Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ornaments recovered from Neolithic cemeteries in the Rhine and Danube basins show that the shells most favoured for personal adornment were those of the mussel Spondylus gaederopus from which were fashioned necklaces , pendants and bracelets . |
| 2 | In February 1940 at the Labour Exchange at Devizes , I duly registered for military service . |
| 3 | All were prescribed as painkillers , with both Zomax and Opren widely prescribed for arthritic patients . |
| 4 | It was also skilfully manipulated for political purposes . |
| 5 | The general reconnaissance raid , mounted to find out what enemy defences if any stood along a stretch of coast , developed into the assault pilotage surveys of 1943 and 1944 , secretly landing for specific intelligence of beach conditions and defences . |
| 6 | Under the 1975 Pensions Act , invalidity pensioners will eventually qualify for inflation-proofed earnings-related pensions . |
| 7 | They can not only compensate for declining liquor sales , but can even arrest and reverse that trend . |
| 8 | Manufacturers have also been putting a lot of resources into providing a wide range of dry foods especially formulated for marine fish species . |
| 9 | When is a building sufficiently furnished for full habitation ? |
| 10 | Tawney , Sadler , Bray , Gibb , Best and Ogden , and Dyer , among others , all argued for trade-based courses with an emphasis on practical instruction . |
| 11 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 12 | Mr Heseltine , when Secretary of State for the Environment , constantly argued for extra resources which were withheld by Mrs Thatcher and the Treasury , and succeeding ministers have been no more successful . |
| 13 | The use of weights coupled with longer exercise periods is very demanding and is only intended for serious athletes . |
| 14 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 15 | Good science does not necessarily make for good philosophy . |
| 16 | THERE was an article in The Times the other day which said that good spelling did not necessarily make for good writing . |
| 17 | The veined and variegated roots yielded beautiful veneers much prized for ornamental work . |
| 18 | Despite inclusion in the Christie 's preview and plans for a pre-sale tour before the sale , the picture was suddenly withdrawn for undisclosed reasons before being catalogued . |
| 19 | Boss wrongly sacked for sexual harassment |
| 20 | This pricing apparently holds for multi-user sites of up to four users . |
| 21 | If we consider the mathematics of combinations we must come to the conclusion that the pattern making activity of the mind is far better designed for conceptual thinking than any computer . |
| 22 | There seems a good chance that a range of hydrocarbons from oil to dry gas could have been generated ( given suitable source material ) from some parts of the Carboniferous sequence after the Variscan orogeny , both in the hanging and footwall ; the range of possible depths is great enough to compensate for anticipated differences in temperature gradient . |
| 23 | Although technically possible on magnetic tape , logarithmic searches are too slow to be economic , so they are normally only considered for direct access devices . |
| 24 | What this meal means in real terms is a member does n't necessarily know for sure why they have lost . |
| 25 | True ivory is one of the few substances to have been highly esteemed for symbolic purposes wherever it could be obtained . |
| 26 | The UK Government offers Overseas Research Student(ORS) awards annually to provide for partial remission of fees to overseas postgraduate students of outstanding merit and research potential who are studying for research degrees . |
| 27 | However , we see the thesis as overambitious since it only holds for certain groups and issues and for a particular period of British politics — and that period , may have passed at least for the moment . |
| 28 | Is there a broad enough base for popular capitalism ? |
| 29 | Home responsibilities protection only counts for full tax years , which is a disadvantage , since most of us do not arrange our lives from April to April . |
| 30 | Austrians view markets as a spontaneous social order that arises naturally to provide for beneficial exchanges . |