Example sentences of "for what the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the hon. Gentleman 's first question , I am not responsible for what the press say about particular matters . |
| 2 | For what the Virgin Atlantic boss is offering is the ultimate video game . |
| 3 | Retail giant Sears , known for what the company itself has described as an ‘ aggressive ’ stance on EDI , has been encouraging its suppliers to adopt EDI at a rate of 200 a month . |
| 4 | Will my right hon. Friend accept the support and praise of all horse lovers for what the Government achieved when securing the continuation of minimum conditions for the export of live horses for slaughter ? |
| 5 | Certainly , I know that in very many colleges of further education there is substantial support for what the Bill seeks to do . |
| 6 | Clowes got his comeuppance with ten years for what the judge described as the ‘ worst ever case of fraud ’ . |
| 7 | Clinton Hadley is expected to be sentenced tomorrow , for what the judge described as a clear case of sexual harassment . |
| 8 | Helen ( 20 ) was yesterday locked up for seven days for what the judge described as a ‘ nasty campaign of noise and harassment ’ . |
| 9 | They each have a tendency to have a very close feel for what the public 's ‘ gut ’ thinking is on this and , indeed , other matters . |
| 10 | There is no justification for what the Secretary of State is doing . |
| 11 | As for what the head contains , well , yes , Johnny needs some of the things that live in there : will , desire , perversity . |
| 12 | Students will need to be piloted through the maze of attainment targets , and in the fourth and fifth years particularly they will need advice on which core and foundation subjects to follow to GCSE and which to follow for what the Act coyly describes as ‘ a reasonable time ’ . |
| 13 | As the Prime Minister savours one of his last few busy days before the deluge , will he think back to the dinner that he gave at No. 10 Downing street last November on behalf of the Tory party for what The Sun — I must quote it accurately because it is from The Sun — |
| 14 | Despite a piddling little incident in Aberdeen in 1989 when he was reported to the Procurator Fiscal for what the law delicately describes as ‘ a public nuisance offence ’ , Nicholas began to re-build his reputation at Aberdeen , a city whose heritage was built on fish and has the highest concentration of chip shops in Scotland . |
| 15 | Parliament makes the law and is solely responsible for what the law is . |
| 16 | The extra resources available from the uprated grant and loan more than compensate for what the majority of students could have claimed . |
| 17 | In these cases , you can give them a bit of salt , or an acidic herb which calms the child while you look for what the woman craves , like butter or fruit . |
| 18 | In this view the concern is for what the process of study contributes to the pupil 's development rather than what the religion being studied contributes to that development . |
| 19 | For what the sonnet also reveals is that the truth of verse is not only ornamental addition , it is all there is . |
| 20 | Dorian Gray describes moments when ‘ the passion for sin , or for what the world calls sin ’ is utterly overwhelming |
| 21 | It 's for what the doctor calls angina . |
| 22 | Most often it is described as care returned more or less explicitly in gratitude for what the author had been given in childhood . |
| 23 | I welcome the Government 's initiative to help the homeless , and we are grateful for what the Department of the Environment has done . |
| 24 | ‘ Local interpretation ’ probably relates to another strategy which instructs the hearer / reader to do as little processing as possible , only to construct a representation which is sufficiently specific to permit an interpretation which is adequate for what the hearer judges the purpose of the utterance to be . |
| 25 | They are fully engaged in watching and waiting , perhaps for what the mystery of the sea might bring them . |
| 26 | But we have been using the term ‘ performing ’ for what the actor does — an act of describing to non-participants who are present as spectators . |
| 27 | S/L Paul Millikin was pressed for what the future held for the aircraft , to one question he replied ‘ I do n't know if there is talk from Whitehall … nobody tells me anything ! ’ |
| 28 | Coleman 's job was to get out on the streets and talk to people , to come back with a feel for what the bombing had achieved . |
| 29 | Understandings of human reproduction have varied ( and one can not here consider all such understandings and their consequences for what the relation of man to woman was held to be ) . |
| 30 | NOTHING THAT Ministry have ever recorded can prepare you for what the band are like live . |