Example sentences of "for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We appreciate your concern in allowing ‘ strangers ’ to live in your home but it is better to have your home cared for rather than leaving it empty . |
| 2 | He did not compromise easily , but was willing to accept less than he had hoped for rather than to make no gain at all . |
| 3 | A powerful Japan could work either for or against South Korea ; so long as the United States exercised a controlling influence over Japan , it would work for rather than against South Korea . |
| 4 | You might have to be more clear about what you 're specifically asking for rather than use handles titles . |
| 5 | To create a Chebyshev filter , equation ( 12.22 ) shows that the poles of must be arranged to satisfy Making the helpful substitution so that the required condition ( 12.27 ) becomes or on equating real and imaginary parts Since can not be zero , and and it follows that the poles of are given by equation ( 12.28 ) subject to the two conditions where p is any integer ( positive or negative ) including zero , and Of course , the poles can also be obtained through similar substitution for rather than . |
| 6 | Lexandro grinned wildly , for within but a few more weeks he was to have holes drilled through his carapace so that he could jack in to power armour . |
| 7 | The principal element in capital is party support for public approval , and presidential electoral success will count for little if the seats in Congress are not there . |
| 8 | Even such a perfect match would count for little if the fish had to wave its fins in order to maintain its position in the water , or if it were to move independently from the weed . |
| 9 | In the recent research selectivity exercise , major contributions to computer methods and the creation of publicly available datasets which emanated from within history departments across the country , counted for little if anything . |
| 10 | The Amiga 's technical superiority counted for little when there were hardly any games for it , and hardly any of them used its facilities . |
| 11 | Colleague solidarity counted for little when there was a chance for one of the few organizational carrots — that of promotion . |
| 12 | Yet they count for little when balanced against his blindness to the cultural ferment which was agitating educated Germany by the later decades of his reign and his ignorant contempt for most of the greatest German writers and scholars of the age . |
| 13 | Well , life on a Venture will be ‘ life in its fullness ’ for most if not all of those attending . |
| 14 | Usually it is the husband who is committed to his career and to increasing his earning capacity , and who is dependent upon his wife for most if not all of the child care and domestic responsibilities , organization , routine , style and comfort . |
| 15 | Hirschman , too , stressed that Latin American countries who by and large had disregarded the wisdom of the liberals had nevertheless managed to improve material standards for most if not all their people ( Hirschman , 1986 ) . |
| 16 | For somewhere and and something else . |
| 17 | You 'd go for somewhere where you ca n't be seen . |
| 18 | The MRC provides grants for medically and non-medically qualified graduates who are working in the general field of medical research . |
| 19 | A statement from the council 's environmental health department said the authority would rather see dogs cared for properly than have to catch them as strays . |
| 20 | The [ draft ] FRS requires such instruments to be accounted for wholly as a liability . |
| 21 | The hut had been cared for inside as well as out and it was being used . |
| 22 | There are units in some parts of the UK where you and your child can be cared for together when one or both of you are unwell . |
| 23 | It is also why so many return , in all sports , for suddenly and traumatically they feel naked , unimportant . |
| 24 | This antiseptic treatment can be used for all but flowers . |
| 25 | This cave , also known as Diccan Pot , must be regarded as absolutely out of bounds for all but hardy and experienced cavers . |
| 26 | The organisation for all but very small raids was now formulated , with Lord Mountbatten as Chief of Combined Operations ( CCO ) having adequate staff to prepare outline plans for raids . |
| 27 | In reality it is impossible to estimate the probabilities P ( wi|w1 , … , wi-1 ) for all but very small values of i , and only for quite a small vocabulary . |
| 28 | The bias erm of British producers towards producing for a British market is likely to persist erm historically it 's been very difficult for all but er select minority to achieve significant sells sales overseas . |
| 29 | Luckily ( for all but rocky ) this operation was a success . |
| 30 | Father-of-three Mr Simon says he regretted fitting moto-cross motorcycle tyres , which for all but about 100metres of the rally were the wrong choice . |