Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For were not the brothels and whorehouses of Panama City and pre-revolutionary Havana developed for the most part for the benefit of American troops ? |
| 2 | These are not violin sonatas as we know them , rather sonatas for piano with violin accompaniment . |
| 3 | Right thanks for that Maggie . |
| 4 | No no all right thanks for trying . |
| 5 | This right of election ( which may be exercised by the beneficiaries of a deceased partner 's estate in the event that no personal representative has been appointed ) may be excluded by agreement , eg provision for the automatic accruer of the share of an outgoing partner or for the purchase of such share with interest until payment — see Vyse v Foster ( 1872 ) LR 8 Ch App 309 . |
| 6 | Furthermore , body measurements at birth are only proxies for variables more closely related to the processes that underlie programming . |
| 7 | The Labour left , meanwhile , did not manage to mount a convincing enough case for its ‘ alternative strategy ’ ( the far left had no half-way credible strategy to propose ) , while the trade union movement was not united in pushing for any positive quid pro quo in exchange for wage restraint , having rejected the Bullock proposals for Industrial Democracy , but was increasingly tugging for a return to ‘ free collective bargaining ’ . |
| 8 | Following a meeting with Energy Minister Tim Eggar , Clwyd North West MP Rod Richards said he was convinced it was now up to the colliery management to present a strong enough case for the pit to be taken off the Government hit-list . |
| 9 | It dipped further on occasions when an end to the war seemed in prospect , notably on Feb. 15 and again on Feb. 19 , when it went briefly below $16 for the first time since July 1990 . |
| 10 | But little was known of the nature and causation of mental disorder and so provision for treatment was minimal . |
| 11 | ‘ I was a Classic in my youth , madam , and although I have always been deeply interested in the works of the Roman poets and the Roman historians I have never been able to summon up much enthusiasm for Roman architecture . |
| 12 | It took only minutes for Lubor to drive her to her hotel , but as she thanked him for lunch and he handed her back her parcel , he replied , ‘ Lunch was a happy time for me also , ’ and did n't waste a moment to enquire , ‘ Shall we have a happy dinner together this evening ? ’ |
| 13 | Nevertheless , Griffin et al found in 10% of their patients that oxygen saturation dropped below 90% for longer than a minute even when supplementary oxygen was used and only modest doses of sedative had been given . |
| 14 | ( b ) Reject those words which obscure rather than clarify meaning-words which are only present for purposes of style , linguistic sense , grammar , or form . |
| 15 | At only £2.99 for a full head perm or £1.99 for part perming . |
| 16 | As the season did not begin until Christmas , this meant that they would be away considerably longer than originally intended , and so permission for additional leave of absence was sought from the Archbishop . |
| 17 | The examples mentioned so far are only illustrations for the massive task ahead : to deconstruct the male-dominated media world , and reconstruct a new and more just vision of society where women and men are equal partners . |
| 18 | It is a routine which would break most people , but Zarei is a top class ultra runner and this relentless pounding of the streets of London is merely preparation for some of the world 's most gruelling races . |
| 19 | The 1990 and 1991 losses will be more evenly spread , partly because a big chunk ( perhaps £800m for 1990 ) represents reserving against stop-loss claims or errors-and-omissions lawsuits , in which one lot of names would pay another . |
| 20 | Suddenly the people , his people , were expressing only loathing for all that he had achieved in his thirty-seven years on the throne . |
| 21 | What sort of creature was she after all who could feel only loathing for a woman who had suffered so ? |
| 22 | The seemingly endless lengths of costly fabric which the masked ladies bought when they were in London were almost entirely presents for family and friends . |
| 23 | Indeed , given a campaign by Wulfhere as far as the coast , it is difficult to see how the whole extent of the northern territory of the western Saxons from Berkshire to Somerset could have escaped Mercian pressure in these years , creating perhaps precedents for further Mercian involvement in these districts at a later time . |
| 24 | Although there are only 15 contractors , they have between them 50-odd transmitters , each of which needs two copies of the commercial ( at least ) , so allowing for your own copies and back-up stock , you will need 115 or so bulks for a national campaign . |
| 25 | Can I say from the panel 's point of view , thank you very much gentlemen for your contribution this afternoon . |
| 26 | Despite the name , the Tattershall Park Country Club is n't a pricey place — admission is only £1 for adults and 50p for children . |
| 27 | Mr Byers wants to know : Why did VSEL pay only £1 for Lairds ? |
| 28 | As the advert said , ‘ The average price of a tab of Ecstasy is £15 — yet Love Hearts cost only £4.95 for a packet of three — just one tenth of the designer drug equivalent . ’ |
| 29 | Students with Aficionado tickets for Code C performances will be paying only £4–40 for each performance . |
| 30 | Three secretaries who in March had taken the unprecedented step of tendering their resignations to the GPC [ see also p. 37333 ] were also affected : Izz al-Din Mohammad al-Hinshiri , hitherto Justice Secretary , was moved to the Secretariat of Transport and Communications while Mubarak al-Shamikh and Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim , hitherto Secretaries for Transport and for Higher Education respectively , stood down . |