Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [pron] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the latter he quoted a sentence by Lucian , the second-century Greek rhetorician : ‘ A work of art requires an intelligent spectator who must go beyond the pleasure of the eyes to express a judgement and to argue the reasons for what he sees . ’ |
| 2 | Acting upon information received while sleeping , she draws up her invincible battle plans , foils the conspiracies of assassins , learns of the infidelities and corruptions for which she blackmails both her loyalists ( to ensure their support ) and her opponents ( to ensure theirs ) . |
| 3 | We have had occasions where people have mis-dialled when they 've put on their diversion , and it 's gone to somewhere completely different , and the people at the other end can not understand why they 're getting phone calls for somebody who does n't work in their office . |
| 4 | If the intermediary 's client is to be treated as the firm 's customer and a two-way customer agreement is required for him , it can be entered into with the intermediary ( if there is more than one indirect customer ) , and can cover all the clients for whom he acts . |
| 5 | The only clients for whom he has little or no sympathy are psychopaths ( ‘ a real bugbear ’ ) : he believes they waste volunteers ' time and can not be helped . |
| 6 | The County Council is providing free counselling sessions for anyone who decides that smoking 's just too much of a fag . |
| 7 | Perhaps expansion is taking the company into areas for which it has no expertise . |
| 8 | Using this as his measure of , Lucas can carry out a separate regression of on and for each of the countries for which he has data , once he has solved the problem of how to measure for each country . |
| 9 | I can see nothing in principle to prevent a contemnor applying to the first instance court to be released from custody on the ground that the failure to serve him with the committal order has kept him in ignorance of the contempts for which he has been imprisoned and that , in the circumstances , justice requires his release . |
| 10 | He singles them out for favour … [ especially ] Arabs for whom he has a particular affection . ’ |
| 11 | Will the Prime Minister please answer the matters for which he has responsibility ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But now instead of providing cut flowers for the gentry at the big house , David is supplying plants for anyone who wants to beautify their gardens . |
| 14 | The duty to a lawful visitor only extends so long as , and so far as the lawful visitor is making what can reasonably be contemplated as an ordinary and reasonable use of the premises by the lawful visitor for the purposes for which he has been invited . |
| 15 | I think that we are on the verge of a major reorientation in language description — one that will create problems for anyone who thinks that the facts are known . |
| 16 | Contrasting Mr Donovan 's distress with that of victims of industrial injury , the judge said : ‘ You should have in mind it is not a case where you are awarding damages for someone who has suffered some physical injuries which will be with him for the rest of his days . |
| 17 | The right to a trade mark can be assigned only in connection with the goodwill of the business concerned in the goods for which it has been registered , and comes to an end with that goodwill . |
| 18 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 19 | The breach of duty consists not of allowing the conflict of interest to arise because that is often outside the control of the director , but of the director 's preferring his own personal interests to those of persons for whom he acts as fiduciary , or of taking advantage of such a position . |
| 20 | This must be why his collection is , despite the inclusion of some beautiful and thrilling descriptive writing , less readable than those predecessors for which one reaches when tucked up in bed on a stormy night . |
| 21 | ( She also does all the lovely flower arrangements for which she has won an award . ) |
| 22 | His desk is rimmed with pictures of prominent people — a senator , a Saudi prince , an ambassador — patients for whom he has retarded death by cancer . |
| 23 | Traditionally , the data processing department has been an organisational entity — independent of all the user departments for which it processes information . |
| 24 | Gober 's exhibition comprises four rooms wallpapered with the artist 's own designs and filled with the sculptures for which he has become celebrated : several untitled wax legs with candles , the wax hermaphroditic torso , the wedding dress , the bags of cat litter and the drains sunk into the gallery 's walls . |
| 25 | It is a complex chart underlining the essential interlinking between the trainees for whom he has responsibility and other departments and personnel . |
| 26 | YOU MAY BE one of those millions of people suffering from backache , stiff neck , headaches , arthritis or other symptoms for which there seems to be no answer . |
| 27 | Will the Secretary of State take this chance — one of his last — to apologise to pensioners for what he has done ? |
| 28 | All this second-generation old school stuff is shite on wheels and has led to the emergence of the Old School Fool , a mug with a large disposable income who is prepared to cough up half a week 's wages for anything he perceives to be pre-Day-Glo sportswear . |
| 29 | But equally , the buried incestuous temptation invoked by the seductive mother may result in the same man being profoundly moved and sexually attracted to distressed women for whom he has no emotional responsibility . |
| 30 | Memorex Telex Corp said last week that it will adopt Unix System V.4.2 for its server and desktop product lines in order to offer more options for what it claims is the second-largest installed base of IBM Corp peripheral products worldwide . |