Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for [art] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Four ‘ change-facilitating factors ’ are picked out by Ramon ; heavy and unchanging reliance on segregated institutions ; the existence of a minority of psychiatrists prepared to act politically ( while not having the desire to act in a party political framework ) ; the autonomous nature of the regions leading to more enthusiastic reform beginning in socialist and communist areas ; and perhaps most importantly for the concerns of this book ,
2 Come on in for a cup of tea … "
3 ‘ I 'm all right for a couple of minutes . ’
4 The wheels would be all right for a couple of days ; then they 'd become ten times worse and they 'd have to come to the smithy .
5 It was all right for the likes of May and Izzy , always shouting and laughing and making her cry .
6 So he was only in for a couple of days then ?
7 And now he was insinuating that she would be extending her stay long enough for a tour of the whole country !
8 Is this long enough for the evolution of an organism as complex as man ?
9 ‘ Denby , my manservant , is completely trustworthy — too much so for the likes of those who now have charge of me ! ’
10 This is a situation of which modern theologians have been well aware — often too much so for the comfort of many in the churches — and with which they have tried in various ways to deal .
11 So much for the bird of ill-omen , she thought drowsily .
12 So much for the Secretary of State 's second argument .
13 Since herbs do so much for the flavour of food and its digestion , have such profound use in medicine , both for humans and animals , and have so much utilitarian value domestically in the home , and in the garden , it seems most unlikely that they will ever fall into such disuse again .
14 So much for the County of London .
15 So much for the death of St Pierre .
16 So much for the requirements of the Wiring Regulations .
17 So much for the terms of Poulantzas ' theory .
18 So much for the need of a Prime Minister to obtain the Sovereign 's ‘ permission ’ for a dissolution of Parliament .
19 So much for the matter of tracing .
20 The only real surprise about Danny Rampling 's fine debut single ‘ I Hate Hate ’ is that it 's taken so long for a DJ of his reputation to commit himself to vinyl .
21 It is extraordinary that it took so long for the importance of this to be realised in Britain .
22 But he was still covering the door and-to move his seat apparently just for the sake of moving would seem suspicious — and it occurred to him that Washington DC would be full of people who knew the surveillance trade that tonight a lot of people would be running genuine surveillances .
23 In an effort to save face , he adopted a casual attitude hoping that his staff would think that he actually meant to keep his hat on all day long just for the heck of it , like gangsters do in the films .
24 Those who are newly bereaved and naturally dread the loneliness of returning to an empty house should be visited frequently in their own homes ; and when you are able to persuade them to get out of their own four walls as much as possible for fresh air and exercise and to meet others and visit relatives , it can be a considerable help if you can bring them home and go in with them for a cup of tea or a chat , even if it is only just for a quarter of an hour .
25 This is by far the best evidence so far for the existence of a large amount of some sort of dark matter .
26 Many of the tips provided so far for the management of children have been relevant for adolescents .
27 Rachel 's heart skipped a beat at her first sight of him and if she had been trying to delude herself that David had asked her along purely for the sake of her new friends she was forced to dismiss it as his gaze met hers .
28 In divertissements , although it is possible that they reflected the spectacle in some way when dances were characterized , large-scale key-changes seem to have been brought in mainly for the sake of musical variety .
29 ‘ Oh , really ? ’ says Freddie , bending his lips upwards on one side of his face into a suggestion of general benevolence , but moving them only sparingly for the purpose of articulation .
30 This explanation does not work so well for the majority of the texts of Scaevola , which are not excerpts from a dogmatic tract in which the jurist was discussing the disparate regimes of legacy and trust , but opinions given in practical cases .
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