltine , secretary of state for the environment , has refused Leigh Environmental planning permission for its proposed £20m waste incinerator near Doncaster . |
| 16 | Prince of Persia was lauded for its beautiful graphics and excellent animation . |
| 17 | Pomegranate — an Asian shrub or small tree cultivated in semi-tropical regions for its edible fruit — derives from Latin pomum meaning ‘ apple ’ and grenate meaning ‘ full of seeds ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Two farm workers were out early in the morning , looking for their lost sheep . |
| 19 | Margaret McLaren , Britannia Life 's American investments manager responsible for their top-performing £15m fund , said : ‘ We still look favourably on the American market which generally rises in an election year but is down so far this year . |
| 20 | The Chinese have realised that they can not build homes for their rural people out of modern materials , even though ingenious mini-cement plants and oval shaped multi-chamber brick kilns have been promoted throughout the communes of China . |
| 21 | Every year the local division ( or diocese ) of the Salvation Army holds special meetings for their young people , called Councils , like a war council , because so many of their terms are military . |
| 22 | Although the Australians were late starters in the fine wine field today , they make great , exciting new wines which are famed for their upfront fruit character and good structure . |
| 23 | Most parents , meanwhile , will count themselves lucky to get a competent professional for their beloved offspring . |
| 24 | Both bad succeeded to a battered inheritance and both had chosen an expansionist policy in order to quell unrest in England and provide lands for their numerous offspring . |
| 25 | Ask yourself , ‘ What precisely is it I wish my child to say and/or do when I am asking him/her to be good , polite , helpful , kind ? ’ ( or any of those other vague goals parents set for their bemused offspring ) . |
| 26 | Mr Allan Edwards , director of the Anglers Co-operative Association , would be opposing all applications to abstract more water from the chalk streams of southern Yorkshire , which are famous for their wild trout . |
| 27 | SGI 's Iris GL has already been endorsed by large sections of the industry , including DEC , IBM , Microsoft Corp and Intel Corp , as a standard for their high-end graphics developments . |
| 28 | The first commercial companies to follow suit were public utilities such as some railway and gas companies , which started pension schemes for their clerical staff from the 1840s onwards . |
| 29 | Other European countries will need to start raising taxes sooner to pay for their old people . |
| 30 | In 1991 , the latest year for which official statistics are available , almost four times as many men committed suicide as women — 252 , compared with 66 . |