Example sentences of "for it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Enthusiasm is closely linked with interest , for it is only when things cease to interest us that we lose enthusiasm . |
| 32 | The roads leading to these houses are guarded to prevent the general species of mankind from entering ; and I felt a slight twinge of sorrow for these rich people who have isolated themselves in these strange colonies and deprived themselves of the society of humble and unpretentious men who add the savour to human society ; for it is only in such men that the real spirit of joy , and freedom resides . |
| 33 | Feelings and love are put aside , in this case , for it is only the conquest that really counts . |
| 34 | The arrival of scientific evidence of everlasting life would in no wise alter the position of the concept of the Created God , for it is only in the conduct of human life that the need for a worshipable ‘ god ’ arises . |
| 35 | The Created God can have existence only in the minds of men , for it is only there that things without material substance can exist , and are therefore spiritual . |
| 36 | In this respect , adult responsibility , in its true magnitude , is frightening , for it is only they who can perform this onerous task . |
| 37 | There is a basic misunderstanding of human psychology here , for it is only between stations that you would wish to press the red alarm at all . |
| 38 | Its a mistake , I think , to confuse the gift relationship with mindless material indulgence , for it is only by being given things that anyone ever learns that they have a place in the world . |
| 39 | The problem for beginning readers is to decode the visual symbols into a form which can be recognised , for it is only then that they will be able to bring previously gained knowledge to bear upon the meaning of the text . |
| 40 | Adolescence is a period of progressive transition from childhood to adulthood and as experience of life is acquired and intelligence and understanding grow , so will the scope of the decision-making which should be left to the minor , for it is only by making decisions and experiencing the consequences that decision-making skills will be acquired . |
| 41 | For it is only now that reason returns to me : she 's putting it on , you know she can do it . |
| 42 | Fael-Inis continued to play without ceasing , and the music spun and shivered and soothed , and across the slanting features there was a look of the utmost concentration now , for it is only at the invitation of a Mortal that the Lad of the Skins can enter a house and do his terrible work . |
| 43 | Mass production systems are dependent on the high demand created by mass markets , for it is only by making the fullest use of the capital equipment involved that a manufacturing organization can achieve its target profit levels . |
| 44 | The word itself also nicely illustrates Derrida 's point that writing does not copy speech , for it is only in the written form that one can see the difference between the word ‘ différance ’ and the usual French ‘ différence ’ . |
| 45 | It is doubtful whether many such classifications are of any use at all , for it is more difficult to remember the results of the classification than the individual landforms . |
| 46 | The origin of such pruning is possibly associated with the discouragement of other invading ants , for it is more frequently found in ant species with stinging rather than other chemical defences . |
| 47 | This verdict may be the last attempt of this generation to keep intact the myth of a unanimously resisting France , for it is now under review by the Court of Cassation . |
| 48 | For it is now quite certain that Darwin , who gives no credit to Wallace in his Origin of Species , would have been quite unable to write it without his essential contribution . |
| 49 | For it is now certain that she left Shrewsbury on the cart that was returning with gifts from the devout to our needy and afflicted abbey . |
| 50 | And , it would not work because the arrangement 2x + y does not provide a means of bringing accountability to bear on the performance of management : for it is highly improbable that a group of people which is primarily a derivative from two opposed and irreconcilable interests can effectively be called to account by either ; and the addition of a third group accountable to no one further confounds the confusion . |
| 51 | It is therefore doubtful whether he would have reached this result in the absence of a general trust clause , for it is precisely that which transforms the words retentis tibi hortis meis into a trust . |
| 52 | Those concepts have not evolved from the old ones , for it is precisely their radical difference that constitutes the new science , the new ‘ positivity ’ , produced by what he termed an ‘ epistemological rupture ’ . |
| 53 | For it is precisely the fact that men have tended to be associated with that which is above , spiritual and ‘ like God ’ , whereas women have been associated with that which is below , of the earth , sexual , and ‘ unlike God ’ which lies at the heart of the problem ! |
| 54 | It is this family situation as experienced by the child Nizan which requires detailed commentary , for it is precisely here that the fundamental structure of Nizan 's emotional and intellectual outlook was formed , a deep-rooted psychological state which had profound effects on the thoughts and actions of the adult writer . |
| 55 | Again , a servant in custody of his master 's goods has not possession of them , for it is constructively in the master . |
| 56 | That this will require some radical reflexivity on the part of the insider is obvious , for it is almost inevitable that his revelations will not only create some discomfort for himself , but will almost certainly be unwelcome . |
| 57 | This can be established ad hominem to anyone who makes such an identification , for it is always done by people who attach importance to the claim that what has the natural property in question is good . |
| 58 | After all , the harlot behaved ‘ as if she loved you , and that was a more mysterious proposition than one would think , for it is always mysterious to play a role . |
| 59 | The face as image is always precarious , for it is always exposed to possible re-framing and re-definition by other images . |
| 60 | But I restrained the impulse , for it is as well to eke out such tokens of our goodwill as we possess . |