Example sentences of "[coord] for what " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dorian Gray describes moments when ‘ the passion for sin , or for what the world calls sin ’ is utterly overwhelming |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | No responsibility for what he did or for what happens to him afterwards . |
| 4 | Then , in mid December , under pressure from the museum 's board of trustees , he resigned , stating , ‘ a resignation — no matter whose or for what — is always a sad event , but , in this case , the best interests of a great museum have been kept firmly in mind ’ . |
| 5 | Nagel observes that ‘ it is intuitively plausible that people can not be morally assessed for what is not their fault , or for what is due to factors beyond their control ’ . |
| 6 | If we hope to understand human language and the psychological capacities on which it rests , we must first ask what it is , not how or for what purposes it is used . |
| 7 | ‘ You have no idea who might have taken it , or for what purpose ? ’ |
| 8 | With the best will in the world , I am not responsible for what was said over the weekend or for what may to be a contradiction . |
| 9 | We have liked him for being into free speech and free love , and for what he has to say about convergences of the two , and about the curbs which revolution and its regimes has placed on them . |
| 10 | And certainly that other main arm of executive control — the army — seems little better at this than the police , for the number of participant accounts of their deep structures remains negligible , supporting McCabe 's ( 1980 ) contention that we should be asking of all of these costly institutions , ‘ who is to be controlled by whom and for what reasons ? ’ |
| 11 | He does not , however , retract his proposal that the precepts of the imagist manifesto are still the best rules of thumb for ‘ the neophyte ’ , the beginner in his ‘ prentice-work ; and for what it is worth my own experience in the workshop certainly bears that out . |
| 12 | ‘ Our livelihoods , our environment , our heritage are all being put under threat , ’ says Peter Shanley of the militant Mayo Environmental Group ( MEG ) , ‘ and for what ? |
| 13 | I 'd come 7,000 miles at three days ' notice — and for what ? ’ |
| 14 | And for what ? |
| 15 | And for what ? |
| 16 | But the very nature of advice can only be understood if we understand in what spirit it is meant to be offered and for what reasons it is meant to be taken . |
| 17 | It can be assessed only by its appropriateness , but this depends entirely on what the pupil is writing about and for what purpose ( and so has a cross-curricular dimension ) . |
| 18 | Ensure that it gives full details of prices , cancellation rights , a timetable for the work , any Guarantee which will apply to the work or materials and for what period of time . |
| 19 | If so , by whom and for what offences ? |
| 20 | As a hungry little lad my stomach occasionally overruled my manners and the Grace would include a parenthetic rebuke such as , ‘ For what we are about to receive ( and for what Stewart has already eaten ) we give You thanks … ’ |
| 21 | When , and for what reason ? ’ may be asked . |
| 22 | And for what ? |
| 23 | How far , and for what purpose do I attempt to integrate areas hitherto taught separately ? |
| 24 | They trusted her for it ; an outlier psion could not go running to Them and reveal who hired her and for what reason . |
| 25 | If you shared this assault , you might lose control of your Mamelukes ’ conduct , and for what they did , the King would have an excuse to retaliate . |
| 26 | We know then that the legend is false and that it became attached to a much older custom , but what was the Horngarth itself and for what purpose was it erected ? |
| 27 | Aileen is proud of her family for their support and for what they have achieved . |
| 28 | If it does not use this approach would you feel positive or negative about introducing such a system and for what reasons ? |
| 29 | In our view he was primarily responsible for the fabrication and for what has taken place since . |
| 30 | His choice of words shows how thoroughly he has identified with his subject , and for what reason . |