Example sentences of "for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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31 | But Gary Armstrong , for whom Jones has much respect , is unlikely to prove any more soothing an adversary than was Morris . |
32 | He saw it as a struggle between the desires of the bourgeoisie , for whom sports were ‘ mere entertainment ’ and for whom play was merely a recuperative process following the real work of labour , and , the desires of the common people for whom games were ‘ an alternative life-activity in their own right ’ . |
33 | Koenig , a Silesian banker for whom Lutyens was doing some work . |
34 | . We are clear that it should not be used as a punishment or as a deterrent , and we think that there should always be an alternative task available for men for whom stone-breaking is unsuitable . ’ |
35 | He differentiates between the production of knowledge within the constraints of a bureaucratic context , with its practical demands for public policy , and the academic context of the ‘ unattached intellectual ’ for whom knowledge production is relatively unaffected by institutional constraints ( Merton 1957 : 218 ) . |
36 | Victorian scientists were devoted to facts , and even more were the Gradgrinds for whom knowledge meant a multitude of facts , and who thought they knew what a fact is . |
37 | Two prose characters for whom sympathy has wholly evaporated by the final scene are Parolles ( All 's Well ) and Lucio ( Measure for Measure ) . |
38 | Guide books are arranged to suit the convenience of the traveller , for whom routes round a city or a site are often suggested . |
39 | Some two thirds of women for whom incontinence occurs at least weekly regularly wear some sort of protection ( such as a pad ) before leaving home . |
40 | For the instinctive smooth operator for whom attention-seeking , money and excitement are more important than morals , security and doing something worthwhile , it is an easy job . |
41 | His lore says that Abraham Stoker , a graduate of Trinity College , Dublin , had given faithful service as general amanuensis to Sir Henry Irving , the fearsome Victorian actor-manager — for whom Stoker had given up his civil service career . |
42 | Then they crashed 3–7 at home to third placed Marconi ‘ A ’ for whom Ian Cooper won all three and Graham Taylor and Simon Turner two each . |
43 | He then made 93 at Hadleigh , for whom Ian Piddington ( 90 not out ) and Olly Magnus ( 64 not out ) added 137 for the second wicket without being separated . |
44 | It is at this stage that it becomes necessary to record a debt of gratitude to Headingley , for whom Ian had played at club level and who suggested he might be interested in coaching . |
45 | We interviewed 769 of the 808 patients attending our clinic between 1 April 1991 and 31 January 1992 for whom termination of pregnancy was agreed under the Abortion Act ; those interviewed included 62 ( 8% ) Afro-Caribbean and 69 ( 9% ) Asian patients . |
46 | The nursing and medical libraries can be made accessible to you , as can the skills of the librarian , for whom finding that elusive reference you have searched for can become a personal crusade . |
47 | Negotiations with Exeter , for whom Bastin had signed professionally only weeks before , were successfully concluded , but Bastin himself , showing remarkable maturity for his age , saw his training as an electrical engineer as a sounder career prospect than Arsenal . |
48 | Other Lancashire businessmen watching his progress had come to respect him as a red-hot entrepreneur and ruthless opponent in business dealings , for whom profit was the consideration that overrode every other . |
49 | It is a yearning for Palestine which permeates the whole refugee community and is most ardently espoused by the younger refugees , for whom home exists only in the imagination . |
50 | This is the only group of men for whom Joan Collins seems to hold any appeal . |
51 | He was a man for whom Catholicity was reduced to its Evangelical essentials — the love of God , a burning desire that people should know and love his Saviour , and a great belief in the power of prayer . |
52 | Far from being a luxury or a peripheral activity , music often meets basic needs : ‘ There exist a good many people for whom music is so important that it is difficult for them to conceive of life without it . |
53 | But at Sevenoaks , he taught other well-known personalities for whom music was to become less important , including actor Daniel Day Lewis and former Test cricketers Paul Downton and Chris Tavaré , who now captains Somerset . |
54 | Research on conformity has shown that individuals with higher levels of ability conform less to group norms than those with lower levels of ability ; individuals with strong relationship goals will identify with group norms more readily than those individuals for whom multiple , close relationships are not important ; highly authoritarian individuals conform more than less authoritarian individuals ; individuals who find it hard to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ conform more readily than those who find it easy ; and individuals with strong structure goals conform more willingly . |
55 | Within this context he also criticized families for whom welfare assistance had become a way of life . |
56 | For too long , over-indulgent teachers have churned out children for whom reading is a challenge and writing a mystery . |
57 | The ‘ participants ’ will be 30 children for whom assessment has been requested on account of emotional and behavioural difficulties ( EBD ) , together with the professionals involved in each child 's assessment . |
58 | In this study the biweekly bulletin Hue and Cry , which listed descriptions of persons for whom magistrates had issued warrants , provides the necessary data . |
59 | ‘ I should think he was the only creature for whom Lavinia truly cared . ’ |
60 | Their circle of acquaintances included the cheesemonger and horn-player Ignaz Leutgeb ( for whom Mozart wrote four concertos between 1183 and 1791 , spattered with jocular comments on Leutgeb 's technical shortcomings — ‘ Bravo ! ’ and ‘ Oh , you donkey ! ’ ) ; |