Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably a blood glucose of 12 mmol/l or above on more than one occasion should indicate oral therapy for the patient on diet alone or insulin for the patient on maximal oral therapy . |
| 2 | Obviously some clothiers fared better than others for there were quite a large number of bankruptcies between 1800 and 1840 . |
| 3 | Both establishments had open fronts so that conditions for employees could not have been pleasant during the winter months . |
| 4 | As a primary intervention , I would aim to direct conversations so that preparation for these changes could be made and some consideration given to the future , whatever that would entail . |
| 5 | As 1992 approaches , the year for the fulfilment of the Single European Market , it is even more important for the Churches of Europe to have a more accurate and comprehensive picture so that strategies for the re-evangelisation of the European Community can be developed . |
| 6 | The king himself was not paid ( although Edward Balliol , ‘ king ’ of Scots , drew payment both in times of war and peace ) but dukes received 13s. 4d ; earls 6s. 8d ; knights-baneret 4s ; knights-bachelor 2s ; and esquires 1s ; these last sums corresponding proportionately to the amount each might expect to spend on a horse ( as outlined above ) whose value was agreed in advance , so that compensation for its loss could be paid by the crown . |
| 7 | Quite apart from the scale of any observed effects , and of rather more theoretical importance , was the issue of whether any biochemical change we found was unique to , say , imprinting in the young chick , so that memory for other types of behaviour in older birds or in other species would involve quite different processes . |
| 8 | ‘ The aim of this inquiry into the order relating to case no. 596 , in the charge of Miss P. Sulkins , home visitor in the employ of the Bamborough Area Council for Social Service until last year — the pink file , sir — and transferred from the list covered by the South Midlands ( Eastern Section ) Administrative Area — the papers in the yellow folder , sir — is to try and establish an order of events that stretch over no little period in time , so that responsibility for the unfortunate outcome of these actions , or as some have chosen to prejudge this enquiry , lack of action , may be apportioned justly between the various bodies responsible under the Act . |
| 9 | Libertarians want a drastic reduction in the interventions of the state , not only in the economy but also as a social regulator , so that opportunities for both personal choice and the free-market economy are maximized . |
| 10 | The rule had been amended so that nominations for the Committee were restricted to full male or female members of five years standing , and where ladies are concerned , were not to exceed in number the direct ratio to the numerical strength of their respective section . |
| 11 | The gates were slammed in their faces so that preparations for the closing ceremony could take place . |
| 12 | • Complex computer-based games have been developed so that scores for manipulative skill , decision-taking , vigilance , etc. can all be calculated as the game proceeds . |
| 13 | The rooms , erm we 've tried to this has been a bit tied up since the broadcast , we 've tried to have it fairly cluttery so that kids for instance if they 're not used to sheep , can come and come and have a sniff of of of er you know . |
| 14 | Certain principles have never yet been contested in any court of law so that precedent for their consideration has never been laid down . |
| 15 | Just the fact that this can be achieved at less than £10,000 for a complete system is rather likely to upset anyone who has invested hundreds of thousands in ‘ Third Wave ’ systems and discovers that , for a tenth the cost they could actually achieve rather more . |
| 16 | In fact i has to be less than 90° for the simple reason that the supergiant does not eclipse the X-ray emission from Cygnus X-1 at any part of the orbit ; if τ were 90° the orbits would be seen edge-on and eclipsing would be unavoidable . |
| 17 | Trafalgar paid less than £3m for it back in 1976 , five years after it purchased Cunard . |
| 18 | Where the Auditors and Purchaser 's Accountants disagree as to the valuation of an item and , where the disputed element of the valuation is less than £1,000 for an individual item , or the aggregate value of all disputed elements of valuation within fixed assets are less than £3,000 both parties shall agree to accept the Auditors ' valuation . |
| 19 | Using the equation above , the probability that a difference of this order has been missed in this series of experiments is less than 1% for both acid and pepsin . |
| 20 | PH Pope & Son ( ) , a long-established independent firm based in Staffordshire , says it will not usually take on less than £20,000 for discretionary management but will do advisory work on less . |
| 21 | Macintosh software is also generally cheaper than its PC counterpart ; both Word and WordPerfect are over £400 for the PC yet less than £300 for the Macintosh . |
| 22 | The variability was less than 10% for all methods . |
| 23 | In 1970 , the Equal Pay Act made it unlawful to pay women less than men for doing the same or similar work ( although this was not to be implemented until 1975 ) . |
| 24 | Otherwise you only receive limited compensation — less than £25 for loss and damage of an ordinary letter — and no compensation at all for money , monetary items or jewellery . |
| 25 | Within the same age groups , case fatality ratio increased with age : respectively 0% , 0.8% , 1.3% , 2.3% , and 5.9% , and the overall case fatality ratio was 1.3%. 2 of the 10 kolkhozes contributed 83.3% of the cases ( figure ) with attack rates up to 16.9% and 23.6% , compared with less than 3% for each of the 8 others . |
| 26 | It 's certainly difficult to pay less than £110 for a lift pass now . |
| 27 | Ex-engineer Bob , 54 , paid less than £5,000 for the building , set in five acres of land , in 1971 . |
| 28 | The remaining graves , probably about 280 — filled with up to 1,000 more weapons and jewellery items — will be excavated only if finance for future digs becomes available . |
| 29 | Harrods Library , which had an extensive clientele , used to publish long lists of ex-library books which could be bought at a third of the price when new , or less if rebound for library use . |
| 30 | Course extended to allow for BEd degrees and honours degrees and Diploma in Higher Education ( the latter retrospectively from 1974 ) ; education approved for all degree and diploma programmes ; also art & design for BEd only and music for BEd and DipHE only , single fields in catering studies , and food & nutrition ( approved for BA and BSc only ) . |