Example sentences of "[adj] and for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began by saying that seven years earlier Meehan had been found guilty by a jury ‘ on evidence which was amply justified ’ , and then went on : ‘ Some public support was whipped up over the years for reasons which were not entirely clear and for motives which might be imagined . ’ |
| 2 | There is then a wonderful opportunity for those who have survived , because the field is clear and for some time newcomers are chary of entering it . |
| 3 | It was , therefore , all the more depressing for the Taylors to find colour more of a front-page issue than the fact that John raised nearly £1 million for Cheltenham 's unemployed and for local crime prevention . |
| 4 | ‘ The Government must recognise that training is the way forward both for the long-term unemployed and for the business community . ’ |
| 5 | One of the refreshing aspects of Torquay was bumping into first timers , for whom everything was interesting and for whom rubbing shoulders with the likes of Alan Giles , Bing Taylor , Trevor Glover , Paula Kahn , Peter Winslow , Richard Charkin , Kip Bertram , Frank Brazier et al was a bit of a thrill . |
| 6 | Remember — always leave a little ventilation to keep the air fresh and for gas and coal fires to burn safely . |
| 7 | The price for the first seems high and for the second low for a house with six acres and a lodge , but it used to be the headquarters of British Coal 's opencast mining subsidiary , which can not have done it any good . |
| 8 | In any case rail rates were high and for coal transport the canals seemed a logical proposition , especially at a time of economic recession . |
| 9 | Paper tools produced by academics are often criticised by grass roots workers for setting standards too high and for using middle class standards to measure the achievements of children from working class families . |
| 10 | Er I think we must remind ourselves that er this year 's as I say is by no means er generous and for that reason we 're not aiming higher , not because we would n't like to , but because we recognize the , the restrictions placed from elsewhere . |
| 11 | The dining room , with its pale marbled walls and black and glass furniture , has survived from its first overhaul as it is only really used for entertaining and for Ella 's piano practice . |
| 12 | Becoming a competent swimmer is obviously sensible and for those who sail a knowledge of seamanship is essential . |
| 13 | Away from industry , areas stacked up with chemicals , the Isle is raw and for the taking . |
| 14 | My favourite candidate as a building for twentieth-century art would be , not Battersea Power Station , but the old London Electricity Board Bankside generating station on the Southbank opposite St Paul 's , at present empty and for sale . |
| 15 | It calls for simplicity that is neither dull nor empty and for humility that is in no way false . ’ |
| 16 | There was one there that was empty and for a long long while . |
| 17 | Fortunately the wedge of cheese was thick and tasty and for this she was grateful . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , while regarded by the vast majority of members as good , proper and for the immediate and ultimate improvement of professional standards , the concept was challenged on a number of points , though these challenges were directed against the logistics of the proposal rather than the philosophy . |
| 19 | There was murder within marriage because a husband or a wife wanted life to be different and for one reason or another could find no other way to bring that about . |
| 20 | ‘ Many companies , however successful , tend to be somewhat inbred and for this reason people often welcome an injection of new thinking into their affairs . ’ |
| 21 | Their diagrams have become the official guide for events everywhere , both individual and for team flying . |
| 22 | And some people , you know they , they managed to , you know they did n't have their husbands there and they were going home and they were wonderfully relieved and for others obviously it was , you know there is still a lot of emotion . |
| 23 | At the time , neither Ruskin Road nor the following Beynon Road had been made up or developed and for some time , the trams ran on what in effect was reserved track . |
| 24 | This proved too ambitious ; the Twenty-Second Session favoured separate texts for civil and for criminal matters , and a subsequent Expert Group , meeting in New Delhi in 1982 , decided that a model bilateral agreement in each of these areas was more appropriate than a draft convention . |
| 25 | That order is made for the aggregate of the sum payable and for costs incurred by the charging authority and the court in obtaining and issuing the order . |
| 26 | So he decides to be cautious and for the first few laps , he just sits and waits . |
| 27 | The clergy & staff are always willing to spend time with anyone living here ; for this and Ministry and Holy Communion to the Sick & Housebound ; Ministry to the bereaved , the dying and for funerals ; for Confirmation , Baptism , and Weddings , please first contact your parish priest : Andrew Way . |
| 28 | This integrating combination has a long time-constant and for a momentary pulse output from IC2 does not allow the voltage across capacitor C5 to rise much above the ground . |
| 29 | So too would the much-hyped and for once apparently sober hardcore outfit LMS , who failed to deliver on the promise of an anarchic stage act . |
| 30 | He warned : ‘ It is easy to be has-beens at 21 with nothing in thee future and for their lives to be ruined . |