Example sentences of "[conj] [det] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was saddled and bridled which meant , so Allen reasoned , that either its rider had been thrown in the darkness of the Waste and the horse had bolted , or that for some unknown reason the verderers had been content to abandon the harness with the horse . |
| 2 | Insider-outsider models are a more rigorous articulation of ideas which have been current in one form or another for many years , particularly in British Keynesian circles . |
| 3 | Between 1985 and 1990 , however , the number of people aged over 85 supported in residential care by local authorities has declined at a slower rate than that for all people aged 65+ . |
| 4 | Of three books on the nervous system G. M. Shepherd 's Neurobiology is called an introduction but since it is a systematic study of 600 pages it is rather more than that for most of us . |
| 5 | Dance technique is more embracing than that for any other physical activity such as sports , gymnastics , athletics and so on . |
| 6 | Fifty-eight per cent of the alleged cattle thieves were identified as cultivators ; this proportion was higher than that for any other crime . |
| 7 | The dispersion measure , 2.65cm -3 pc , is smaller than that for any other known pulsar , implying a distance from the Sun of only about 150pc . |
| 8 | There are darker problems than these for all Europeans , problems that have a special anguish for Slavs and for Jews . |
| 9 | There are darker problems than these for all Europeans , problems that have a special anguish for Slavs and for Jews . |
| 10 | Woodley et al ( 1992 ) , in their study of non-completion rates in Scottish universities based on the University Statistical Record , provide evidence that non-completion rates for ‘ mature entrants ’ , at 20.9% , are higher than those for all students ( 15.4% ) . |
| 11 | The correlations for the young students only ( those under 24 years of age at graduation ) were higher than those for all students but not dramatically so . |
| 12 | These figures are much better than those for most other engineering materials , especially cheap ones . |
| 13 | Twenty thousand pounds , shared equally , would be five thousand pounds each , more than enough for each one of us . |
| 14 | But seven hierarchical layers is enough or more than enough for all but the largest corporations . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's another legacy of £1,000 , this time to his friend Martin Burger , ‘ more than enough for that new pair of spectacles which I hope may improve his judgement and help him to see the obvious . ’ |
| 16 | So that 's more than enough for this morning ! |
| 17 | Four colours on the palette at the same time will give several million mixes , more than enough for most work . |
| 18 | As part of this , there are 14 bitmapped fonts and 13 scalable fonts built into the machine — probably more than enough for most people . |
| 19 | Part of its sorcery lies in its ability to instil the same exhilaration from a short run up the road on a Sunday morning , but most of it comes from that aggressive thrust of power that is always more than enough for any driving situation . ’ |
| 20 | First , I saw that she was chosen , and that for all time ‘ all generations will call [ her ] blessed ’ ( Luke 1.48 ) . |
| 21 | For therapeutic and professional staff to reflect the cultural backgrounds of the children , and that for all children , including those with special needs , their day-care environment and activities to express a consciousness of the multicultural society in Islington . |
| 22 | She often shrewdly suspected that they found it hard work too , and that for all their signatures of fondest love they did not really like her ; they wanted her , they thought that she would do , but they did not really like her . |
| 23 | He had a horse and cart and he 'd go to Norwich and bring home all the parcels and that for all the tradesmen here in Bungay . |
| 24 | That 's the tape and that for that mirror . |
| 25 | They suggested that pupil results should be presented as an attainment profile and that for each subject there should be a very small number of ‘ profile components ’ which reflected the variety of knowledge skills and understanding to which a study of the subject gave rise . |
| 26 | A simple ( yet still surprisingly efficient ) method requires that the number of land-cover classes is known , and that for each class an estimate of the average reflectance in each Landsat MSS or TM band is available . |
| 27 | General pictures of what happens during the middle years are inevitably flawed , but they suggest that a change often takes place in marriage at that time and that for many people satisfactions come from sources outside the couple 's relationship . |
| 28 | That this unit is relatively ‘ shallow ’ genealogically speaking , i.e. that it tends to consist of two generations only and that for many couples the main tie of commitment and responsibility is the conjugal one . |
| 29 | They pointed out that large numbers of patients , especially among the old , were unlikely ever to be really fit to enter normal community life , and that for many others the community care services were still woefully inadequate . |
| 30 | " The Meeting considering that the number of useless Dogs in this Country are a great grievance , and that for many obvious reasons their number should be deminished. , and it being also represented that a number of Half Grayhounds very destructive to Hares are kept by Many This Meeting recommend to the Gentlemen of the different quarters of Islay to Intimate to the people of their neighbourhood that all useless and superflous Dogs are to be killed , and that the owner of any Dog found chasing Sheep or Lambs or running Hares shall be liable for the Damages , and the Meeting also recommend that no dog be seen at Church or other publick Meetings . " |