Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 How could minute quantities of an injected peptide be guided to and then enter the appropriate neuron so as to code for the new memory ?
2 A statute of 1388 attempted to reinforce the Statute of Labourers , the measure enacted to control wages after the Black Death of 1348–49 , but attempts in 1389 to put it into practice showed that men were trying to shake off the stigma of villein tenure , even at the cost of taking a cash wage worth less in real terms than the combination of cash and food which they had been paid previously , insisting on working by the day rather than contracting for a yearly wage , and exploiting the possibility of alternative employment ( 65 , pp.92–5 ) .
3 Rather than achieving for the sheer stimulation , or intrinsic worth of the achievement , they are driven in a never-ending competition ‘ to be someone ’ .
4 Dressmakers who might prefer to sell a valuable piece of material rather than settle for the modest profit of making it into a dress .
5 The West had now to adapt itself to a lengthy period of Cold War competition with the USSR rather than prepare for an imminent crisis .
6 Rather than striving for an impossible , and ultimately sterile , objectivity , scholars will increasingly need to follow Mary Louise Pratt 's example in admitting their own ideological commitments in order to promote the development of research .
7 Pregnant women whose babies are overdue may be better off being induced rather than waiting for a spontaneous birth .
8 Rather than wait for the groaning lift , I use the stairs .
9 But rather than wait for the English to be lured on to these snares , he decided to launch the first attack himself .
10 In his second oration against Verres Cicero describes hypocrisy in terms which sound like a scenario for Iago 's undermining of Othello : In the Academica he attacks the simulatio of virtue which is assumed not out of duty but in pursuit of pleasure , and in De Finibus he denounces those whose actions are motivated by personal desire for pleasure rather than respect for the moral law .
11 ‘ In the end , we played positionally rather than going for an all-out assault , otherwise we might have had an even bigger score . ’
12 Overall , Mr Charkin presented a picture of a man enthralled by present opportunities and future potentialities , rather than yearning for the comfortable certainties of the recent past .
13 And do n't forget that the hilltop you cast your eye over when looking for an old route would have caught the eye of a medieval traveller as a good place to rest — and to lose coins .
14 In some cases a relatively low rateable value more than compensated for a high rate poundage ( Blair 1988a:2 ) .
15 In many cases the large size of a company , which is the source of its market power , may enable it to make cost savings which , although not fully passed on , more than compensate for the distorting effects of an uncompetitive market structure .
16 However , most people who join the industry feel that the interesting nature of the work and career opportunities more than compensate for the unusual hours they are expected to work .
17 These should more than compensate for the natural decline in other more mature fields .
18 From about 1940 to the 1970s , in this picture , both solar and volcanic influences were acting to cool the Earth , more than compensating for the rapid buildup of carbon dioxide , even with the standard greenhouse effect numbers .
19 During the day a Cant Z.501 flyingboat of the 184 a Squadriglia R.M. was also lost , apparently to Malta fighters , and probably while searching for the downed German aircrew ; the crew of this aircraft were rescued near the Sicilian coast .
20 A number of principles , notably that of collective responsibility , have been set out as signposts for the continuing evaluation of services for the under-fives .
21 The force facility can be used as often as required for a particular SPR , for example , if a user does not wish to take responsibility for the SPR or if a user accepts the SPR but at a later date passes the work onto someone else .
22 As well as catering for the spiritual needs of the Russian settlers , monks , sometimes with lay assistants , participated in the colonial process by establishing small monastic communities which soon attracted peasants and became the focus of new communities .
23 While Pheloung may be best known for his work on the small and large screen — he wrote the award-nominated music for the film Truly , Madly , Deeply , as well as composing for the 13-part television series Boon in 1985 , his first TV series .
24 While Pheloung may be best known for his work on the small and large screen — he wrote the award-nominated music for the film Truly , Madly , Deeply , as well as composing for the 13-part television series Boon in 1985 , his first TV series .
25 As well as paying for the new building , the Goldsmiths also increased the salaries of the Headmaster and Usher , made the School free again to the scholars , and paid the running costs .
26 The party chairman , Godfrey M'Mwereria , an environmentalist and former lecturer at Kenyatta University , said he would contest the forthcoming presidential elections , as well as standing for the parliamentary seat of Tigania in Meru district .
27 The college wants to make the sale , sanctioned by the Charity Commissioners last summer , to set up a fund for maintaining and refurbishing its Founder 's Building , as well as caring for the remaining pictures .
28 ‘ Monday afternoon 's vigil marks the self-destruction of PDAG , as well as preparing for a new period in our campaign for an independent and democratic education system , ’ said the society 's education spokesman , Ffred Ffransis , last night .
29 In the seventeenth century , people stopped writing in Latin even when writing for the learned , and various attempts were made at making up universal languages .
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