Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [conj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gainsharing ’ PRP systems , which reward groups rather than individuals for increased productivity , could be one solution , he says . |
| 2 | The speaker planning in the here-and-now , possibly threatened with his interlocutor wanting to take a turn , typically repeats himself a good deal , using the same syntactic structure , the same lexical items , using the first word that comes to mind rather than hunting for the mot juste , filling in pauses with ‘ fillers ’ . |
| 3 | At the grassroots , health initiatives and programmes are seen as ways to strengthen organizations rather than reasons for building them . |
| 4 | What I do find difficult to swallow — we argued long about this — is some strange belief of his that the world is immaterial and that humanity ( if I have it correctly ) is no more than a kind of metaphysical construct projected by nature and relying on words rather than flesh for its continued existence . |
| 5 | Was there erm a canteen there or facilities for you ? |
| 6 | Certain principles have never yet been contested in any court of law so that precedent for their consideration has never been laid down . |
| 7 | The industrial revolution changed the scene dramatically and animals for transport gave way to horses kept for sport and pleasure while the success of veterinary surgeons in raising the health standards of agricultural animals ensured that their services would remain in demand . |
| 8 | First , the settlement house policy of ‘ neighbourliness ’ was trenchantly criticized by young radicals such as George Lansbury and C. F. G. Masterman who saw such movements either as laboratories for ambitious young men or as having lost their initial enthusiasm . |
| 9 | The Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , confirmed in Inverness yesterday that elections for the single-tier authorities would take place less than a year after those due next year for the regional councils . |
| 10 | For active citizenship , therefore , Labour must unite all individuals together and search for common values of citizenship rather than individual ethos . |
| 11 | Probably a blood glucose of 12 mmol/l or above on more than one occasion should indicate oral therapy for the patient on diet alone or insulin for the patient on maximal oral therapy . |
| 12 | As 1992 approaches , the year for the fulfilment of the Single European Market , it is even more important for the Churches of Europe to have a more accurate and comprehensive picture so that strategies for the re-evangelisation of the European Community can be developed . |
| 13 | The protest in Tianjin was perhaps yet another indication of things to come over two years later when respect for the Party had declined still further and Deng Xiaoping had little support left among young intellectuals . |
| 14 | Whether or not any special rule survives for trespassing cattle is not likely to be of any importance now that damages for personal injuries can not be recovered under that head . |
| 15 | But he never explains how such a belief about bones could possibly be held by a dog since it has such obvious linguistic implications particularly as grounds for possession of the human concept . |
| 16 | Their architects or estates departments will quote the precedent of mutilated buildings nearby as justification for allowing another unsuitable , unsympathetic design which will result in further erosion of the town ‘ s character . |
| 17 | The sufferer has to learn to live in reality , blaming self rather than others for his or her own problems and recognising that unconditional love could only be received when it is equally freely given . |
| 18 | Professor Dudek , who had begun to express criticism rather than encouragement for the young poet , went on to speak of ‘ an intellectual disorder ( not only in politics , but in morality and religion ) which leads to a primitive mythological effort to organise chaos … ( it ) proceeds from a state of mind fundamentally disturbed , and bordering on the deeply neurotic or worse . ’ |
| 19 | Although the role of magnetic field structures both as channels for energy supply and for containing hot plasma has long been recognised , it seems that Yohkoh may allow a detailed understanding of some processes involved . |
| 20 | Both establishments had open fronts so that conditions for employees could not have been pleasant during the winter months . |
| 21 | In East Berlin on Feb. 7 the three left-wing citizens ' movements ( New Forum , Democracy Now and Initiative for Peace and Human Rights — by then all represented in the government ) agreed to campaign together as the Electoral Alliance " 90 ( Wahlbündnis " 90 ) . |
| 22 | Charlemagne used his womenfolk indirectly as safety-valves for the resentments of male kin , and directly as props to his own authority . |
| 23 | The growing independence of their children , at each successive stage , can be a matter of concern rather than joy for those who over-commit and over-identify their lives with the nurturing of dependent children . |
| 24 | Now , after almost fifty years we look back and the rich variety of our doings in the years between fulfills the concept of university as a preparation for life rather than training for a specific walk of life . |
| 25 | However , Le Roy Ladurie sees the strikes and uprisings of this period as expressions or frustration rather than campaigns for political change . |
| 26 | Course extended to allow for BEd degrees and honours degrees and Diploma in Higher Education ( the latter retrospectively from 1974 ) ; education approved for all degree and diploma programmes ; also art & design for BEd only and music for BEd and DipHE only , single fields in catering studies , and food & nutrition ( approved for BA and BSc only ) . |
| 27 | Puerto del Carmen 's sandy beach is 450 metres away and stretches for over 2 km , lined with bars and restaurants . |
| 28 | To the chair reasons for my concern here and reason for my asking her whether she will now agree to a full investigation of this service at to be conducted by councillors and for the council to be satisfied that the service can be put right . |
| 29 | France , with a much smaller manpower than Germany ( at most some 6 million potential servicemen to Germany 's nearly 10 million ) , also employed conscription but with a different object , for the French regarded their conscripts principally as reserves for such tasks as garrison duty , while relying on the professional army of some 1 million men quickly to win an opening campaign and then the war . |
| 30 | SIR — I admire Philip Gwinnell 's careful aural scrutiny of the Labour Party broadcast ( letter , April 8 ) , but I feel I should point out , in the interest of accuracy , that ‘ All Together Now ’ was recorded by The Farm rather than Tears For Fears . |