Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] for [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exposition extends its sympathy for both the younger and the older Wells , and good sense is lavished on the borderline books between — uneasy but stimulating mixtures like When the Sleeper A wakes and A Modern Utopia . |
| 2 | So says a recent study which deals with the modern trend in child-rearing and its consequences for both the individual and society . |
| 3 | Wolski was one of the fifty or so who survived the escape and the remaining months of the war and by a succession of chances so slight , so unpredictable , so arbitrary that they would banish from his mind for ever the belief that there was any sense or pattern to this life , he found his way to Britain in 1945 . |
| 4 | Still it 's hard to believe the young warlord wo n't rattle around in his armoury for just the right mace . |
| 5 | MR BRYAN GOULD proposed a decisive break with the programme on which Labour lost last week 's general election when he launched his campaign for both the party 's leadership and deputy leadership at Westminster last night . |
| 6 | And now , as he sat staring fixedly at the floral configuration on the faded green carpet , he felt a little sad as he thought of Laura , his wife for only the last couple of years . |
| 7 | This time his 38-year-old legs were not quick enough to cut off the corners and trap his quarry for even the slightest roughing-up . |
| 8 | We may have moved on from the steel nib and the blackboard , but are we not educating our children for much the same reasons as we were 50 years ago ? |