Example sentences of "for [noun pl] [conj] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Irenes are a group of semi-double-flowered zonals , ideal plants for beginners and equally at home in a pot and a border .
2 Where the Ministry of Defence has occupied land for generations or even for centuries , will my hon. Friend ensure that in disposing of it the Ministry will work as closely as possible with local authorities to ensure that it is developed consistently in accordance with the wishes of local people ?
3 And that should be good not only for researchers but also for research and those who rely on it to help in improving the education they give , and receive .
4 But trainer Ronnie Davies — tongue nowhere near cheek — insists Eubank 's annoying habit stems partly from contempt for opponents and partly from the fact that he is blood brother , so to speak , to the greatest showman of them all , Muhammad Ali .
5 Knowing my right hon. Friend 's concern for birds and particularly for our very valuable poultry industry , will he keep an eye on the latest scare for our ’ bootiful ’ turkey industry and ensure that that nonsense about which we are hearing — podo dermatitus — does not turn out to be a load of gobbledegook ?
6 It was also to incorporate the sabra or prickly pear , the cactus which is a symbol of Israel , to provide hope for the future not only for Jews but also for all the persecuted people of the world .
7 This gives a crisper , brighter light than a normal light bulb , and is used outside for floodlights and inside for uplighters .
8 Camillo had not been in the attic for months and perhaps for years .
9 Such a permit , which might cost £75 a year for cars and up to £750 for heavy lorries , would cost all motorway-users the same .
10 It made little difference that these needles had been for injections and not for some sinister Chinese purpose .
11 All workers are assumed to have continuous twice differentiable ( indirect ) utility of income functions , denoted by where denotes the net wage , which is given by w for non-unionists and by for paid-up unionists .
12 As part of the policy of accountability and choice , local education authorities and school governors have a duty to provide information not only for parents but also for prospective parents and the public generally .
13 The heavens were studied not only for omens but also for the sake of the calendar .
14 From this one might interpret ecclesiastical coinage as money originally minted for pious purposes , for alms and perhaps for tithe , which then moved into general circulation in a society in which many different types of coinage were accepted .
15 This theory appears true in the Belfast area for loyalists but not for republicans .
16 Tears stung her eyes a moment at the thought of her sister losing her identity ; Jezrael asked herself if the grief was for Ches or selfishly for her own loss .
17 It stood empty for years and then in nineteen ten some benefactor purchased it .
18 Each alert head looks for problems but not for fault-finding .
19 The initial public offering of 10m shares , about a quarter of the enlarged equity , is expected to be priced in the range of $18 to $20 , raising between $150m and $250m — some $100m for executives and up to $150m in new money for the company .
20 It is an old subject for jokes and not worth going into .
21 There must , Mr Schofield firmly believes , be greater opportunity at major championship level , not only for Europeans but also for players from other countries .
22 In Los Angeles , discussions centred not merely on drug usage as a topical exploitation subject for movies but also on the widespread and varied substances which were readily available , being increasingly used and largely blamed for the incredible recent upsurge in violence within the protest movement .
23 In particular the idea of competition for audiences but not for revenue seemed increasingly an expression of the British genius for making practical contraptions which then turn into beautiful machines .
24 The game is not only for players but also for the audience , especially team supporters .
25 The discrepancy between job-specification and status became acute for some coordinators , and remained a problem in some schools , not just for coordinators but also for many other staff with significant cross-school managerial responsibilities .
26 In the prosperous 1980s many individuals found they were able to consider buying a second home in Europe , perhaps at first for holidays but later with retirement in view .
27 It is claimed to be simple for users and hard for learners , to aid readers and to hinder writers , and to speed the reading of the able while condemning the less able to semi-literacy .
28 Tax evasion is a similar problem in interpreting the sixteenth-century subsidy rolls , while any deductions based on the military survey , a crude census of males over the age of sixteen , must allow not only for children but also for the balance between men and women in the population as a whole .
29 More of value is done for children and more by them .
30 Apart from cartoons aimed at entertaining children , they are also used in educational programmes for children and sometimes for adults and they frequently feature in advertisements .
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