Example sentences of "for [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either because those in power simply underestimated the potential for resistance or simply because they believed they could in the end over-ride such resistance , industrial companies in conjunction with waste disposal firms ( and often in collusion with state health regulatory agencies ) dumped indiscriminately and with disregard for human health and life . ’ |
| 2 | Edwards ( 1979 , 16 ) , for example , characterises the situation as one where for most of the twentieth century management have met ‘ chronic resistance to their effort to compel production ’ and consequently ‘ have attempted to organize production in such a way as to minimise opportunities for resistance and even to alter workers ’ perceptions of the desirability of opposition ’ . |
| 3 | Aside from this speaking volumes about the worldwide potential for struggle and conflict on the one hand and great reform on the other , it says a lot about your capacity to triumph over the circumstances that you meet . |
| 4 | Mann tries to combine the desperation of their plight with a more lyrical look at Indian respect for struggle and death , all of which sits together a smidgeon uneasily until the final reel . |
| 5 | The Rally of the Guinean People , the Guinean Party of Progress and the Union for the New Republic announced on Oct. 8 the formation of an opposition alliance , the Front for Struggle and for Government ; the main aim of the front was to press for the postponement of legislative elections scheduled for November , in order that a national conference could be held beforehand . |
| 6 | In the debate about restoration scripture could be quoted both for rigour and for mercy . |
| 7 | Le Monde of Feb. 3 described the " sudden conversion " of Modrow ( who had previously stressed that reunification was not on the agenda ) as a response to rising popular pressure for reunification and to the continuing exodus of East Germans to West Germany . |
| 8 | While this training is going on , special attention is paid to acquainting the child with the names of various plants and roots and their uses , especially those which are used as antidotes for insect or snake bites . |
| 9 | Three years ago the Independent Scientific Committee for Smoking and Health declared that there was a ten to fifty percent increase in the risk of lung cancer and respiratory diseases for non-smokers who became passive smokers . |
| 10 | WACC has helped to provide computerised equipment for typesetting and page lay out . |
| 11 | Many people have assisted in producing this report but we would especially like to thank Dave Maley of Falls Community Council for typesetting and designing the report . |
| 12 | In the government 's view , such diversity is healthy , accords well with the English and Welsh traditions of school education and makes for liveliness and innovation . ’ |
| 13 | Churches are best for prayer that have least light … . |
| 14 | Jewish men make themselves more holy by separating from Jewish women , both to avoid women 's impurity and to seek a holy space for prayer and relation to God , defined by the exclusion of the female . |
| 15 | But today was my day , a day for prayer and worship . |
| 16 | I know of one evangelist who puts aside one day a month for prayer and retreat at a Roman Catholic monastery where he receives much support . |
| 17 | In any case a number of these old pupils found that neither the church nor the State made any provision for them , and agreed among themselves to meet together for prayer and worship . |
| 18 | ' We announced the formation of the team and began to meet weekly for prayer and worship and mutual ministry . |
| 19 | The novena was organised by the Our Lady of Pity Sanctity of Life Group , and was a response to the desperate need for prayer and for education of life issues . |
| 20 | She said that it was a time for prayer and especially for prayers of protection against evil of any kind and , sending for her holy book , quoted me the following passage : |
| 21 | The programme will include workshops on Healing and Worship ; Prophecy and Intercession ; visiting locations in Jerusalem for prayer and celebration in movement ; preparing choreography for public concerts . |
| 22 | setting aside a particular Sunday of their choice annually as Human Rights Day , for prayer and reflection on human rights issues . |
| 23 | And erm we used to go into the assembly hall every morning for prayer and then we should just go up to the erm we we used to go upstairs to the er to the classrooms which were off a long corridor . |
| 24 | Is there any one area you are being asked to focus on for prayer or action ? |
| 25 | Though there has been good response in the first two areas , it is in the third that the brief hints in the text have been totally transcended through the amazing growth of lay groups meeting for prayer or study , representing various degrees of organization or none , some purely Catholic but most of them ecumenically open . |
| 26 | I would like to share with you a burden for prayer as I feel it is only right that all Christians should know about anything that would deny us total freedom . |
| 27 | The three books which give this impression of relentless fun are The ZX Spectrum and how to get the most out of it ( hardly a winner of the snappy title award ) by Ian Sinclair ( Granada , pp 144 , £5.95 ) , and Easy programming for the ZX spectrum and Computer puzzles for spectrum and ZX81 by Ian Stewart and Robin Jones ( shiva , pp 144 , £5.95 and pp 64 , £2.50 ) . |
| 28 | The third book , Computer Puzzles for Spectrum and ZX81 ( the ZX81 , by the way , is the £50 black-and-white predecessor to the Spectrum ) is a light book , redolent with Jones/ Stewart humour . |
| 29 | The tough world of motor racing finds Cagney competing against his brother for glory and the girl . |
| 30 | They came for glory and found themselves huddled together in the smallest of Whalley Range bedsits . |