Example sentences of "the [noun] that for " in BNC.

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1 It remains the case that for much of our constitutional history the Cabinet and its forerunners were never greatly liked by Parliament which was at times bitterly hostile to it and tried to stamp it out .
2 There has also been a certain amount of experimental work by linguists and psychologists which supports the hypothesis that for current speakers of English , generic masculines are interpreted as masculine rather than generic — though it has to be said the results of this work are not entirely clear-cut , except perhaps in the case of generic man .
3 But in this very satisfaction lies the difficulty that for twenty years or more a good deal of self-esteem and affirmation has depended upon the parenting role .
4 This produces pages of transcription which are carefully scanned in the hope that for one brief second some minor indiscretion may have taken place .
5 Tupper tells the story that for the evening following that most notorious of all war crimes committed between 1914 and 1918 , the torpedoing and sinking by a German U-boat of the unarmed liner Lusitania , with 702 seamen and over 1,000 passengers , including women and children on board , on 7 May 1915 , a concert had been arranged at Eastcote , with artistes from London and Northampton .
6 It is clear from the authorities that for these reasons a failure to comply with the requirements of Ord. 29 , r. 1(5) of the County Court Rules 1981 is fatal to the lawfulness of the committal .
7 This last point is important since it will be seen from reading through the course that for those who wish it , there is considerable flexibility of approach .
8 This , coupled with the gossip that for some time surrounded the couple , soon convinced the constables they had the right people .
9 Another controversial aspect of the road plan was the recommendation that for half its length it should be routed through land belonging to Manuel Zelaya , a powerful Honduran sawmill owner .
10 These are : 1 the differences between speech and writing ; 2 the nature and internal organisation of written texts ; 3 the processes of writing — and concomitant with this , the appreciation that for the purposes of teaching , the process is of prior importance to the product .
11 There is speculation that the Government is working to the rule that for every 4 per cent depreciation of the pound , there would be a 1 point rise in base rates to maintain the tightness of monetary policy .
12 For these reasons I shall make a declaration to the effect that for the purposes of Part II of the Act of 1987 , an assignee of part of a deposit as defined in section 5 is to be treated as entitled to the assigned part of the deposit and as having made a deposit of an amount equal to that part .
13 This has had the effect that for centuries Emmental farmsteads and lands have had great historical continuity as units accumulated agricultural wealth and skills ; and they have given the landscape very impressive and characteristic features : the majestic farmsteads with enormous double-thatched roofs extending like half-folded wings nearly to ground level at the sides and encompassing under one giant roof not only living quarters but also stables , barns and other ancillary accommodation .
14 Their lifestyle contains all the ingredients that for us make up ‘ the good life ’ — plenty of time devoted to playing , socialising , and making love .
15 John Campbell of Mamore , however , had one powerful weapon at his disposal to reinforce his will , for he told the commissioners that for the future ‘ none but sure friends should be nominate[d] ’ commissioners of supply , ‘ and that all others should be razed out ’ .
16 Such eclecticism fosters a false picture of criminal law and more seriously deflects criticism of the circumstance that for most individuals contact with the criminal law is contact with an objectivist regime of strictly liability .
17 Two years ago he was involved in a dreadful crash on the western Ring Road in which his wife , who was sitting beside him in the passenger seat , received such serious injuries to the lower half of the body that for the rest of her life — a life which ended tragically last week — she was confined to a wheel-chair .
18 The data we collected leads inescapably to the conclusion that for most of the time nothing happens at all — this seems to be particularly the case in residential settings ( ibid. , p. 58 ) .
19 But it is worth making the point that for instance if we take a look after eighteen fifteen of , at the wars .
20 ( 4 ) If the provision of a specimen other than a specimen of breath may be required in pursuance of this section the question whether it is to be a specimen of blood or a specimen of urine shall be decided by the constable making the requirement , but if a medical practitioner is of the opinion that for medical reasons a specimen of blood can not or should not be taken the specimen shall be a specimen of urine .
21 What would be the chances of arriving at the principle of a constant coefficient of expansion in metals ( the notion that for a given metal there is a fixed relationship between amount of change of temperature and amount of change of length ) if the only data to hand concerning temperature and length were estimates based on unaided touch and sight ?
22 In the event that for whatever reason it has not proved possible to settle a claim either extrajudicially or by Tender well before the Proof , the defender should in any case in which he approaches Proof without wishing to contest on the merits , protect himself against the expenses thereof by Tender .
23 At a crossroads three miles from the square that for centuries has represented the heart of imperial Russia , the independent marchers were told by police that Red Square was out of bounds .
24 Joey relaxed , happy in the knowledge that for the next few weeks at least , the place would n't run dry of drugs .
25 Before we know the words for it , before we know that there are words , out we come , bloodied and squalling with the knowledge that for all the compasses in the world , there 's only one direction , and time is its only measure .
26 Sarella quivered with the knowledge that for sure he wanted something again .
27 The owners say that they are so new to the game that for the moment they are selling everything because they do not know what will eventually prove profitable .
28 Some solicitors adopted a ‘ welfare ’ approach , acting against their client 's instructions in the belief that for them to be released would not be in their interests ; and
29 The research in this initiative derives from the belief that for one reason or another , Britain 's economic decline stems at least in part from insufficient investment in innovation .
30 After listening to my Sikh sisters ' accounts of their lives and relationships and the sensitive Izzat of their men I had the feeling that for Sikhs Izzat is not pride or honour — it is male ego , pure and simple .
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