Example sentences of "for [Wh det] it [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But that is only a reason for saying that the value is not really there in the world if we presuppose a scientistic view of reality for which it is of itself necessarily ‘ motivationally inert ’ and cognizable in a manner which has nothing essentially to do with being attracted or repelled by it .
2 There may be some pleasures for which it is worth risking one 's life but to do so for a cigarette is an illustration of the sheer insanity of addictive disease .
3 That is the really fruitful aspect of Cézanne 's painting and the reason for which it is at the root of all the modern tendencies . ’
4 Well then you can have it for whatever it was for .
5 For whatever it was in Underwood that attracted Clare , and that he himself lacked , seemed to derive from what she would call Underwood 's ‘ experience ’ , his ‘ maturity ’ — which meant quite simply , his sin .
6 He does not , however , retract his proposal that the precepts of the imagist manifesto are still the best rules of thumb for ‘ the neophyte ’ , the beginner in his ‘ prentice-work ; and for what it is worth my own experience in the workshop certainly bears that out .
7 The presentation of these case studies in the form of ‘ life stories ’ is intended to give the reader more of a ‘ feel ’ for what it is like to be a heroin user .
8 When Nick and the Bad Seeds take the stage though , the cosiness of most indie pop is shown up for what it is in the harsh light of some feral and shadowy music .
9 We had these two things , we had to try to get women involved so I had women fronting For What It 's Worth ( Penny Junor , Sally Hawkins ) .
10 But nonetheless — and for what it 's worth — this obsession with number seems to me sad , reductive and weird , and I wonder where it comes from ?
11 For what it 's worth my own advice would be that we I erm as you remember , increased the rental for the er coffee rooms from four thousand pounds when I er took over the post of chief executive and er to seven thousand five hundred in July eighty nine and we 've increased that yearly to a sum of twenty one thousand one hundred and fifty pounds per annum er from the first of August nineteen ninety one .
12 For what it 's worth
13 Me my my view is this , for what it 's worth , Er we have two sacraments in the Methodist church , Baptism and Holy Communion .
14 Erm for what it 's worth , I 'll give you my suggestions about what we should do as far as ticket prices are concerned er , having taken in a view of the most important factor of the treasurer 's comments but also bearing in mind that we did have high recurring expenses this year , which wo n't apply in future and we 're not here to make money .
15 For what it 's worth , my opinion in property , and my opinion now , is that we need to retain if we can , a viable unit for County Farms .
16 Joan for what it 's worth erm and this is just something you might want to think about a mobile is worth its weight in gold .
17 I have to confess , for what it 's worth , I do not really like Lewis Carroll , Alice through the Looking Glass , and Alice in Wonderland , they bore me stiff !
18 Slithering north in the rain the next day , he thought he ought to be commended for speaking the truth , for what it was worth , which was little .
19 For what it was worth I asked her if she knew of a Ewen Mackay who might once have lived at Otters ' Bay , but she shook her head
20 The British opinion , for what it was worth , was that by no stretch of the imagination was Bao Dai 's régime in de facto control ( they also warned the Americans that Schuman would claim that the French had gone as far as they could in Vietnam without creating trouble in French North Africa ) .
21 Following an instinct based on Huy 's description , for what it was worth , of the house where he 'd met Surere , Merymose sent Medjays out of uniform — another innovation — to the good residential districts .
22 Jealous , without admitting that gut-tearing feeling for what it was until recently . ’
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