Example sentences of "[adv] and for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any of the following tests would be regarded as suitable proof : Passes in the JMB Test in English ( Overseas ) at grade 3 or better up to June 1989 , the JMB Test in English for Speakers of Other Languages from March 1990 ; the AEB Test in English for Educational Purposes at grade III or better in listening , reading and writing ; the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English at grade C or better ; the Oxford-Arels Examination ( Higher level ) at Credit or Distinction level ; the IELTS ( British Council/University of Cambridge ) , with an average score of 6 or better and for each component a score of 5 or better ; TOEFL with a score of 550 or better ; the London GCE O level Syllabus B in English Language at grade C or better or in an approved SCE or GCE syllabus in English are acceptable for this purpose . |
| 2 | Since the QT Meeting on the 7th has indicated that she is feeling a little better and for the time being is willing to continue as the Teachers ' Representative , however , it is possible that in the future she may require assistance to carry out her duties . |
| 3 | Cat owners often notice that their pet will suddenly and for no apparent reason make a headlong dash through the house . |
| 4 | There is a sense of hero-worship for the Wigan side of the immediate post-war period especially and for Wally Lewis . |
| 5 | Can I , for the benefit of members opposite who , who always seem to believe that people on this side of the chamber are townies and do n't know anything about anything other than street lighting for the benefit of members opposite and for the public gallery outside , can I say that in my younger days , a million years ago , I rode with hunt . |
| 6 | ‘ He never worried about exhibiting his work : never came to steal from neighbours ; he lived in and for himself ’ . |
| 7 | Nothing is more touching and sad than to see how these people — cast out and despised by everyone including their kin , living in and for their regular ‘ balls ’ where they compete to dress up to act out , for a moment , the roles they would like to play in real life , and know they ca n't — reconstruct their own human groups . |
| 8 | The teacher works , whether consciously or unconsciously on his own lines and not in and for his children . |
| 9 | Here he is on the importance of the view of ‘ the other ’ to one 's sense of self : ‘ Self consciousness exists in and for itself , when , and by the fact that , it so exists for another ; that is , it exists only in being acknowledged ’ ( Hegel , 1979 , p. 111 ) . |
| 10 | In conceiving of systems as made up of more or less functionally autonomous elements … the elements are not merely ‘ parts ’ but are seen to exist in and for ‘ themselves ’ . |
| 11 | In keeping with a dominant impulse within inter-war English studies , he concludes that " Literature constitutes a body of knowledge to be studied in and for itself without regard to any educational value it may have … [ since ] its being is its own justification . " |
| 12 | We took in and for and still use it . |
| 13 | I had n't asked him how he thought he was going to get in and for one terrible minute I thought he was going to shoot the lock and kick the door in . |
| 14 | Well we were trying to remember the lines to that and she came in and for about half an hour she gave a rendition . |
| 15 | Although people can go in and for it . |
| 16 | If necessary , Shaw then adds details ( who sued whom ) , and a panel of celebrities is asked who won and why , or who got sent down and for how long . |
| 17 | The rate of economic growth in Britain slowed down and for a period was in absolute decline . |
| 18 | Halling had to wait until the 1939–45 war when a military bridge was erected and a road laid down and for a few years the people of Wouldham and Halling were able to move freely between the villages , which was a great asset to the people of Wouldham who used the bridge to get to work on this side of the river , but it was certainly the death knell of the ferry . |
| 19 | I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 20 | ‘ I will , but calm down and for heaven 's sakes stand still ! ’ |
| 21 | However , on May 31 there were reports of widespread support among civil servants and soldiers for the military rulers to step down and for a rapid handover of power to a civilian government . |
| 22 | The hijackers jumped down and for a minute it looked as if they were going to try to fight their way out . |
| 23 | Now put me down and for goodness ’ sake behave ! ’ |
| 24 | However , some companies employ large numbers of legal staff , so there is opportunity both for those who like to go it alone and for those who thrive on team spirit . |
| 25 | Inspection of ( 47 ) , repeated here for convenience as ( 65 ) ( 65 ) would lead us a priori to expect , first , that the language might provide a simple way to question the noun phrase and adjective taken as a unit , and second that , if there are simple interrogations for the noun phrase alone and for the adjective alone , these would take a form parallel to that for the subject and ( ordinary ) predicative adjective of a normal copular clause . |
| 26 | The CRE investigation , its first against any named council or organisation in Scotland since it was set up in 1976 , will focus on alleged breaches of race relations and employment laws for failing to provide for children who do not speak English fluently and for failing fully to involve their parents . |
| 27 | And if that happened , whether it became a matter for him personally and for the proposed new squad would depend on how great the scandal , how real the suspicion and of what precisely . |
| 28 | Instead , Anna 's limbs suddenly began to jerk alarmingly and for several seconds she thrashed her head from side to side until tiny bubbles of foam appeared on her lips . |
| 29 | It was against the law for him to do so and for the store to serve him . |
| 30 | She had set off from Margate before eight o'clock and for a short time she fell asleep in his arms . |