Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | tenant of area of sea has right to sue for nuisance where pollution killed larvae even though at the time they were killed , tenant had not acquired a proprietary right of action . |
| 2 | The kind most widely favoured for jewellery , at least in the west , was a delicate pale pink , but in and around Hawaii a black variety might be used for this purpose , and the Chinese were particularly keen on deep red coral for their carvings . |
| 3 | The fifth , sixth and seventh words are the most widely favoured for deletion . |
| 4 | The ‘ Office of Innovation ’ ( OI ) transcends the interests of individual departments , thereby allowing for cross-fertilization of ideas among divisions . |
| 5 | Some of those who have been successfully treated for candidiasis will still have residual problems due to food intolerance . |
| 6 | In fragile Edinburgh Pentlands , Malcolm Rifkind , the Transport Secretary widely tipped for defeat , stormed home with an increased majority . |
| 7 | Although some Catholics ( and fewer Protestants ) voted for the socialist platform of Paddy Devlin or the militancy of Bernadette McAliskey ( née Devlin ) , most voted for Hume . |
| 8 | Everett was duly interviewed for suitability in a hall in Shepherd 's Bush on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 9 | I sat on a log among the shadows of creatures now extinct and others long since departed for pasture in the south . |
| 10 | She turned round and slowly headed for home . |
| 11 | This brother-in-law was eventually hanged for highway robbery . |
| 12 | A lot of accidents occur on slides , for instance , which are mostly designed for use by seven to 12-year-olds , but which in practice are used more by preschoolers . |
| 13 | If you are being honest with yourself and with her and you really are terribly pressed for time , you will never be short of concrete reasons to give , and she will find these much more acceptable and less hurtful than vague excuses , provided , of course , that your overall treatment of her is one of care and not neglect . |
| 14 | It made the marketing of Palestinian goods inside Israel subject to a licence that in practice was only given for produce , like olives , which was not produced by Jews in commercial quantities . |
| 15 | It seems rather ironic that Stratford Mill , which was better placed for access to the transport system and a water supply , should be the first to go . |
| 16 | Erm at that erm meeting members did er bring up a number of points er , the comments and questions which have been put to the Environment Trust and the answers to them are there on page ninety five under progress to date and , and on onto page ninety six er , the main ones really are the question as to whether er , any rented housing could be provided erm , in the scheme is dealt with there the Environment Trust only develop for sale or for equity share er , they 're not a housing association , they 're a charitable body erm so they did n't feel that they were able to er , take on the role of er , provided rented housing in the scheme . |
| 17 | At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week . |
| 18 | The belief underlying such proposals is that many older people are only referred for treatment at a late stage of dependency when treatment is less effective and more expensive . |
| 19 | As he had lived alone before his stroke , he had to hire 24-hour nursing help , and a nurse accompanied him whenever he went out , which was initially only to attend for rehabilitation care . |
| 20 | CIRCULATION of documents apparently intended for board members and senior executives of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association has fuelled speculation that the professional game 's governing body has ‘ wasted the golden years of snooker and not planned properly for the future . ’ |
| 21 | There were also four lumps of silver apparently intended for circulation . |
| 22 | The Constitutions of Archbishop Oda of Canterbury ( 941 – 58 ) , apparently intended for recitation , told King Edmund to obey his bishops , and insisted that he rule justly . |
| 23 | However , it was agreed at the outset of this appeal by Mr. Leonard that these two latter matters would only arise for consideration in the event that his contentions upon his first and principal ground of appeal were upheld in this court ; and in the circumstances we heard argument from both sides upon that ground separately and distinct from the remainder of the matters raised in this appeal . |
| 24 | And then they would all stay for tea or whatever . |
| 25 | Migration and fertility decline are alternative escapes from population pressure in societies sufficiently developed for mortality to be declining ( as in eighteenth century France ) and can to some extent substitute for each other ( Davis 1963 , Friedlander 1983 ) to relieve population pressure ( Woods and Smith 1983 ) . |
| 26 | Hodai , your arrows have n't enough spline for use with my bow . |
| 27 | Enough change for regulation to give way smoothly to sufficiently widespread positive management by public agency or private occupier in partnership to obviate the need for enforced protection . ’ |
| 28 | Known as the champagne tea and highly regarded for afternoon drinking . |
| 29 | We grew together struggling for supremacy like a wisteria — two trunks from one root — twining tortuously round each other 's faults and failings and culminating in the glorious flowers of two fine sons and a deep and immovable friendship . |
| 30 | It also runs practical residential courses on the environment for schools and is constantly consulted for advice and information by industry and individuals . |