Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they 've got any sense at all they should be I mean they 're getting it for free except for the telephone calls you might use |
| 2 | The dominance of the agro-export business and the patterns of land ownership are primarily to blame for this and for the abandonment of traditional , more ecologically sound , forms of cultivation and pest control . |
| 3 | To what extent this is the case is a matter for debate ; however , the fact that trade with the developing nations is intended to play some part is indicated by the Guidelines for the Economic and Social Development of the USSR for 1981–5 and for the Period Ending in 1990 adopted at the 26th CPSU Congress in 1981 , which envisage ‘ [ the development ] , on a long-term and equitable basis , [ of a ] mutually beneficial exchange of goods … with developing countries ’ ( in Koshelev : 1982 , pp. 8–9 ) . |
| 4 | Why do the live birth figures for the last two quarters of 1985 and for the whole of 1985 appear as rounded thousands ? |
| 5 | We will discuss a little later the emotions implications of this but for the moment we are reflecting on the practical issues that overwhelm the bereaved person . |
| 6 | Icelandic weather is really buggering me about , I decide , and conditions are now near perfect except for the metre of soft snow that lies over everything in sight . |
| 7 | to work for education for all and for the opportunity of free expression and communication ; |
| 8 | The entire church was demolished and rebuilt in 1859 except for the tower . |
| 9 | He was succeeded by F. W. Anderson who acted as palaeontologist in Edinburgh until 1953 except for the period of the Second World War when he was in the army . |
| 10 | The first group of three do not keep newspapers or magazines in hard copy at all except for the specialist journals which are retained for one year . |