Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From SIDT 's standpoint , official indicators do not count for much . |
| 2 | However , the effect did not last for more than two days at a time because Owen 's diet was still too high in white sugar and chemical additives . |
| 3 | And when the château the Princesse had now occupied for over twenty years emerged from amidst snow-clad trees halfway up an escarpment , she felt dizzy with the beauty of it all . |
| 4 | The simple fact that it 's not an adequate form of research does n't count for much in the commercial field . |
| 5 | So I hope Sony 's marketing department does n't go for too narrow a target audience . |
| 6 | The secret which Carol has faithfully kept for more than four months was finally out yesterday as Commander Tim Laurence and his bride-to-be allowed her to claim the credit she deserves . |
| 7 | However , the overwhelming majority of lay ( non-specialist ) visitors did not come for predominantly educational reasons . |
| 8 | Peace did not reign for long as he provoked the ultimate chop for himself by one day taking his scissors to all of the models ' heads and cropping them . |
| 9 | Learning ‘ parrot fashion ’ is adequate in the very short-term but the effects do not last for long . |
| 10 | After all , hinges do n't last for ever and it 's not as if they were trying to cram a bulky parcel through a small space , just a slim package . |
| 11 | This flexibility of fate does not last for long . |
| 12 | I still believe that even for the most senior colleges , there is value in an external incentive — provided that the Council does not continue for ever its inspectoral function , and becomes instead more of an advisory body in partnership with the colleges . |
| 13 | He never ceased to wonder at the irony of expecting miracles from a reliquary in which her bones had once lain for only three days and nights , before being returned reverently to her native Welsh earth ; and even more to be wondered at , the infinite mercy that had transmitted grace through all those miles between , forgiven the presence of a sorry human sinner in the coffin she had quitted , and let the radiance of miracle remain invisibly about her altar , unpredictable , accessible , a shade wanton in where it gave and where it denied , as the stuff of miracles is liable to be , at least to the human view . |
| 14 | It is that wherever Parliament in an earlier statute has directed its attention to an individual case and has made provision for it unambiguously , there arises a presumption that if in a subsequent statute the legislature lays down a general principle , that general principle is not to be taken as meant to rip up what the legislature had before provided for individually , unless an intention to do so is specially declared . |
| 15 | The Scarman Report commented on the turnover of staff in the mail order department in 1976 : ‘ many of the immigrant workers did not stay for very long : the threat of dismissal must have been an anxiety for many in the workforce . |
| 16 | My joy did not last for long . |
| 17 | However , this form of shift does not work for right shift , and we need arithmetic right shift , shown in row ( d ) . |
| 18 | According to Shaun , ‘ Yes Please ’ has got the same production on it as ‘ hardcore , rock smokin' ragga music — it 's more leather than loops , harder than the artist ’ , which , to be fair , at the moment does n't account for much . |
| 19 | Bertrand Gachot had not raced for over a year , but his relative inexperience did not show as he began to attack Suzuki 's Lola in the race 's later stages . |
| 20 | But this happy state of affairs did not last for very long . |
| 21 | Fabia found an answering encouraging smile , but her smile did not remain for long when after a second or two of studying her Cara stated , quite clearly , ‘ You . ’ |
| 22 | The notion of a totally free service did not last for long . |
| 23 | The point was briefly touched upon again by Lord Denning in Potters-Ballotini Ltd v Weston-Baker [ 1977 ] RPC 202 where he said " although a man must not use such information as a springboard to get a start over others , nevertheless that springboard does not last for ever " . |
| 24 | ‘ Obviously the appearance of the train is important , but a vehicle in public service is bound to deteriorate and a perfect finish does not last for ever , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Despite herself , Alice did so , but her moment of lightheartedness did not last for long . |
| 26 | Even the man in the hood does n't count for much with them . |
| 27 | The view that certain types of fiction occupy a mediatory position between the ‘ reality ’ of a cultural heritage and contemporary ‘ true ’ accounts of it elevates these texts to a status which the novel has not held for quite some time . |
| 28 | Among the largest and most fully-studied lake systems , Lake Bonney in the Dry Valleys of South Victoria Land has probably existed for over 100 000 years ( Hendy et al . , |
| 29 | Miracles do n't last for long , do they ? |
| 30 | British Trotskyism 's new lease of life did not last for long . |