Example sentences of "this [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past few years we have been working on such an account , and in this paper we focus on the implications of this account for a central tenet of the mental models approach : that the mental model of the text so far provides ( part of the context for the interpretation of the current sentence or clause . |
| 2 | ‘ Does all this account for the proposed development at the pottery ? ’ |
| 3 | This became for me a serious piece of policy . |
| 4 | This became for cognitio the standard form of execution where judgment had been given in a sum of money . |
| 5 | Indeed , this became for a time a veritable obsession , giving rise in some academic circles to the idea of a whole new field of study , to be called ‘ psephology ’ , and in the lower reaches of political communication to the massive television coverage of national elections , in which precise calculations of ‘ swings ’ from one party to another and predictions of the eventual outcome of the electoral contest tended to overshadow any serious discussion of the substance of political conflicts . |
| 6 | This goes for signposts , lampposts , street nameplates and bollards . |
| 7 | Encourage other residents to express their feelings when one of them has died — this goes for you as well . |
| 8 | This goes for care staff and management as well as staff and residents . |
| 9 | This goes for couples of the same sex too , and for friends who live together . |
| 10 | Make sure the replacement water is at the same temperature as the pondwater — and this goes for the water in any temporary containers as well . |
| 11 | This goes for job interviews , appraisal interviews and disciplinary interviews . |
| 12 | This goes for all hair lengths . ’ |
| 13 | This goes for women as much as for men ; street make-up is not suitable . |
| 14 | This made for some tight weightless riding . |
| 15 | In combination with his ardent desire to improve the living standard of the British working man , this made for a potent brand of imperialism ; few politicians took the Dual Mandate more seriously than Ernest Bevin . |
| 16 | This made for strong teaching from the Apostle Paul . |
| 17 | All this made for a disappointing start but I am happy to say that much else is on an altogether higher level . |
| 18 | This made for a kind of harmony and a kind of confidence . |
| 19 | This made for a softer , more innocent and ingenuous ‘ Dora ’ , but perhaps what was needed was a slightly sharper , more bristly Dora with a hidden vulnerability , which came more naturally when I gave her a North London accent … |
| 20 | All this made for contentment , and the greater part of the century was a time of content , though a bad harvest invariably meant serious food riots . |
| 21 | Chapter 6 examines the way in which studying physics interacts with students ' sense of identity , and looks at how this differs for male and female students . |
| 22 | It has been argued that in most mining areas the strong sense of ‘ community ’ stems from the overwhelming importance of the coal-mining industry in the area and from the shared experiences this produces for male miners . |
| 23 | But it is worth noting that though the problems this produces for validation of theory are still not resolved in the social sciences , some researchers comfort themselves with the argument that different theories may agree at least on common working definitions , while a significant body of methodological writers has learnt to love the thorny creature by arguing ( after Max Weber ) that the theory- or value-component is a crucial positive factor in social-science explanation . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , the rapid uptake of the technology , with the implications this has for very substantial job displacement in some sectors , even if matched in the longer term by job creation elsewhere , is highly likely to create further problems for the economy and for society to handle . |
| 25 | In this paper , I want to look at one kind of way in which some feminists have tried to conceptualise what it is for a woman to be ‘ autonomous ’ , and at the implications this has for ways of thinking about the human self . |
| 26 | In a recent article ( 1990a ) Brooke-Rose addresses the issue of determinate versus indeterminate readings of texts and the consequences this has for people 's world-views . |
| 27 | Given that many of these theories require extremely detailed specifications of grammar rules and lexical entries this has for a long time formed an obstacle to the production of general systems . |
| 28 | Whether this matters for International Relations is disputed . |
| 29 | When called to go to the gentiles , he was able to manage the change of understanding that this involved for the whole group . |
| 30 | But he meant this to come for only a few days , not for an indefinite stay . |