Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Only marriage has for him the required social connotations , expressing the kind of personal and social commitment mentioned earlier .
2 The story of Ruth illuminates for me the unbridgeable difference , rather than the similarity , between her situation and mine .
3 could not have been happier , both personally and in creating an atmosphere conducive to his work … the domestic ideal that is evident in his writings ( the family being his favourite subject of study and lecturing ) was most clearly represented by his own home life … his wife created for him the respectable and quiet familial existence which he considered the best guarantee of morality and of life .
4 We await the Light of the World with this powerful symbol underlining for us the real nature of Advent : a time of expectation ‘ as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Saviour Jesus Christ ’ .
5 She made her way towards the small window table selected for her the previous evening , but before she could sit down Silas came to her side .
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