Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the positive part of conventionalism shrinks in practical importance in court , because there are so few occasions for judges to rely on law as conventionalism construes this , so this particular defense of the negative part becomes weaker , for the exceptions steadily eat up the rule . |
| 2 | When the picture is sharp enough on fast search ( machines vary ) , then you have a way of skipping through a long programme , perhaps selecting only some sections for normal viewing . |
| 3 | Just as adherents of astrology , when predicted events fail to appear , find reasons from within the scheme of astrology for the failure , so some apologists for psychoanalysis find reasons why their hypotheses and predictions do not stand the test . |
| 4 | There will be five or so such bobbins for each rod , and the pretensioned rovings are directed through guides down into a bath of polyester resin in much the same way as any glass fibre is prepared for setting into its shape by wetting the fibres with resin/hardener mix . |
| 5 | how long these tapes for ? , like the first seven |
| 6 | There are obviously many reasons for the conjunction of forces which produced its institutions and these must include the Reithian spirit ( described above ) , a political system secure enough to grant broadcasting a relatively free hand and the absence ( or the negation ! ) of deep social divisions . |
| 7 | With his great experience of Scotland and his wide reading , Hamish is able to bring together many disciplines for a detailed and interlinked account of the districts he passes through . |
| 8 | ‘ St John , I have so many reasons for happiness . |
| 9 | She did not pause to marvel that she had so many reasons for anger — as if the anger grew first , and grew tall , before any reason came along to prop it up . |
| 10 | Through receiving so many treatments for his own various ailments he had gained some experience which was a help to others . |
| 11 | There are so many compensations for everyone in the family during the teenage years that it is a grave mistake to look on the black side . |
| 12 | And so many pounds for each sixth former you have . |
| 13 | Have you noticed how so many adverts for chocolate are aimed at girls ? |
| 14 | it is just a job of so many hours for so much . |
| 15 | It suggests the unmet need of so many women for support and help in redefining their role and purpose when the all-consuming daily tending of another is no longer required . |
| 16 | He made so many plans for this wedding . |
| 17 | Daddy had so many plans for Walker Hall but then he had so little time to do much . |
| 18 | ‘ There have been so many plans for the place and everything seems to fall through , ’ he said . |
| 19 | TV 's Miss Victoria ‘ Vicki ’ Michelle gets so many requests for suspenders that she 'd ‘ go BUST if she answered them all ; |
| 20 | David Scott , for example , complained that he got so many requests for Indian patronage from the council of St. Andrews that if the remaining burghs in his district were to seek aid in proportion to the size of their communities it ‘ would require more patronage than the whole East India Direction have in their gift ’ . |
| 21 | When he came out of hospital they fixed him up with a job in a parachute factory , but he 'd just finished the training period when the war ended , and they did n't think they 'd need so many parachutes for the next one . |
| 22 | Rarely did the family eat so much , break so many eggs for a single meal , or stay so long at the table ; the pleasure of idleness rocked her limbs , the restless noise of her own worries grew still and their voices faded in her head . |
| 23 | Because for what reason , other than profit , would a nursing home prescribe so many drugs for Nell ? |
| 24 | G. Lightheart is our link with the Education Department keeping us informed and obtaining cash , especially for the Youth Club … to Ian Watson , the hall keeper who does so many things for the Association which are beyond his official duties . |
| 25 | G. Lightheart is our link with the Education Department keeping us informed and obtaining cash , especially for the Youth Club … to Ian Watson , the hall keeper who does so many things for the Association which are beyond his official duties . |
| 26 | ‘ Development of the business jet range requires a lot of money , and there are so many calls for resources within the company , ’ spokesman Alan Piper told Pilot . |
| 27 | The RSPCA has received so many calls for advice on ostrich farming that its now drawn up guidelines to ensure they 're farmed humanely . |
| 28 | These would undertake so many operations for half a million pounds . |
| 29 | The wretched condition of so many recruits for the Boer War had brought this matter very forcibly into public attention , leading to the extraordinary fact-finding mission of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Physical Deterioration in 1904 . |
| 30 | But yesterday , as she nursed the baby she had been praying so many years for , she said : ‘ I never gave up hope . ’ |