Example sentences of "for [noun] 's [noun sg] the " in BNC.

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1 Even if you specifically ask for beginner 's equipment the choice is still daunting , so here is some practical advice that will help you to choose correctly .
2 So , shortly before noon , Molly trusted Mr Corduroy with her money and at six o'clock when she was in the kitchen opening a packet of cornflakes for Jacqueline 's supper the tap , left on , coughed discreetly and loosed off a generous gush of what looked to her like particularly clean and upmarket water .
3 He had n't thought it necessary to recall for Dillon 's benefit the tragic death of Sandy , the notebook he 'd found secreted under the seat of her Jaguar parked close to the bell tower .
4 For Crohn 's disease the best fitting model included a major recessive gene with complete penetrance , for which 7% of the patients are homozygous .
5 Whatever the validity of such speculation , the amended result stood , for Ismay 's appeal the following weekend came too late .
6 Is education for education 's sake the best approach ?
7 For God 's sake the Secret Service carries guns like credit cards every enforcement agency does . ’
8 For consistency 's sake the processor should really be called the Quintium .
9 During the nationwide hunt for Stephanie 's kidnapper the case was featured on Crimewatch on February 20 last year .
10 Whereas for Philips 's traveller the beauty of the landscape is the result of freezing rain , Leapor 's nymphs and swains actually ‘ Shun the cold Rains and bless the kinder Snow …
11 A serious escalation in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan at the end of April and in early May was accompanied by accusations from the Armenian leadership that the Soviet authorities were openly siding with the Azerbaijanis , as a reward for Azerbaijan 's decision the week before to be party to the new Union Treaty , and as punishment for Armenia 's independence drive .
12 For Lévy-Bruhl 's savage the ‘ invisible … is most real ’ and the dead ‘ occasionally … heard in the wind ’ when , ghostly , they blow straws in the air ; ‘ the murmuring of the wind betrayed the presence of the dead ’ .
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