Example sentences of "for [pron] [noun] or [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , no married woman could make a will without her husband 's consent , nor ( with trifling exceptions ) make any contract , except as agent either for her husband or for some other person : it would have been absurd to let her contract when she had no free property out of which she could pay . |
| 2 | That this House believes that the death penalty for murder no longer accords with the needs or the true interests of a civilised society , and calls upon Her Majesty 's Government to introduce forthwith legislation for its abolition or for its suspension for an experimental period . |
| 3 | If you do n't like it , the cost is too high for its usefulness or for any other reason whatsoever , you need only scrub the disk clean by reformatting and what have you lost ? |
| 4 | Nevertheless five men , who had been imprisoned because they deliberately and flagrantly disobeyed the orders of the NIRC , and so imperilled the rule of law and ‘ our whole way of life ’ , were released although they had not asked to be released and had made clear that they had no intention of apologizing to the court for their behaviour or of desisting from that behaviour . |
| 5 | Nor do we any longer allow children to become little work-horses for their fathers or for any other man . |
| 6 | With no economic future , Bosnian Serbs and Croats may leave for their motherlands or for abroad in greater numbers than at present . |
| 7 | Diplomatic staff such as herself depended heavily on goods brought in specially by their embassies for their use or on block orders from firms which existed to supply the needs of expatriates . |
| 8 | The Khan of the Merkuts did not fear for his position or for his influence . |
| 9 | ‘ You 'll never know if people want you for your looks or for yourself . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's like voting for your dad or for your wacky cool uncle who plays the sax . |
| 11 | THIS is one of the most important months of the year for your career or for anything that contributes to your well-being . |
| 12 | And I 've told you once before — you either work for our company or for France . ’ |
| 13 | If we could agree on what we want , whether for our children or for society , the task of government would be relatively straightforward . |