Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women are peculiarly fitted for the onerous task of patiently and skilfully caring for the patient in faithful obedience to the physician 's orders . |
| 2 | Fortunately it was possible to contain the flames so that only the Redoutensaale , relatively uninteresting eighteenth-century reception rooms remodelled in the nineteenth century and latterly used for conferences , were destroyed . |
| 3 | The SPG was , however , highly controversial and widely criticized for its behaviour at demonstrations in particular . |
| 4 | Although the breath H 2 test is sensitive and non-invasive and widely applied for the study of carbohydrate malabsorption , there are certain problems in the interpretation of its results . |
| 5 | Based on beer and widely used for preserving and pickling , malt vinegar is also available as a strong , colourless , distilled vinegar which is particularly useful for preserving foods that have to last a long time . |
| 6 | I ca n't get into the mind of some of the present batch of legislators , because they do n't seem to think thinks out logically , but what it 's actually done , or what it 's trying to do , is to make it very difficult to have an education system that is properly thought out , properly resourced and properly organized for the benefit of everybody and not just one or two people , and that 's one of the difficulties and that 's the difficulty that we any Local Authority is faced with . |
| 7 | Our librarian passed me the disk ready for review , I ran it and nervously waited for the title page . |
| 8 | Our librarian passed me the disk ready for review , I ran it and nervously waited for the title page . |
| 9 | By the time he was eight , Michael Lee was an accomplished thief , and successfully touted for business for some of the street-girls , usually those who were either too ugly , raddled or diseased to approach a customer themselves . |
| 10 | We are also seeing the idea that you can mix geriatric , psychogeriatric and young chronic sick people in the one unit and successfully cater for the needs of all 3 groups . |
| 11 | During the period of the first Opium war ( 1840–2 ) Jardine pursued banking and insurance in London , and successfully stood for election in 1841 as the Whig candidate for Ashburton ( Devon ) . |
| 12 | The Irishman had the choice of the two horses in Ascot 's H & T Walker Chase last month , and successfully opted for Deep Sensation . |
| 13 | I crept downstairs and was outside and successfully making for the front gate when Ted sprinted around the side of the house and grabbed me . |
| 14 | Research methods are to be treated as a collection of tools designed and thereby suited for particular jobs . |
| 15 | There was a widespread feeling that areas of outstanding natural beauty should be protected from the greed of miners and loggers and thereby preserved for the benefit of future generations . |
| 16 | The government 's disregard for democratic processes is seen in the voting procedures originally proposed and eventually adopted for opting out in housing and education . |
| 17 | An epidemic of infertility caused by widespread toxic contamination means that known ‘ breeders ’ are herded together and eventually selected for insemination by the powerful . |
| 18 | In relation to the question , although the work is to be performed for , and eventually paid for by , the US parent , it is the UK auditor who has been contracted to do the work . |
| 19 | The Minister will know from many of the schemes that he visits that one of the carrots that they hold out to young people is the ability to drive vehicles off road and eventually to train for a full licence . |
| 20 | The river was carrying nearly three foot of extra water and most struggled for bites . |
| 21 | In the diagrams the applied forces are linear and uniformly distributed for simplicity 's sake ; however this need not be the case . |
| 22 | With no more resources than Charles Surface , he entertained London society with great panache and little regard for mounting debts . |
| 23 | Thus , despite widespread support for a National Government , there was little idea of how such a government might be brought about ; and little support for it among those who really mattered . |
| 24 | There was a red light up , and he was stopped by a policeman as he reached the opposite pavement and duly asked for the appropriate number of marks . |
| 25 | One top dealer used to take the odd afternoon off , and secretly work for another licensed dealer nearby , taking his commission payments there cash in hand . |
| 26 | She turned round and slowly headed for home . |
| 27 | Either way , these next two or three days are bound to be both difficult and rather demanding for you . |
| 28 | Many deaf people complain , with some justification , of being treated as stupid simply because they can not hear , and many crippled people complain of being avoided , or pitied , and rarely accepted for themselves . |
| 29 | She probably managed to make him pay her a little more before she agreed to do what he wanted — and altogether earned for herself in one evening more than she does in several days of being a parlourmaid . |
| 30 | There are 70 items , grouped into 7 blocks of 10 and loosely graded for difficulty . |