Example sentences of "[adv] or for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is opposed to the occasion value ( true on or for some particular occasion ) which Bolinger sees in adjectives in the postnominal attributive position . |
| 2 | But the question of what pictures are entirely or for practical purposes Bellini 's own is answered largely by personal taste ; there is therefore a considerable divergence of view . |
| 3 | Because it means you can always criticize the individual , for either not having done the job well enough or for having not done it quite the way you thought it ought to be done . |
| 4 | Ordered , That , at the sitting on Tuesday 4th February , the Motions in the name of Mr Francis Maude relating to Supplementary Estimates 1991-92 and Estimates 1992-93 ( Vote on Account ) may be proceeded with , though opposed , until half-past Eleven o'clock or for one and a half hours after the first of them has been entered upon , whichever is the later , at which time Mr. Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of them . |
| 5 | Any lexicographer may obtain entry text for read only or for proofing regardless of ownership or the status of the on-loan flag . |
| 6 | The waning popularity of polyphonic song , whether for voices only or for voices doubled by instruments , during the first half of the seventeenth century , is remarkable all over Europe . |
| 7 | The National Certificate concept of free standing modules introduced flexibility and openness into non-advanced provision by allowing students to enrol for one or two modules only or for programmes of modules to meet the needs of a particular employer . |
| 8 | Isabelle and Eric 's idea of a good night is to listen to music together or for Eric to write his poetry at the coffee table . |
| 9 | Abacus Practice Management runs on Novell and DOS , on an IBM compatible PC and can be configured for stand alone or for a network . |
| 10 | I beg to move , That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for certain descriptions of shops in England and Wales to be open for trade on Sunday , subject to their being registered with the local authority ; to impose a general prohibition on the opening on Sunday of other shops , extending this prohibition to certain business premises which on week-days are open for the service of customers ; to provide protection for persons employed in or for the purposes of a shop which is , or is to be , registered for Sunday opening , where they have conscientious or other objections to working on Sunday ; to make consequential and other repeals in the Shops Act 1950 ; and for connected purposes . |
| 11 | It 's great fun going out straight from work to dance the night away or for a hot date . |
| 12 | With these conditions fulfilled , generally or for the time being locally , people would live as free and tolerant individuals , finding their deepest values in the consequent kinds of human diversity and intimacy . |
| 13 | Firms form regional alliances either generally or for the provision of specific services whether for clients or for the firms themselves . |
| 14 | For elderly people this will be on two levels — a premium for people aged 60 to 79 , and a higher rate for those who are 80 and over or for younger pensioners who are sick or disabled . |
| 15 | Finally , you may wish to subdivide these blocks into smaller areas , either permanently or for short periods for even greater control when strip- or paddock-grazing a ley or for folding stock over roots . |
| 16 | In that case , one way of inflicting a loss of profit in retaliation for reneging on the agreement would be to revert to the NE of the one-shot game , either permanently or for a number of periods sufficient to wipe out the gains from reneging , if that is possible . |
| 17 | Calculating dependency ratios retrospectively or for current circumstances is not problematic . |
| 18 | The other factor that was related to assessments of quality of life was whether people had been in a residential home for a year or more or for a shorter time . |
| 19 | Clearly the most drastic punishment for a firm that has reneged on the collusive agreement would be for the other firms to force it to its security level , either forever or for some specified number of time periods . |
| 20 | But there may be legitimate reasons for incorporating a company which is intended to remain dormant indefinitely or for retaining on the register a company which for the time being has ceased to carry on business but which the members may wish to use at some time in the future for the same or some different business . |
| 21 | However , some forms of analysis — those carried out infrequently or for which the determinand is especially complex or poorly defined — are not amenable to conventional approaches to analytical quality control ( AQC ) . |
| 22 | While this may be true , in part , for acutely disturbed patients , for those who are unable to express themselves clearly or for those with advanced senile dementia , it is not true of most people who depend daily on mental health services . |
| 23 | Were they paid just for tying the boats up or for bringing them up the estuary as well ? |
| 24 | These rates may be exceeded if it is reasonable to do so due to the exceptional competence or expedition with which the work has been carried out or for any other exceptional circumstances ( reg 3(4) ( c ) ) . |
| 25 | She was n't having things all her own way , now or for some little time to come . |
| 26 | You should also note points where a pause could be made for recap on the story so far or for prediction of what might happen next . |
| 27 | Although of course I did n't know her very well or for very long . |
| 28 | The listeners tuned in to the German wavelengths because they found Joyce amusing unintentionally or for his anecdotes , or else because they wished to hear both sides of the argument , or even because they did not trust their own authorities to tell them the whole truth . |
| 29 | The composition of a photograph for the " Truck Drivers Weekly " would be quite different from that for Science Today or for Vogue Magazine . |
| 30 | As he knows , I must decide whether to give this matter precedent over the business set down for today or for tomorrow . |