Example sentences of "for those [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a bald statistic which can not really tell what life is like for those bound up in its flat figures . |
| 2 | As rapid economic and social change has worked its way through the countryside , however , the farm worker has found himself increasingly separated from the local village community both socially and — for those living out on the farms — geographically . |
| 3 | Bookings of the ten-year package , fixed at 8.99 per cent for those borrowing up to 90 per cent , have been steady since its launch and have picked up since it featured in Money Mail recently . |
| 4 | It is particularly useful for those straying out of their specialist field — thus the widely used biochemical abbreviations such as ATP , myc or Gly are there , alongside pimelic acid ( chemistry ) , pi mesons ( physics ) and Palaeozoic ( geology ) to take a few at random . |
| 5 | At the same time the government announced a package of new measures under which ( i ) the minimum wage was increased by 18 per cent from Nov. 18 ; ( ii ) a 40 per cent cut in income tax for those earning up to four times the minimum wage was to take effect in 1991 ; ( iii ) petrol prices were increased by 20 per cent and diesel oil , liquid gas and electricity prices by 30 per cent ; ( iv ) the peso 's rate of progressive devaluation against the US dollar was halved from 80 centavos to an " average " of 40 centavos a day , a depreciation rate of 5 per cent per year , as part of a anti-inflationary move aimed at fixing a future parity for the two currencies and stemming the flight of capital abroad . |
| 6 | The alternation of scenes in that play establishes verse as the appropriate medium for the Greek leaders engaged in the vita activa in their council-scene ( I.iii. ) , while for those hanging out in the vita inactiva in Achilles ' tent — Thersites , Ajax , Patroclus , Achilles — all too often the medium is a scabrous unheroic prose . |
| 7 | However , it is all too easy for those brought up in the Near Eastern traditions , when they hear Hindus talking of many gods , to suppose that they are talking of what they consider to be the supreme reality . |
| 8 | ending the scene as he had begun it , with a soliloquy , how lucky he is to have The naked statement of self-seeking reminds us of Iago , as does the confidence with which he approaches the task — ‘ easy ’ ( ‘ For'tis most easy/Th ’ inclining Desdemona to subdue/In any honest suit' ( Othello , II.iii.332ff. ) ) — and the scorn for those taken in by his traps ( ‘ Thus credulous fools are caught ! ’ |
| 9 | Their trade union was instructed to find jobs for those thrown out of work . |
| 10 | Over fifty years later in 1975 , another Conservative leader , Edward Heath , was to be overthrown , in part because , in March 1974 , he had proposed a coalition with the Liberals and , in October 1974 , he had proposed a government of national unity , Thus , among Conservatives , the motives for an election were clear : for those left out of the government , the desire to secure a Conservative majority for protection ; for the leadership , a desire to reunite the party , and simple self-preservation . |
| 11 | Taking part in protests could jeopardise any existing opportunities of securing a decent employment position for those coming up to graduation . |
| 12 | It was then but a short — though for many an agonising — step to provide special courses for those coming out of special schools and the remedial classes of comprehensives . |
| 13 | This is especially true for those growing up at the time , like my own children . |
| 14 | Kerns also won the consolation singles , for those knocked out in the first round of the men 's singles , with a final win over Neil Butcher . |