Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [conj] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be comforting to me at any rate personally to know that even so eminent a , a , er an ornament of the present administration as my Noble Friends also found these th th this material a matter for stumbling and was not perhaps inclined to give it a crown of lucidity . |
| 2 | These include cortisol ( which rises later in the night as the body prepares for waking and is strongly influenced by the body clock ) ; antidiuretic hormone ( which is one of the ways in which fluid formation by the kidney is reduced at night , see Chapter 6 ) ; and the male sex hormone , testosterone , as well as some of the hormones that control the reproductive cycle in women . |
| 3 | The leaves of palms in general are often used for thatching and are relatively durable compared with most tropical foliage . |
| 4 | He also planned to entertain at the Priory his neighbours and friends , and here it was possible that he received fresh warnings of danger , as on finishing his dinner he hurriedly set off for Halling and was scarcely clear of the city when a riot broke out and the mob tried to pillage the Priory . |
| 5 | Its main disadvantage , the sorry state the diagram reaches when manually drawn out versions are used for monitoring and are continually amended , is no longer a disadvantage when a computer is used . |