Example sentences of "for [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They really should have outpointed the New Zealand XV in the first match at Hamilton for they outplayed the New Zealanders for rather more than half the game . |
| 2 | Those of us who witnessed the touch-and-go progress of an ultimately triumphant War and Peace — recorded by Philips for release early next year — feared for the future of the rest , but as Gergiev puts it ‘ that which makes me incredibly proud is that I announced these things and they happened ’ — and , one might add , that inspiration was to hand for rather more performances than the fiercely self-critical Gergiev might admit . |
| 3 | It is true that some journalists are greedy and ask for rather more samples than they require , but this is not the norm and these people are soon sniffed out . |
| 4 | Each partnership authority has a different spending pattern , but overall expenditure on social projects such as recreation and personal social services accounts for rather more than two-fifths of the total ; that on economic projects , such as site works , accounts for about a third ; and that on environmental projects , such as restoration of derelict land and housing , for a quarter . |
| 5 | We stayed at John Bannon 's Hotel in Manali Orchards for rather more time than we had intended . |
| 6 | David Mercer joined the editorial board ; so did Mo Teitlebaum , involved in TV , the poet Adrian Mitchell , looking for rather more than It could offer , and Robin Fior , a designer . |
| 7 | I gesture ( I imagine ) towards a chair on the other side of my desk and he sits down in an attitude which suggests that he intends to stay for rather more than a minute , and rather less than half an hour . |
| 8 | These two broad industrial groups account for rather less than half the total labour force but nearly two-thirds of the temporary labour force [ see Table 2.1 ] . |
| 9 | For most this left insufficient time to build any significant pensions . |
| 10 | For most this is a consequence of them being , or aspiring to be , objective sciences incorporating , well or badly , the scientific method . |
| 11 | For most this will mark the end of their playing days . |
| 12 | Across the lake , in the Decoy Lodge , the mood was less exalted , for eventually all the demons of solitude came to visit Louisa Agnew where she worked alone . |
| 13 | The use of time out from direct managerial responsibilities , and a system of rotation for perhaps several weeks at a time , would ensure the practitioner could concentrate on developing a clinical teaching role without the burdens of service demands . |
| 14 | They trudged along the Overclyst road for perhaps half a mile , and then turned down a lane on the left . |
| 15 | They are in a smallish courtyard with parking space for perhaps half a dozen cars . |
| 16 | Vernon remained silent for perhaps half a minute . |
| 17 | It was increasingly argued that unnecessary State control of personal and community affairs was wrong in principle , serving merely to weaken the capacity of the individual to enhance life chances ; arguments not heard for perhaps half a century were rehearsed . |
| 18 | It started about 500 feet above the ground and could have continued all the way up to the stratosphere , for all any one of us , peering hopefully upwards , could tell . |
| 19 | Have you ever been to Milvain Street , which , for all any of us know , may be a perfectly suitable home for yourself and the issue of the marriage ? " |
| 20 | Damp , cold , rot , decrepitude are as ‘ natural ’ in St Ann 's as is the smoky atmosphere : for all most people know , they have been sent by Providence and must be endured . |
| 21 | Such comments were relatively rare , accounting for less that five percent of the sentences transcribed . |
| 22 | It is not for long that death is less difficult , the histories of self and other lost , and consciousness unconflicted . |
| 23 | Their path into fundamental opposition was , partly for this reason , a hesitant one , and their objections to the regime for long less than fundamental . |
| 24 | It was early in the season yet , and he probably had long periods of inactivity to fill up between visitors ; but he was not going to be left at leisure for long this time , for in the gravelled car park outside the enclosure a large bus was just disgorging a load of loud and active schoolboys , shepherded by a frantic youth hardly older than the eldest of his charges . |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't sit still for long any more and I get bored quickly , ’ he says . |
| 26 | The Crown was dependent upon Parliament for its important legislation and for much that was less significant too . |
| 27 | But it gave me satisfaction and comforted me for much that was otherwise missing from my life . |
| 28 | As a result , there are a lot of out-of-work would-be finance directors willing to work for much much less than their previous salaries , not that that appears to have had any effect on those in stable positions . |
| 29 | Do you think there 's enough of it in the educational profession , or do you think that one ought to go in for much more evaluation ? |
| 30 | The battle was also a landmark in the conduct of the war , for henceforth both sides dug in and a complex line of trenches soon stretched from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier . |