Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] for which " in BNC.

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1 Those who do their best but , for reasons for which they may not be to blame , are not temperamentally suited to deep involvement in the special problems of the elderly , may have other talents for caring .
2 Political uncertainty , after the Norse invasions which began in the ninth century , forced a need for protection for which services were given in exchange .
3 Indeed , largely owing to Eadmer , it is the only aspect of Anselm 's work as archbishop for which the materials allow a consecutive story to be told .
4 This must seem a promising start for RDS for which first receivers appeared only in 1987 .
5 What is the difference between ( i ) a promise which evidences the amount of payment and ( ii ) a positive bargain which fixes the amount of reasonable remuneration ? ( b ) A does services for B for which a reasonable remuneration would be £100. ( i ) Without discussion , B promises to give A £500 for his services ; ( ii ) A demands £500 , B offers £100 .
6 Before the Prime Minister answers , let me repeat that a Member must ask questions about matters for which the Prime Minister is responsible ; he can not answer for Labour party policies .
7 appraise the internal quality system for elements for which new devolved responsibility is sought ;
8 Where the Crown Court is dealing with an offender for offences for which he has been committed for sentence under Criminal Justice Act 1967. s.56 , whether they are summary or either way , the Court must observe the limitations which would apply in the magistrates ' court to the sentence for those offences .
9 The action arose out of a Privy Council hearing of his appeal against his dismissal from the Singapore bar following his conviction for fraud , when the Privy Council had found that he had been the victim of " grievous injustice " and expressed " deep disquiet that by a series of misjudgments [ he had ] been fined , imprisoned and publicly disgraced for offences for which [ he was ] not guilty " [ see p. 37086 ] .
10 You could buy salmon , which I suspect could have come from the King 's Reach skirting Balmoral ) for 2/6d a pound ; and there was no dearth of whisky for which I had yet to acquire a taste .
11 Taxes Act 1988 , s663 states that Chapter II shall not apply in relation to any income arising under a settlement in any year of assessment for which the settlor is not chargeable to income tax as a resident ( no reference is made to domicile ) in the United Kingdom .
12 Additionally , confidence can be useful for certain types of secrets for which other rights are inappropriate such as the recipe for Coca-Cola or a secret research technique or industrial process .
13 I am writing to acknowledge safe receipt of the Branch donation of £250 for which we are extremely grateful .
14 We say that this perceptron recognises the class of inputs for which f(D) > ½
15 In this chapter we are dealing with a set of phenomena for which there is not a clearly identified name and which therefore presents different faces in different theories .
16 In this connection Hume propounds a kind of utilitarianism for which the good is essentially the useful , in terms of promoting human happiness .
17 This code is machine specific ; that is , it will run only on the type of computer for which it was written .
18 A contributory factor in their campaigns to secure charters was that the peasants who grew the vines around the outskirts of the town found arbitrary and unpredictable seigneurial exactions an intolerable burden on a form of agriculture for which long-term planning was essential .
19 What really matters is not how the horse won , but that he did win , and that in doing so he ended his racecourse career displaying that sparkling but short-lived turn of foot for which he will long be remembered .
20 A good example is that branch of physics for which the title ‘ optoelectronics ’ has been coined .
21 The Jubilee Day display demonstrates all the meticulous organization and mastery of pageantry for which the British have become renowned .
22 ’ I would respectfully accept that the order was justified under paragraph ( a ) but would regard the case as a classic example of the sort of case for which paragraph ( b ) was designed .
23 Accordingly , the proposed Second Banking and Investment Services Directives prohibit member states from subjecting firms from other member states which wish to set up branches or provide cross-border services in their jurisdiction to their own authorisation requirements in the case of activities for which they are already authorised by their home member state .
24 The number of activities for which a person requires a licence are legion .
25 If the provision of legal services is to be limited to those matters in which the sufferer realises that there is a situation of difficulty for which the law provides a means of solution and with which a lawyer can be of assistance much of the pioneering work of law centres would be nullified .
26 The first way to avoid such danger is not to plead any general exclusion clause as a defence to an action for a class of liability for which the UCTA renders exclusion clauses unenforceable .
27 The only totally safe way to proceed is to exclude from the operation of the general exclusion clauses all those classes of liability for which the UCTA imposes a total ban on exclusion clauses .
28 Then , provided the exclusion clause as a whole passes the general requirement of reasonableness as discussed above , the clause will be effective to exclude liability for all the other classes of liability for which the UCTA permits exclusion subject to the requirement of reasonableness .
29 Table 4.3 shows at a glance the magnitude of flows for which various classes of NBFI were responsible in 1987 .
30 N : = the child C of N for which f(C) is largest
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