Example sentences of "for this [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Moreover no proper name can fulfil its function as a proper name without certain descriptions that specify the conditions under which the name in question can be significantly applied , but it does not follow for this that names are ultimately " reducible " to descriptions ; i.e. that , in the final analysis , there is no real difference between them at all . |
| 32 | Consumption financed from government transfers ( pensions etc. ) rose from 5 per cent of GDP in 1952 to 10 per cent in 1973 , and it was partly to pay for this that the average proportion of incomes taken by direct taxation rose from 16 per cent in 1952 to 22 per cent in 1973 . |
| 33 | Evidently I did not see fighters go down that day but I know they did but this was a first realization as if there was somebody up there to kill me and I guess this is the point at which you realize that you are going to kill them before they kill you and all of a sudden we are in combat all our lives and we take a complete change in outlook from everything because up to now everything had been practise and training just for this except we did not have that realization that they are there to kill us , who 's gon na be killed first ? |
| 34 | There seems to be some justification for this since most of the contemporary debate has been concerned with accountability in a ‘ strict ’ or contractual sense . |
| 35 | You 'll pay for this before it 's over . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ I think they can make a much more plausible case for this than the invasion of Grenada [ in 1983 ] or the Dominican Republic in the Sixties , ’ said an American university law professor , Mr Robert Goldman . |
| 37 | There is no doubt that conditions in these towns , particularly in the first half of the nineteenth century , were dreadful but Professor Hoskins seems more anxious to apportion blame for this than to explain why it happened , which is perhaps more important . |
| 38 | A more precise source for this than archaeology is the record of tax assessments , and more particularly the grants of tax relief which were made in the fifteenth-century reassessments . |
| 39 | There is a particular need for this if the school programme concentrates on reading-scheme materials that do not offer the narrative , emotional , or language rewards of ‘ real ’ books . |
| 40 | There may be some justification for this if you are trying to explain away your overdraft to the bank manager yet again . |
| 41 | You should make it clear that she is welcome to entertain any of her friends at home at reasonable times , and help her to cater for this if necessary . |
| 42 | Use your own container for this if you wish — details of suitable ones will be sent with your booking form . |
| 43 | We can appreciate one reason for this if we examine the question , not from the viewpoint of symptoms used to try to distinguish schizophrenia from affective psychosis , but by looking at the underlying psychological processes that are responsible for the two states . |
| 44 | Fuel-burning appliances need an adequate supply of air to work efficiently and safely , so unless they have balanced flues , the rooms where they are sited must contain provision for this if they are well sealed against natural draughts . |
| 45 | So again we 're going to come back to several themes in a fairly repetitive way , and we — do n't forgive us for this if you do n't like it , but we 're certainly going to talk about certain things again and again and again , but what it really comes down to , is ‘ Learn what the media 's all about , learn what they want , learn what you can provide , see whether you can match this , in a sense , and see whether you can make it work to your advantage ’ . |
| 46 | We must not blame him for this for he is a product of the evolution which used that very ruthlessness to make him just what he is , and what we all are at the beginning of our lives . |
| 47 | Be prepared for this and ensure that you are close at hand with a reverse punch . |
| 48 | Substance and bundle dualism for this and other reasons are rather unpopular . |
| 49 | The relatively low slewing rate of the LM308A is responsible for this and imposes a limit on clock frequency of 15kHz if such an eventuality is at all likely . |
| 50 | For this and other achievements they deserved the recognition as Lions officially denied them — just as the whole Lions tour party had deserved to be invited to Paris . |
| 51 | This is grievous news , grievous not only for this and other universities but for the nation ; for it is a grave national misfortune to be governed by those who do not know what a university is and what distinguishes it from other institutions of learning and study , not to mention training . |
| 52 | He was rewarded for this and more with a Bulgarian sentence of death and a British MBE . |
| 53 | There are probably many reasons for this and I shall mention only a few of the important ones . |
| 54 | He had worked out a basic form for this and photocopied it , leaving blanks to type in the appropriate names . |
| 55 | Annuals and tender perennials are best for this and provide a vast range of colours and textures . |
| 56 | She was to travel the twenty miles by train , into the city , and they were to meet , in the restaurant of Marshall and Snelgrove , to have coffee and talk , to shop together for this and that , a new spring suit , some curtain material , a lampshade and the Ceylon tea nobody would stock in the village , and back for lunch , and then for tea , with aching feet and happy conversation , until their trains home . |
| 57 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
| 58 | So its scheme is , for this and other reasons , profoundly dishonest . |
| 59 | He despised himself for this and consequently admired Elsie all the more . |
| 60 | I will of course let my client know that Mr Makaroupides takes full responsibility for this and that will take a weight off his mind . |