Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] [noun] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Houghton convinced himself he was searching so avidly for the match that he was almost willing himself to find it . |
| 2 | Consent in such circumstances does not have to be formally registered : it is enough for the regime that it can count , in practice , on the support and co-operation of key sectors of the population . |
| 3 | Erm can we can you as part of the discussion , can you start off by saying well thank you very much for the call that you gave me last week but erm erm there 's there 's just a couple of sizes I 'd like to talk talk to you about . |
| 4 | and er , which we finished , and I would really just like to say that erm , thanks very much for the cooperation that we received from the offices generally across the authority . |
| 5 | The first idea is of a metaphorical and anthropomorphic kind , and the second and third also call out for analysis , if only for the reason that there are other non-causal pairs of things such that the first explains the second and the second depends on the first . |
| 6 | This was a short-lived club , but important if only for the fact that it drew up the first Breed Standard in 1901 . |
| 7 | In its own way the co-operative was quite a success story if only for the fact that it had kept going more or less continuously for almost five years . |
| 8 | It is not quite so important to duplicate the reel , but it is still wise , if only for the fact that your spare spools are interchangeable on both reels . |
| 9 | ’ We commended Mr Canning very highly for the work that he 's done on that particular churchyard . ’ |
| 10 | The definition is adopted , of course , not merely for the reason that it gives us a further explanation of the difference between causal items and their effects . |
| 11 | It 's a very striking book because while on the one hand he admires the Bolsheviks very greatly for the hope that they have given to man , for the feeling that they have given to the world that new potentialities are there to be realized if only we had enough courage , yet on the other hand , even at that point , he was acutely conscious that the Bolsheviks ' attitude towards the equality of power was leading them in a fatal direction , and long before Stalinism began to take shape , he described in advance what he expected to come . |
| 12 | And suppose okay well let's imagine just for a minute that she gets three four four five as , as interest |
| 13 | ‘ It did our heads in a bit , freaked us out just for the fact that everybody who 's ever met us in the business knows exactly how we are . |
| 14 | I pay tribute to them tonight for the work that they have undertaken in an attempt to keep us aware of what is happening out there . |
| 15 | Hawarde thus had to pay out quite largely for a service that he had never requested . |
| 16 | It would be an interminable occupation were it not for the fact that what one learns about the landscape of one town often throws a flash of light upon a topographical puzzle in another . |
| 17 | This inner part does not go below fiddle G , so that the violins could lend the powerful aid of their G strings to it ( coupled with other instruments of course ) were it not for the fact that their presence is urgently required to help out the top line . |
| 18 | ‘ I would lend you something of mine , were it not for the fact that everything I own would be indecently short . |
| 19 | Roxburgh 's observation that high expectation can be dangerous might have carried more weight were it not for the fact that nobody appears to have a loftier opinion of Ferguson than the 21-year-old himself . |
| 20 | Never a great footballing side , if it was not for the fact that they are in the same League as Athletico Whaddon , they would probably be known as the Athletico Whaddon of Division Three . |
| 21 | But why ( if it were not for the fact that one is a Christian ) should one be wanting to stay with the experience of women within the biblical tradition ? |
| 22 | The curious nature of the Bar would matter less were it not for the fact that it supplies the vast majority of judges . |
| 23 | The absolute precision of the rhythmic detail in ‘ Reprises par Interversion ’ ( from Livre d'orgue ) would be spellbinding were it not for the fact that it all sounds as natural as breathing , and I marvel at Messiaen 's immaculate measuring of grace notes , not least the recurring four-note figure of ‘ La Vierge et L'Enfant ’ ( from La nativité ) ; how sensible it sounds , how easily it all flows . |
| 24 | Many would dismiss Peter Thompson 's pessimism out of hand were it not for the fact that he was the author of a paper in July 1987 , when the market was at its pre-crash high , called ‘ The End of the Long Bull Market ’ . |
| 25 | If it were not for the fact that he was one of the favourites you 'd have been delighted but as a Gold Cup winner I had to feel a bit disappointed . |
| 26 | In this way Foucault could be said to be returning to Marx in removing the subject from the centre of history , were it not for the fact that he dispenses with the consolations of Marx 's historicism also . |
| 27 | That he has been able to combine both ministries would be surprising were it not for the fact that he has worked as an active Socialist besides having a good track record in cultural affairs . |
| 28 | ‘ And come to think of it , this is n't so dissimilar to the kind of influence your genetic father might wish to have on you , were it not for the fact that he is such a contemptible Essene , a cloistral nonentity capable of only the meanest interaction with his fellow men . |
| 29 | Were it not for the fact that he and Cora-Beth were to continue living here at Blue Ash Farm with her father , he could n't even have afforded to get married . |
| 30 | But in Iran he is remembered more for the fact that he destroyed Persepolis by fire . |