Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for the [noun sg] [conj] " 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 | But apparently he 's all right for the weekend because Saturday is a courting-free day ! ’ |
| 3 | It is all right for the hero and heroine to go to bed together , although if they actually make love before they are married , a wedding should follow immediately . |
| 4 | So much for the idea that two-tier pricing will somehow be too complicated . |
| 5 | So much for the claim that science does not involve causation . |
| 6 | ‘ So you want me in just for the plaster and to give your student laddies additional geriatric experience ? |
| 7 | Under the new captaincy of Ken Mentle , the club decided not to go all out for the title but simply to consolidate their Premier Division status . |
| 8 | I had to go down there for the preview and then go down and bid . |
| 9 | Hari took the money out of the old cracked teapot she kept on the shelf , she had just enough for the rent and she smiled in relief . |
| 10 | Then with energy to spare you proceeded to participate in the ‘ Measured Medau Mile ’ to raise funds not only for the Society but also , through the British Kidney Patient Association , for a Children 's Renal Unit at Guy 's Hospital . |
| 11 | Hand-painted in ten different colourways to match the china , the tiles are proving popular not only for the floor and fireplace surrounds , but for brightening up the area around kitchen Agas . |
| 12 | In order to maintain health , both personal and public , much energy has to be directed at maintaining an external environment which is as safe as possible , not only for the present but for future generations to inherit . |
| 13 | The competitive procurement policy of the Ministry of Defence has been good news not only for the Ministry and the taxpayer but for the yards . |
| 14 | On Good Friday 1958 the first march set out for Aldermaston , the atomic research establishment in Berkshire , under the CND symbol , a black circle forked with a white ‘ drooping cross ’ , the semaphore symbols for N and D , which became the membership badge not only for the campaign but for a certain kind of non-conformity among young people . |
| 15 | Covering 37 acres and employing a staff of 1,170 , it was a vital centre not only for the arrival and departure of merchandise and foodstuffs to and from the South and South-West of England but also France , the Channel Islands , and the Americas . |
| 16 | As with the bail decision , the exercise of both these sets of powers can have profound consequences , not only for the defendant but also for the rest of the penal system . |
| 17 | Part of your practice material with the TL should be selected not only for the rhythm but also the emotional feeling — the stress and pauses — of the whole utterance . |
| 18 | The then Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , was quick to recognise the implications not only for the industry but also the public purse when he froze duty on whisky . |
| 19 | It should be noted that the Community Laundry Service is not only for the comfort and hygiene of incontinent elderly people , it can be offered to members of the public of all age groups who for whatever medical reason need frequent changes of sheets ( bed sores , skin conditions , night sweats , acute bleeding episodes of a frequent nature ) . |
| 20 | The Locomotive Department and the District Superintendent were advised , in order to ensure the clear road required not only for the train but for the pilot engine running fifteen minutes in advance . |
| 21 | He noted that the Canberra meeting ‘ is the start of something which could grow into a very significant development not only for the region but for the global economy . ’ |
| 22 | All was carefully organized , not only for the debate and the vote , but also for the disorder that would follow when Asquith moved to rescind the vote : Ministers were shouted down , a copy of Standing Orders was thrown at Churchill , and the Speaker had to suspend the House until the following week because of the danger of actual fighting in the House . |
| 23 | This has significance not only for the tenant but also for any guarantor . |
| 24 | Suppose that the strategy involves real innovation — not only for the group but for the whole industry . |
| 25 | As the title of the Department implies , the University recognizes the fact that university education is not merely for the undergraduate but for all who retain an interest in learning , whether at a highly academic or purely recreational level . |
| 26 | This defence of Marxism carries over , however , to a critique of Modernism itself : not merely for the fact that Nietzsche attaches ‘ importance ’ to art but for the further claim ascribed to him , and therefore to Modernism itself , that ‘ the nature of aesthetic experience contains in nuce the form of understanding proper to the world itself ( p. 66 ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Peter Cole , personnel Director of SBCI Savory Milln spoke of employing search consultants as intermediaries , not just for the confidentiality and anonymity , but for the benefit of a more structured search . |
| 29 | Third-level study of the subject is not just for the scientist or the mathematician , or for those with previous experience of computing . |
| 30 | They 're not just for the beginner but also for people who want to brush up on their skills with or without an instructor . |