Example sentences of "a [noun] for which " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aged had , nevertheless , acquired ‘ a definite status in the community … and the ‘ pauper taint ’ [ was ] removed by a system of personal thrift organized by the state' , a provision for which the Conference congratulated itself , claiming to have succeeded because it had placed national interests over and above political tactics . |
| 2 | This was a case for which a substantial punishment was called for , and in the absence of a plea of guilty , a sentence of detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , S.53(2) of at least two years would have been called for . |
| 3 | That if you go on a course for which you 're well-motivated , then you 'll do well . |
| 4 | What a doctor can not do is administer a drug for which the sole purpose is to end life . |
| 5 | Consciousness in other people is a hypothesis for which there is circumstantial evidence in their verbal reports which match , by-and-large , our verbal reports of our own experiences . |
| 6 | ( This implies of course that consciousness in animals is a hypothesis for which there can be no evidence at all unless we resort to anthropomorphism , which we usually do . ) |
| 7 | However wise and fairminded we are , anyone can suddenly find themselves in a fight for which they 've never bargained . |
| 8 | Three defences made him one of Britain 's most successful world champions ever before being dethroned by Wilfred Benitez in 1981 ( in a fight for which his purse was 400,000 dollars ) yet , curiously , he stayed at his terraced house in Stoke Newington , London . |
| 9 | American fast food family contrasting with a British gastronomic club in a strange black comedy , a genre for which he has a growing reputation . |
| 10 | A subordinate may have a responsibility for which he will be called to account by his superior ; a board of directors may have a responsibility to its shareholders ; and a government in a democracy will have a responsibility to the electorate . |
| 11 | This is a privilege for which no legatee could hope , since if the heir took a fancy to property left by legacy , he could keep it on payment of a ( no doubt inflated ) valuation of its worth to the legatee . |
| 12 | I would like to say a last word about Amis 's voices , and about the long words which have been or might be laid on his confident art — a terminology for which he is unlikely to be grateful . |
| 13 | Apart from predictable duties , like that of sitting through a performance of The Family Reunion ( a play for which he now had little affection ) , he was asked to crown the Swedish snow queen at the winter festival : he told Robert Giroux that he had hoped this might be combined with the Nobel ceremony itself , so that he could wear ice-skates with his tails . |
| 14 | When I do use it , it tends to be as a way into a narrative for which the children themselves will take increasing responsibility . |
| 15 | So he obtained the job , unfortunately at the cost of giving himself a hernia for which he needed hospital treatment . |
| 16 | occupying a seat for which the seat belt either — |
| 17 | The Labour party cloaks under expressions such as ’ attack on civil rights ’ the fact that such people have not registered for the tax and have been indulging in tax avoidance , a practice for which the Labour party still shows some sympathy . |
| 18 | Helen Gardner , writing in 1959 , is more concerned about the continued professionalization of English which has now rendered it a subject closed to all but experts , a condition for which the " new " as much as the " historical " critics must be blamed . |
| 19 | James Saynor , writing in the Observer , set the tone : ‘ Jonathan Meades ’ first novel is long and purple — a condition for which the author would have no difficulty finding a simile . |
| 20 | Of course , the price and income range varied , and so with it did the ‘ life-style ’ — a term for which the Fifties were still groping . |
| 21 | Even those who do not share his political opinions readily pay their tribute to the range of his intellect and the graciousness of his character ; more remarkable still , even those whose intellectual qualities are the equal of his , but whose moral qualities have degenerated in contact with the sordid atmosphere of politics , never speak of him with an affected amusement as a religious bigot or a narrow-minded moralist ; in the remarks of these latter politicians I often detect a tone of rather wistful regret , as if they were conscious in themselves of a loss for which the world they have gained has by no means compensated . |
| 22 | The plaintiffs ' underlying complaint seems to be that C.M.C. borrowed more than it needed and spent more of the borrowed money than it could afford to spend , with the result that there was a loss for which the plaintiffs have been held personally liable as guarantors . |
| 23 | He sold it to Sir John Strangways , a member of the Illchester family , in 1641 ; four years later , however , the manor passed on yet again to another Illchester in part payment for fines imposed on poor Strangways for malignancy , a crime for which he was put in the Tower . |
| 24 | ZeeBeeCee has gained a court order allowing access to Jessamyn Bonney 's juvenile records , stored in the central infonet of the Bruyce-Hoare Agency , and we can exclusively reveal for the first time on national television that evidence which has come to light since her 1992 parricide hearing has suggested that she was indeed guilty of the murder of her father , a crime for which she was acquitted in court on the testimony of one Andrew Jean , since deceased , a gangcult associate and known perjurer . ’ |
| 25 | She was the author of a brief autobiographical account describing the death in 1674 of her father , whom she was accused of having poisoned with the help of John Bunyan [ q.v. ] , a crime for which , had she been convicted , she could have been burned . |
| 26 | A crime for which , as Ficino points out , a capital punishment is appointed . |
| 27 | They say they have been innocent victims in a crime for which the law says they must also be punished . |
| 28 | ‘ Reasonableness ’ features heavily in the guidance as a yardstick for which services to provide . |
| 29 | The problems lie in the presupposition that moral duty is an absolute rule in the sense of a rule for which there can be no exceptions . |
| 30 | Certain moral considerations are involved in his actions , yet they are not absolute in the sense that they are an infallible guide to conduct , or constitute a rule for which there can be no exception . |