Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though circumstances are so changed it is relevant to remember that in their heyday syllabubs were regarded as refreshments to be offered at card parties , ball suppers and at public entertainments , rather than just as a pudding for lunches and dinners , although they did quite often figure as part of the dessert in the days when a choice of sweetmeats , fruits , jellies , confectionery and creams was set out in a formal symmetrical array in the centre of the table . |
| 2 | And Jenny revealed that almost as a compensation for having to choose between an important film part and the West End , a new movie is being written for her . |
| 3 | As a rule , though , experience has shown that in the case of modules containing program code , the description lines should be used to describe the purpose of the code and not as a substitute for good in-line comments . |
| 4 | Moreover , s11(2) of SGA 1979 provides that conditions may be waived , or a breach of a condition may be treated by the buyer as a breach of warranty and not as a ground for treating the contract as repudiated . |
| 5 | This is embodied in s11(2) of SGA 1979 as follows : ( 2 ) Where a contract of sale is subject to a condition to be fulfilled by the seller , the buyer may waive the condition , or may elect to treat the breach of the condition as a breach of warranty and not as a ground for treating the contract as repudiated . |
| 6 | REGIONAL RAILWAYS sees the spread of light rapid transit systems in our cities and suburbs as a development that can be harnessed to serve its interests — and not as a potential for poaching passengers . |
| 7 | Krishna Kumar Rawal ACA of 74A High Street , Wanstead , London having been found guilty of misconduct within the meaning of Bye-law 76(a) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he at Ilford and Wanstead between 18 November 1987 and 1 April 1990 failed to account properly and promptly for monies held on behalf of a client and in that he at Wanstead between 18 November 1987 and 6 January 1992 failed to account properly and promptly to a client for interest received in respect of monies held on behalf of the said client and having been in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he at Wanstead between 3 December 1991 and 18 June 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) was reprimanded , fined £1,000 , ordered to take advice from the Professional Referrals Service and to pay £1,000 by way of costs . |
| 8 | It looks more and more like a cover for a pax americana . |
| 9 | The teachers were Linda Whittall , deputy head at Russells Hall and with responsibility for language within the school , Verena Ranford , the teacher of the 11 year olds at Sutton School and also with a responsibility for language , and Chris Morris , senior advisory teacher for English in Dudley . |
| 10 | The diglyceride may be important in promoting membrane fusion of the dense body granule with the platelet-surface membrane and also as a substrate for the formation of prostaglandin endoperoxides and thromboxane A 2 which are powerful degranulation stimuli ( Bell et al , 1979 ) . |
| 11 | He had been doing voluntary work for young people , and they used to enjoy going dancing and out to a club for a drink on Saturday nights . |
| 12 | In 1983 , at the time of the introduction of the new Mental Health Act , seen then and now as a breakthrough for patients ' rights , users were barely involved in the mental health debate . |
| 13 | The word " aesthetic " itself acquired its modern academic denotation in eighteenth-century German philosophy — in the writings of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten and his disciple Immanuel Kant ; but the most significant of German " aesthetic " enquiries have invariably moved beyond " aesthetic " in the narrow sense , and often into a question for the " whole man " . |
| 14 | It is followed by a section on specific entry requirements and then by a section for each of our eight faculties giving a description of the courses offered and of any special arrangements which apply to a particular faculty . |
| 15 | Freedom of the press has a long history , but it is only since 1980 that the right to communicate and the freedom that it entails has been seen as the very centre of human rights , and indeed as a precondition for a meaningful implementation of other human rights . |
| 16 | The Countess was known locally for her frequent visits to the sick and the infirm and never at a loss for a generous word or gesture . |
| 17 | Some observers believed that the new formation should not be viewed as a permanent body , but rather as a means for the republics to escape the central power exercised by the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | He praised the US Environmental Protection Agency — ‘ an independent body of scientists who undertake research and research evaluation as a service to government ( but not as a spokesman for government ) . |
| 19 | He approved of Clarkson 's travels to secure witnesses for the Privy Council hearings but not as a focus for popular agitation . |
| 20 | But just as a thought for you since the school 's are involved and since children are involved in a number of these things perhaps it has been tried I do n't know erm you might actually be able to get a more regular input not only from the children and their but also from their par ents by perhaps involving or asking the schools to become involved in the production of the programme . |
| 21 | Not only does he write with total integrity but also with a respect for the language which is becoming increasingly rare . |
| 22 | Filled with hyperbole , their agenda was to vaunt Italian music not simply as such , but also as a metaphor for social liberty . |
| 23 | The complexity of pre-trial procedure , particularly in the High Court , has been said to act not only as a deterrent to all but the most determined litigant , but also as a weapon for the recalcitrant defendant who may manipulate it so as to place the pressure of delay upon the plaintiff . |
| 24 | Each of the six towers around the walls was built primarily for defence , but also as a focus for painful emotions and experiences . |
| 25 | A decline of the sculptor 's reputation derived not only from the political discredit into which the regimes of the years before 1914 had fallen , but also from a distaste for allegory , and a revulsion from naturalist sculpture ( which the young Brancusi expressed forcefully as a dislike for ‘ beefsteak ’ ) . |
| 26 | Lawrence also celebrates the ‘ other ’ , but often as a foil for the integrity of self ; affirmation of one 's own pure self is presented as the precondition for recognizing the other . |
| 27 | But out of a concern for restructuring the traditional communities of feudal Europe into mobile free persons with inalienable rights , modern individualism is born . |