Example sentences of "[adv] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A NEW blood vessel ‘ drill ’ which can relieve blocked arteries supplying the heart has been used successfully for the first time by surgeons in Britain . |
| 2 | Had he succeeded , Sartre would have established dialectical reason as successfully for the human sciences as Kant had established analytical reason for natural science . |
| 3 | After the Restoration of Charles II Mabbott petitioned successfully for the lucrative office of manager for licences of wine and strong waters in Ireland for himself and his eldest surviving son , Kympton , then aged seven , letters patent being granted in January 1661 . |
| 4 | Local officials said that the move could result in the police and army being used locally for the first time , but reflected members ' anger and frustration . |
| 5 | The Green Party won representation locally for the first time with 14 seats ; and Sinn Féin won seven seats ( 10 in 1985 ) . |
| 6 | She is also well known locally for the soft toys she makes for various charities . |
| 7 | The wholesale slaughter of these magnificent animals by poachers has been averted to a considerable degree since embargoes have been placed on the exportation of their skins and on products manufactured locally for the Indian tourist industry , such as briefcases , wallets , belts and handbags . |
| 8 | The Da Toto is best known locally for the local dishes served in its good restaurant and Citalia guests will dine on three or four courses each evening of rustic , Tuscan specialities , with the added attraction of unlimited wine and mineral water included in the price . |
| 9 | The Ring of Eight was originally founded to dance at Christchurch Folk Festival but as well as dancing at festivals we also travel to craft fairs around the South of England and perform locally for the National Trust and other charities . |
| 10 | However , the charges on both money and other property may be postponed or other property substituted , especially where the money or property is required to provide somewhere for the assisted person to live . |
| 11 | To celebrate this , OUP has found 1,000 new phrasal verbs from somewhere for the latter publication to take the tally to 11,000 entries . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , it does provide a simple demonstration of a problem that dogs all our stratigraphical thinking , and as the palaeontologist in question was my student ( and I visited the area with him ) my inclinations are wholly for the second interpretation in this case . |
| 13 | Against the left-hand wall was an assortment of canvas and metal chairs neatly stacked , presumably for the occasional use of the parochial church council . |
| 14 | ‘ Ah , but I should have acted six years ago , I should have taken you then when you were vulnerable in your confusion — as I supposed — involved with a recently married man , presumably for the first time , and not knowing what it was you felt for me because you were so sure Jones was all you wanted . |
| 15 | Summerchild and Serafin had met , presumably for the first time , on March 7th . |
| 16 | Not only did they bring stretches of water into country often lacking in them , as in many parts of the Midlands , with consequent changes in bird and plant life , but they also brought — mostly for the first time — aqueducts , cuttings and embankments , tunnels , locks , lifts and inclined planes , and many attractive bridges , and they greatly influenced the growth and appearance of many towns . |
| 17 | Agriculture in the south has been restricted to stock-raising , mostly for the local consumption of whaling communities , on some of the peripheral and cool temperate islands . |
| 18 | THE first Norwegian whalers have put to sea to hunt commercially for the first time since 1987 in defiance of a global moratorium . |
| 19 | He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment . |
| 20 | The legislation did most for the better-paid male workers , an increasingly crucial sector of the workforce both economically and politically . |
| 21 | The differential impact of national and industry environmental forces upon the structure , process and outcomes of industrial relations have been examined empirically for the important metalworking industry across five countries . |
| 22 | Had you trained properly for the complete distance ? |
| 23 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 24 | And for those few hours after she got home she found she could talk to her mother properly for the first time in over two years . |
| 25 | You gaze at each other properly for the first time . |
| 26 | Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time . |
| 27 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
| 28 | Sighing , she swivelled round , looking at the cabin properly for the first time . |
| 29 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
| 30 | Morse looked at her now — perhaps properly for the first time . |