Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Structuralism may be employed to excavate the principles of classification and order which unite what on the surface appear as highly disparate domains , so that for a particular society food preparation , kinship and myth may be revealed as transformations of each other . |
| 2 | Moore joins in , so that for a brief couple of seconds we sound like a small cracked tribute to Sir Harry Secombe . |
| 3 | Cora-Beth tilted her head sideways so that for a brief moment her cheek rested against his hand . |
| 4 | On the other hand , tasks of party management and maintaining Cabinet cohesion are more insistent , though perhaps less so than for a German Chancellor or Italian Premier . |
| 5 | However , on May 31 there were reports of widespread support among civil servants and soldiers for the military rulers to step down and for a rapid handover of power to a civilian government . |
| 6 | She had set off from Margate before eight o'clock and for a short time she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 7 | QPR are not good enough to finish in the top six , according to Trevor Francis , their player-manager , but they should have won and would surely have done so but for a mind-boggling miss by Andy Sinton when it was 2-2 . |
| 8 | The sea , too , was considered good for health and the fashion for sea bathing was originally for health reasons rather than for a jolly seaside holiday . |
| 9 | For the mass of ‘ non-organized ’ Germans , the ‘ Hitler myth ’ functioned through the stimulation of popular acclaim — recurrent but always temporary — fur faits accomplis , for coups which had been brought about , successes already attained , rather than for a clear set of policies in train . |
| 10 | It 's great fun going out straight from work to dance the night away or for a hot date . |
| 11 | If the sun is shining the focal length can be measured just as easily as for a converging lens : the lens is held so that its shadow falls on a sheet of paper . |
| 12 | We may therefore use the processes above as for a non-singular matrix ; we achieve a series of units in the positions ; the other elements in the matrix are all zero . |
| 13 | Thus , just as for a two-terminal network with capacitor-coupled signal source , the input-signal load line behaves as shown in figure 10.4(c) , its changing intersection giving the input signal current . |
| 14 | The relative risk of an overweight baby becoming an overweight 5-year-old is about two and a half times more than for a normal weight baby . |
| 15 | The figures for black youngsters excluded indefinitely and for a fixed period were also above average . |
| 16 | So unless your customer is particularly devious , and is good at it , the chances are that he can be found quite quickly and for a reasonable fee . |
| 17 | States parties may accede separately tot he convention and to the jurisdiction of the Commission and the Court , and they may do so not permanently but for a specific term on the expiry of which the accession will end . |
| 18 | He looked at the photo , and then he looked at Carl carefully and for a long time . |
| 19 | Perhaps , but temporarily and for a well-attested reason . |
| 20 | Start with at least a 60cm/24″ tank , preferably larger , and set it up as for a marine system . |
| 21 | Sybase has done very well in financial markets and companies in Wall Street and the City , mostly because for a long time it could offer facilities such as triggers and stored procedures that Oracle could n't . |
| 22 | Sybase has done very well in financial markets and companies in Wall Street and the City , mostly because for a long time it could offer facilities such as triggers and stored procedures that Oracle could n't . |
| 23 | Generally though , use special effects cautiously and for a specific purpose . |
| 24 | Sometime later he did turn up , also very much put out but for a different reason . |
| 25 | All went well but for a small hitch . |
| 26 | It published an early EDI ‘ syntax ’ in 1978 , and this formed the basis for subsequent standards including TRADCOMS , as well as for a European standard , UN/GTDI . |
| 27 | Failing this , a fit elderly neighbour may be willing to come , either voluntarily or for a small payment , which would be useful to them if they are living on a small pension . |