Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ ( The word ‘ alone ’ in this sentence is best glossed as : ‘ alone except for my parents , my sister , the servants , our dog , Caroline 's goat , and my regular visits from Alfred le Poittevin ’ . ) |
| 2 | We had been outside the village of El Ouata — we would have been inside but for him . |
| 3 | Basically I do n't listen to anyone properly except for me . |
| 4 | Basically I do n't listen to anyone properly except for me . |
| 5 | But better for him to be in a lavatory somewhere than for him to be sick on the programme ! |
| 6 | I have said before from the Dispatch Box that the attitude of other parties in the House to that Act is a matter for them rather than for me . |
| 7 | And last night she said : ‘ I am old , and by now this is something for my family really rather than for me . |
| 8 | Thankfully , he has seen this simple act as one of friendship rather than for what it really is — I am afraid of him and I want him on my side . |
| 9 | May we reserve our admiration for the qualities people have rather than for what they own . |
| 10 | My peers are more tolerant , more willing to accept me for what I am rather than for what I might produce or become in the hierarchy . |
| 11 | It is possible that one of the epitaphs Leapor wrote was for Mary Freemantle , rather than for her own mother as first seems likely [ ML , 1 , 263 ] . |
| 12 | For his universally lauded efforts , successful or continuing , to help resolve diplomatically such issues as Namibia , Afghanistan , Iran-Iraq , Western Sahara , Central America , Kampuchea , Cyprus and the Middle East , Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar is deemed a ‘ classic bureaucrat ’ , while the peace-keeping forces are recalled for their funny names rather than for their receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize last year . |
| 13 | Unlike Vietnam and El Salvador , this is a situation where America 's military might can be used for good , rather than for their own political ends . |
| 14 | For the most part , however , Elizabethans preferred to be remembered for their ancestry and achievements rather than for their piety , and in order to impress succeeding generations of parishioners , they incorporated into their monuments inscriptions , heraldic devices , and portraits of themselves in their lavish official robes . |
| 15 | The argument is that provided they do use their power for the benefit of the public rather than for their own personal gain that power is legitimate . |
| 16 | They must exercise their powers in the interests of the exchange , rather than for their own benefit . |
| 17 | Those in work are paying for the pensions of those past retirement age at the current time , rather than for their own pensions in the future . |
| 18 | Maybe it is for myself I mind , rather than for him ! 'T IS not so much that Richard is bound for sanctuary — as that I am denied such privilege . |
| 19 | In a report , Gould suggested to high-ranking Sandinistas that the President 's uniform might be working against him , rather than for him . |
| 20 | And yet , what is required , if teachers are ever to enjoy the prestige of true professionals , is to encourage them to reach out into the society they are there to serve , rather than for them to retreat behind their school walls . |
| 21 | it 's not easy to recognise solvent misusers and it 's hard for shopkeepers to know whether a young person will use a product for sniffing rather than for its legitimate purpose . |
| 22 | Indeed , discussions of this aspect often seem to consider the function of health services to be to compensate for deprivation itself rather than for its health damaging effects . |
| 23 | Unlike these cities , Dublin is thought of first and foremost for its literary heritage , rather than for its art . |
| 24 | Further , those who requested such facilities wanted them for others — those who had been ‘ mollycoddled ’ by their parents and by their teachers in special schools — rather than for themselves . |
| 25 | The more the standards are imposed by the teacher , the more the pupils are ‘ working for their teacher ’ , rather than for themselves . |
| 26 | I suspected the question was meant for my amusement rather than for his own enlightenment . |
| 27 | Men like Gay-Lussac sought laws rather than risking theories ; and Davy declared ( Works , VII , 93ff. ) that Dalton 's Royal Medal from the Royal Society was for his laws of chemical combination , rather than for his atomic hypothesis . |
| 28 | Brown himself was expelled from the Obstetrical Society in 1867 for failing to obtain the consent of his patients and their husbands to the operation , rather than for his methods per se . |
| 29 | and for you to then actually have seen it sort of write it down rather than for someone just calling out to you . |
| 30 | Putting a case more forcefully or asking for greater involvement from others is likely to get attention for your content rather than for your new style . |