Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever aspect they present — whether written for scientific or commercial purposes , or perhaps for some voluntary organisation — they will follow the lines of this chapter if they are to be of use . |
| 2 | Select part , or all , of the following paragraphs , according to whether the parties have been recently widowed/divorced or alone for many years . ) |
| 3 | Each lineage had to provide suitable young men to act as " husbands " ( enangan ) in the tali-tying ceremonials of their enangar which were grand collective affairs held every ten years or so for all the immature girls of the group . |
| 4 | Let us assume that within a certain time , probably around a year or so for most people , you will have achieved your ideal weight , a good , firm shape , and a reasonable level of physical fitness . |
| 5 | But for the last fifty years or so for most of us the experience of the church has been declined and closer and reducing number of people with dog collars . |
| 6 | Renee had replied with the most perfect right cross to the seaman 's jaw ever seen in the pub , or outside for that matter . |
| 7 | Whatever the support or not for these values , the book fails to recognize the wider changes that have gone on in the family and in gender relations , changes which may be quite separate in origin from the question of poverty , although they add to the poverty of women and children . |
| 8 | And if some did , the answer was No — or Not for more than a week . |
| 9 | Time I got approximately though on or off for all |
| 10 | Is my hon. Friend aware that the tyranny that controls education in Nottinghamshire holds back £10 or more for each and every child above that national average , that it is somewhere around two thirds of the way down the merit table for putting resources where they belong — at the school — and sits on about £3 million at the centre , which is the same as holding back £5,000 for every school in the county ? |
| 11 | Force 6 is not a gale , it has to be force 8 or more for that , but it is still rough enough , with every wave breaking over the bows and sometimes over the whole boat , drenching us as we sat in the cockpit at the back . |
| 12 | The chances are , the ones offered for sale will be under the 10cm mark , usually around 5 or 6cm : , and you can expect to pay a tenner or more for this size . |
| 13 | Taxis , limousines and chauffeur-driven Rolls Royces disgorged their occupants and luggage twenty trunks or more for some passengers — into a crowd of porters , stewards , sleek businessmen , tycoons , bright young things , would-bc debutantes , aristocrats , parvenus , celebrities , movie-stars , and all the families and friends who made up the send-off party . |
| 14 | The BCS has got to decide whether it is just for computer people who produce systems , or also for those — accountants , engineers , project managers , architects , writers , artists , musicians and designers of arcade games — who apply them . |
| 15 | Three remembered having iron injections in childhood , two had received iron during pregnancy , and the other nine had taken courses of iron or folic acid , or both for many years . |
| 16 | This was followed by a row of cold sweets , including trifles , blancmanges , jellies , or a choice of cheeses or both for some of the younger , still-growing guests ! |
| 17 | Which is , perhaps , sad for the writers of television series , or even for those more serious people who think agencies are full of a breed of viciously frivolous vampires bent on sucking the blood of the poor innocent public . |
| 18 | Palmistry For All is a fun program for anyone who likes to dabble in the art of palm reading , or even for those of us who would like find out a little more about ourselves . |
| 19 | This compromise with Vichy in the interests of a quick military success was too blatant for de Gaulle ( or indeed for many British and American officials ) to stomach . |
| 20 | This will certainly give the driver the opportunity to raise any objection he may have to giving blood , either on medical grounds or indeed for any other reason which might afford a ‘ reasonable excuse ’ under section 7(6) . |
| 21 | As he had said in a lecture delivered in Dublin in 1936 , ‘ I have myself no capacity whatever for abstract thought or indeed for any sort of thinking ’ ( the Southern Review , October 1985 ) . |
| 22 | Client will not be liablewhether under this indemnity or otherwise for any claims arising directly or indirectly from the gross negligence or wilful default of any Indemnified Person . |
| 23 | As Graff argues , literacy can only be understood in context : ‘ it can be established neither arbitrarily nor uniformly for all members of the population ’ ( 1979 , p. 292 ) . |
| 24 | Soon she would go and he would forget all about her , except perhaps for those wry little moments when he would remember her childish temper and smile to himself in his superior way . |
| 25 | ( The 1990 law — see pp. 37684-85 — and a July 1988 law both allowed for amnesties for politicians who had received illegal campaign funds hitherto , although not for those making such contributions . ) |
| 26 | So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out . |
| 27 | Indeed , the bitterness of separation was more terrible than before for those who had lost the belief that an afterlife would bring reunion in happiness . |
| 28 | Also , as you probably know , mortgage interest relief is no longer allowed for higher rate tax but is now restricted to the basic rate of 25 per cent — so the savings are smaller than before for those in a high income bracket . |
| 29 | Overall , the results suggest that even for this client group ( who are traditionally the most difficult to place ) small staffed homes can provide improved client experience as measured by engagement in meaningful activity ; but that to do so requires attention to the quality of staff performance as well as to basic material and social resources . |
| 30 | Hammond had a brush with the Commonwealth 's accounts committee in 1651 , but protested that he had accounted fully and properly for all the sums which he had received in all the three armies in which he had served ; he pointed out that his account from July 1649 on was with the army in Scotland , where by this time George Monck ( later first Duke of Albemarle , q.v. ) had succeeded him as lieutenant-general of the ordnance . |