Example sentences of "for [pron] [pers pn] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 40 staff execute 3,500 trades a day on average , and Vine-Lott has set himself a target of more than doubling that in five years ' time , including a considerable proportion on behalf of other institutions , such as the Halifax Building Society , for whom it is already doing work , as well as other brokers and banks . |
| 2 | For me it 's just feel and the longer I stay out on the range , the more damage I do ! |
| 3 | It is emphasising these offerings rather than the connectivity software products for which it is traditionally known — what it now calls a secondary stream . |
| 4 | Graham has a small sidekick company called MAN-AIR which operates the Apache on twin-engine and instrument rating training , activities for which it is ideally suited . |
| 5 | Like the B b trumpet , for which it is sometimes substituted , the B b clarinet 's part is written one tone higher than the pitch required . |
| 6 | However she was part of the team effort for which she is also congratulated ] . |
| 7 | Of the several awards she has won for her paintings , it is probably The National Portrait Award of 1987 for which she is best recognised . |
| 8 | She seeks out the host queen , and rides about on her back while she quietly performs , to quote Edward Wilson 's artfully macabre understatement , ‘ the one act for which she is uniquely specialized : slowly cutting off the head of her victim ’ . |
| 9 | Instead of employing the skills for which he is well paid , he passed to an offside Mo Johnston . |
| 10 | Lord Burlington was an outstanding and resplendent figure , not only was he a Knight of the Garter , but also Lord High Treasurer of Ireland ; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guards and Governor of Greenwich Hospital , and he made a serious contribution to that age , although it is his contribution to the arts and architecture for which he is most remembered . |
| 11 | Appointed as vicar of St Paul 's , Worcester , in 1914 , a year later he became a chaplain to the armed forces and began the wartime ministry among the troops in France and Flanders for which he is most remembered . |
| 12 | On the eve of his sentencing , Mr Nathan spoke to The Independent in the Tel Aviv office of the institution for which he is best known , his popular offshore radio station . |
| 13 | There , between 1647 and 1655 Taylor wrote the books for which he is best known and kept the flame of his proscribed Church alive under the rule of parliament and Cromwell . |
| 14 | Mark di Suvero , over the years , has often worked in bronze — but it is his steelworks for which he is best known . |
| 15 | From his self-imposed exile in America , the Lebanese Maronite poet Khalil Gibran — whose verse and drawings have an uncanny similarity to the work of William Blake — was moved to write an angry , ferocious poem quite out of keeping with the gentle , philosophical message for which he is generally remembered : |
| 16 | By then he had also begun to produce the works for which he is principally remembered , pen or lithographic facsimile reproductions of early printing and wood engraving , generally intended to remedy defects in existing copies of books . |
| 17 | Prosecutors agreed not to go ahead with the case , in return for Chieke pleading guilty to separate , less serious matters , for which he is now serving 12 years in prison . |
| 18 | I do not think there is any difference of opinion as to its being a general rule that , where any injury is to be compensated by damages , in settling the sum of money to be given for reparation of damages you should as nearly as possible get at that sum of money which will put the party who has been injured , or who has suffered , in the same position as he would have been in if he had not sustained the wrong for which he is now getting his compensation or reparation . |
| 19 | Were it not for these he would not have produced any of the philosophy for which he is now remembered . |
| 20 | In the year July 1797 to June 1798 Coleridge produced most of the verse for which he is now remembered , including Kubla Khan , Christabel , and The Ancient Mariner — for which Wordsworth suggested the albatross and the theme of the guilty wanderer which had so often appeared in his own recent work . |
| 21 | Signed to the Canadian independent label Stream Records in 1986 , Daniel released a debut album ‘ Good Day Messiah ’ for which he is currently seeking a licensing deal . |
| 22 | This is how , in his partly autobiographical World of Surfing , he described the wave for which he is still remembered : |
| 23 | The result , tracking Ackerley through the Great War , Cambridge , his years as Literary Editor of The Listener and the relationship with the Alsatian dog for which he is popularly remembered , provides a continual feeling of deja vu . |
| 24 | As Alicia begins to build a new life for herself she is increasingly drawn towards the brusque yet magnetic charms of the Cornishman who owns Tresco , a remote ranch near the High Sierras . |