Example sentences of "for the [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of Estella however her appearances are n't really deceiving as she looks arrogant and proud and has proud eyes though she really changes for the better even though it occurred because of her treatment by Bentley Drummle and in the end like Pip , she is wiser and has been softened by her experiences and lost her proud eyes and air . |
| 2 | What about learning how to change things for the better rather than merely learning to adapt to the way things are now ? |
| 3 | Social events for example were organised for the deaf rather than by deaf people themselves , mainly by hearing missioners ; deaf magazines like the Deaf Quarterly News and the British Deaf Times were largely aimed at a readership far too sophisticated for the average ordinary deaf person , written and edited by missioners ; the Guild of St. John of Beverley , an organisation of mainly clerical missioners interested in doing things for the deaf , flourished . |
| 4 | Later she mastered Braille , learned to type and later took lessons from a teacher for the deaf so that she could go to school , then college and later spent her life lecturing all over the world . |
| 5 | A stodgy mix of colonial history , racial paranoia , wet hankie sentiment and rough-hewn myth-making , it laid the ground-work for the Western even before the frontier had advanced much beyond the west of New York State . |
| 6 | Briefly , for those who want to search for one of these rarities : beautiful , very fast , start saving at £14,000 and go for the carburetted rather than the injected version . |
| 7 | For example , it is often possible to explain angry and hostile behaviour in terms of an individual 's love and concern for the other rather than as a straightforward expression of hostility or hatred . |
| 8 | The first review was written mainly for the many within and outside the congregation who had participated and therefore knew the scheme of things . |
| 9 | We know that we ought to care for the subnormal precisely because they are subnormal : they are weak , defenceless , at our mercy . |
| 10 | But he had expected it to be directed by concern for the dead rather than against him as the perpetrator of their demise . |
| 11 | The Green Party 's policy has been described as a manifesto for the 1890's rather than the 1980's . |
| 12 | One of his wins had qualified him for the National so when he came up for sale at Doncaster , Kempton secured him for 2,000 guineas on behalf of two of his owners who were keen to have a runner in the race . |
| 13 | Er , next week will be the last week for selling tickets for the social so if you 'd like to come tickets next week . |