Example sentences of "[subord] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was rushed to Brompton Hospital where for five weeks he lay under continuous oxygen . |
| 2 | The Gothic style Manor House is set in the midst of 120 acres ( 50 hectares ) of gardens and parkland ; it was built in 1804 to replace a previous Jacobean residence , and is at the centre of the 3,300 acres ( 1,335 hectares ) Bradwell Grove Estate , where for many centuries farming and forestry have been practised in a way typical of life in the Cotswolds . |
| 3 | The two tram routes departed from opposite sides of the central loading island in the Square , where for many years there was an ornamental drinking fountain and later a stone shelter and underground toilets . |
| 4 | There were furious debates in respect of schemes for Oxford and Bath , but the biggest single reversal of policy concerned London , where for many years three ringways had been in mind . |
| 5 | His sleep , he knew at once , must have been unusually deep , for he had no clear idea how long it had lasted nor where for that matter he was . |
| 6 | Such a lightning-spattered ending is found , for example , in Passionate Summer ( 1958 ) , where for most of the film the schoolteacher on a Caribbean Island has been keeping at bay the emotions directed towards him by a troubled pupil , the headmaster 's wife and an air hostess . |
| 7 | Edwards ( 1979 , 16 ) , for example , characterises the situation as one where for most of the twentieth century management have met ‘ chronic resistance to their effort to compel production ’ and consequently ‘ have attempted to organize production in such a way as to minimise opportunities for resistance and even to alter workers ’ perceptions of the desirability of opposition ’ . |
| 8 | Its clustering process is usually equivalent to straightforward clustering using a pseudo-metric d , where for any two examples x and y , d ( x , y ) = the number of functions f in the description language for which f(x) f(y) |
| 9 | One day in April 1943 Albert Hoffmann , a chemist who was working at Sandoz on the development of ergot alkaloids , felt unwell and went home early , where for some hours he experienced a variety of disordered visions . |
| 10 | His inability to rid himself of the woman is a recurrent theme , even though a psychoanalytic institute in the US ( where for some reason another analyst has written a book which presents the patient as a great therapeutic success ) actually sent him money regularly so that he could pay her off when she got too demanding . |
| 11 | The move has been initiated in the US , where for some years customers have been removing the skin ( the fattiest part ) from the chicken before eating it . |
| 12 | The gendarme stood bewildered for a moment , and then ran into the street , where for some time he could be heard blowing his whistle . |
| 13 | Fabia returned to her room admitting today — where for some unknown reason she had n't been able to admit yesterday — that yes , she was attracted by him , and yes , she did feel drawn to him . |
| 14 | In 1858–9 he was in the service of the Admiralty , before returning to south Wales , where for ten years he was engineer-in-chief and general manager of the Sirhowy Tramroad , which he converted into a standard railway . |
| 15 | In 1923 he obtained two consultant posts as children 's physician , one at the Queen 's Hospital for Children , where for ten years he was in charge of the London county council rheumatic and heart clinic , and the other at Paddington Green Children 's Hospital , where he continued to work for nearly forty years . |
| 16 | When doctors announced that there was a glimmer of hope , Raine organized a private ambulance to take him to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London where for several months he lay in a coma . |
| 17 | Except for rare official engagements there was no fixed routine such as existed at Compiègne , Fontainebleau or the Tuileries . |
| 18 | They will solve their disputes solely by peaceful means and never use any of their weapons except for individual or collective self-defence . |
| 19 | Nanking is a very green city with beautiful plane-trees lining the main streets , where ( as in all Chinese cities ) there is comparatively little traffic except for crowded buses and trolley-buses , and of course hordes of pedestrians and cyclists . |
| 20 | Oh , about the same except for two strangers who happened to pop in , county types . ’ |
| 21 | Birds have been recorded singly except for two together flying west off Selsey Bill on 28 August 1965 , and three likewise off Langney Point on 12 September 1970 . |
| 22 | A somewhat similar argument can be applied to the oscillator stage , TR1 , except for two important additional considerations . |
| 23 | Before Christmas I found this machine at a car boot sale in new condition for only £3 , it has never been used and except for two screws missing and instructions , it seems to be in working order . |
| 24 | There was two and two seating on the upper deck , except for two single seats by the trolley mast . |
| 25 | At the latter , he found the building deserted except for two strikers on guard-duty . |
| 26 | ‘ But I felt like I played very well , except for two shots all day . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ That 's all , thank you , Anne , ’ said the secretary , ‘ except for two more coffees . ’ |
| 28 | The Welfare of Livestock Regulations 1990 came into force ( except for two of its provisions ) on 1.1.91 . |
| 29 | Inside her pickup she was oblivious to the harvest dust caking the dashboard , sticking the panel windows open , masking the windscreen except for two fans of clear glass where the wipers reached . |
| 30 | Her face would be pale except for two red spots high on her cheekbones . |