Example sentences of "and [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burnout is commonly seen when counsellors have " family disease " of their own and are inappropriately self.denying and caretaking for their patients . |
| 2 | ‘ Although any draw against German opposition represents a big challenge , because I 've got the greatest respect and admiration for what they 've done at club and international level for over 20 years . |
| 3 | Carlo projected approbation effortlessly , making no secret of his liking and admiration for her . |
| 4 | Saturday 's concerned with beautifying , improving and modernising your abode and winning general approval and admiration for your efforts whilst Sunday 's taken up with subtly getting a loved one to toe the line . |
| 5 | My servility to Sam and admiration for his strength had never stopped Jerry and me being the closest of the family . |
| 6 | Dick Faucenbois is a character who lives in the memory , an individual in his eager response to adventure , exciting sympathy for his loneliness and admiration for his courage and his quick wits . |
| 7 | Lovat listened to Topaz , torn between anger directed against Horatia Manners , and admiration for his wife 's loveliness which was always at its best when she was in a rage . |
| 8 | Like the girl with the clipboard , they seemed consumed with gratitude and admiration for his skill in getting there . |
| 9 | Frederick 's patronage and admiration for his work persuaded the artist to travel to London , where , in 1728 he was duly rewarded with an official appointment as portrait painter to the prince . |
| 10 | Van den Boogard suggested that in the Anglo-Norman fabliaux the author assumes what he calles the persona of the clerk , i.e. a character looking for respect and admiration for his ability to tell a fascinating tale of intrigue ( inter alia ) , whereas a French author is more likely to adopt the persona of the jongleur , shocking by his anarchism but amusing at the same time through his self-mockery . |
| 11 | Format Many public libraries now spend large sums on paperbacks , and budget for them separately . |
| 12 | Zimbabwe has to juggle the conflicting demands of democracy and livelihood for its peasants with the foreign-exchange addiction of its ‘ modern ’ economy . |
| 13 | ‘ I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies , education and culture for their minds , and dignity , equality and freedom for their spirits . |
| 14 | " I 'll be after justice and freedom for everybody , Mrs Thackray . " |
| 15 | ( In Annexe F I have listed fourteen different permutations of form and function for you to consider . ) |
| 16 | Although the tyranny of ‘ promotion examinations ’ has mercifully decreased in the past decade , in many countries yearly and termly examinations and preparation for them account for a quite disproportionate amount of school time and teachers are virtually ignorant of how and why and when to test . |
| 17 | But the patina of religiosity his demeanour had acquired through attendance at Hebrew classes and preparation for his bar mitzvah was quickly shed when the classes and his bar mitzvah had passed and early manhood overtook him . |
| 18 | The plaintiff had boundless energy , played tennis and badminton for her school and had county trials for badminton . |
| 19 | In marital therapy it is often noticeable that although a couple are asking for help to sort out their problem , so that they may have the closeness and intimacy for which they yearn , fear overcomes hope , and whenever things start to improve one of them can be relied upon to start up the next quarrel . |
| 20 | Final acceptance by the customer of the work done , and payment for it , will depend upon their provisions being demonstrably met . |
| 21 | Here you are I 've got your two queens and hope for your turn up or you put your one to it . |
| 22 | It seems that there are definite survival advantages to believing in free will and responsibility for one 's actions . |
| 23 | Elected councillors form the majority on these committees and have ultimate authority and responsibility for them , although in practice the education officers , who remain in post while councillors come and go , are often very influential . |
| 24 | Alternatives for remainder surrendered personnel and refugees appear to be either ( a ) they should be concentrated in the area Radstadt and responsibility for their final disarmament and picketing be assigned to 12 Army Group . |
| 25 | It is clear that the greatest of them had beliefs about their relationship to and responsibility for their subjects different from those of their seventeenth or early eighteenth-century predecessors . |
| 26 | The provision of batteries and responsibility for their condition must rest with the candidate . |
| 27 | The provision of batteries and responsibility for their condition must rest with the candidate . |
| 28 | I now turn to the third problem , the questions of free will and responsibility for our actions . |
| 29 | It was written in Greek and Latin for his private use and is compiled from the Bible — in particular the Psalms , Gospels and Epistles — as well as from the ancient Eastern and Western liturgies , the Fathers , the medieval authors , the rabbinical writers , and even pagan sources . |
| 30 | I feel the deepest contempt and loathing for him , I ca n't stand this room , everybody will be wild with worry . |