Example sentences of "[det] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This not only leaves little for continued growth into the future , but also means that the society 's solvency margins have been reduced , so inhibiting its investment freedom and with it , investment performance . |
| 2 | With some notable exceptions it assists the process of individual growth and development but does little for collective growth and development . |
| 3 | In the 1960s Kennedy Round of multilateral trade negotiations , the much-acclaimed reductions in barriers to manufactures , trade did little for those LDC 's that were poorly placed to produce , let alone export them . |
| 4 | However , this promises to do little for educational standards ; sometimes these tutors have neither materials nor premises to work from , and hold classes under trees . |
| 5 | In essence , there is little for local authorities to do , and what does need to be done can wait at least a couple more years ! |
| 6 | With more and more bodegas setting up in Rioja — there was 62 in 1985 , 140 by 1991 — and with sales either static or declining , there seems little for recession-hit bodega bosses to laugh about . |
| 7 | Down there they will escape the buffetings of the storms to come and there too , where temperatures are much lower , their bodily process will slow down and so use less energy at a time in the year when there is little for these animals to eat . |
| 8 | Events of 1989 have done little for Australian image . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , however , the inquiry did little for public confidence in the independent judicial monitor . |
| 10 | There 's been very little for United fans to cheer about this season . |
| 11 | It means little for this child to perform with the greatest precision the most difficult pieces , with hands that can hardly stretch a sixth ; but what is really incredible is to see him improvise for an hour on end and in doing so give rein to the inspiration of his genius and to a mass of enchanting ideas … |
| 12 | Except on North America voyages , and despite falling unemployment and rising real wages in the country as a whole , seamen 's wages rose little for some years . |
| 13 | Armed forces : 3,500 ( regular ) and recruits ( two intakes of 18,000 each for 17 weeks ) ; reserves totalling 625,000 . |
| 14 | Armed forces : 3,500 ( regular ) plus recruits ( 2 intakes of 18,000 each for 17 weeks only ) ; reserves totalling 625,000 ( 1990 ) . |
| 15 | He did this by making three of the sentences , each for 14 years , run consecutively instead of concurrently . |
| 16 | Coinciding with Jeffrey Archer and James Herbert 's defections to HarperCollins from Hodder ( each for two-book deals , worth over £2m and £1.7 respectively ) , former Hodder author Anthony Sampson ( The Anatomy of Britain ) has also taken his next book to HarperCollins . |
| 17 | There 's £25 for the best , £10 each for two runners up . |
| 18 | This was certainly true of his year as social security minister , where Major would prefer to be remembered for dispensing fivers to freezing pensioners in the form of severe-weather payments ( even though they received only one each for one week ) , than for helping to draft the 1988 Social Security Act . |
| 19 | She wishes to initiate a spread by going long in kryptonite futures ( currently priced at £50 000 each for one ton for delivery in 12 months ) and short in phlogiston futures ( currently priced at £10 000 each for 1000 lbs for delivery in 12 months ) . |
| 20 | Each of the 10 counties were to be allocated a seat , with two each for exiled parties . |
| 21 | According to BAFTA 's rules , the panel chairman votes only if there is a tie in the jury of seven — which would have come about if , for example , there had been three votes each for Prime Suspect and GBH and one for one of the other nominees such as the BBC 's Clarissa . |
| 22 | According to BAFTA 's rules , the chairman of the panel votes only if there is a tie in the jury of seven — which would have come about if , for example , there had been three votes each for Prime Suspect and GBH and one for one of the other nominees such as the BBC 's Clarissa . |
| 23 | Do 10 mini raises , holding each for 1 second . |
| 24 | Anne Seaton taught at a SKFA ‘ associated movement ’ course in Glasgow in February and at a WLHB charity rally in Ayr in March ( specification — tow identical half-hour sessions , each for 100 people , using balls and clubs ) ; Anne was also invited for the second year to help judge a heat in the Movement and Recreative Dance section of SKFA 's Open National Championship . |
| 25 | We have 15 sets of books from the catalogue to give away — £100-worth of books for each of five winners and £50-worth each for ten runners-up . |
| 26 | The centres offer a party package of admission , shoe hire , game and birthday tea for around £5 per head , but we have ten parties , each for ten children , to give away . |
| 27 | Draw up a list , look on the library shelves , and once you have the books in your hands , consult the index and bibliography of each for further ideas . |
| 28 | As I mentioned on the phone yesterday : update on music permissions that have developed since last week : Waterfront ( Simple Minds ) ( confirmation awaited from artists ) and I Like Driving in my Car ( Madness ) will be £75 each for 3 years ' world license , excluding USA . |
| 29 | Luckily , the Lentons had paid £25 each for medical insurance , which covered the lot . |
| 30 | Luckily , the Lentons had paid £25 each for medical insurance , which covered the lot . |