Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Legends about the Babylonian and Persian period were revived — or perhaps invented for the first time — to encourage faithfulness to the Mosaic Law in the new conditions .
2 first the base budget , an this and return to give increase the expenditure is the five million pounds or so needed for the increased number of pupils .
3 Conversely , it is also important to realise that if diarrhoea starts again or even occurs for the first time in a patient treated by gluten restriction , the patient should be investigated for colonic disorders , since the answer may not simply or necessarily rest with dietary lapses , an unresponsiveness phase , or lymphoma .
4 They have not chosen the new family and they may not feel love or even liking for the new partner .
5 Thus Vmw175 is directly or indirectly required for the normal expression of all other HSV-1 genes .
6 Also in attendance were PERRY FARRELL and a bare-chested SLASH , although neither stayed for the after-show party at a sleazy ten-pin bowling alley , where a fun knock-out contest was held .
7 Souness was still grumbling about the decisions that went against his team — the penalty that gave Coventry their first goal , the free-kick that led to their second , an offside flag that never came for the third and the sending off of Jamie Redknapp .
8 I crept downstairs and was outside and successfully making for the front gate when Ted sprinted around the side of the house and grabbed me .
9 There was a red light up , and he was stopped by a policeman as he reached the opposite pavement and duly asked for the appropriate number of marks .
10 He writes and rewrites in long-hand , and endlessly checks for the smallest detail .
11 It is pleasant to think of the two new Cuddesdon students , pushing their bicycles up the hill together from Wheatley station that July day of 1927 , and so meeting for the first time .
12 Cato had an instinctive interest and perhaps respect for the conquered populations of Italy and the provinces .
13 So when you holiday in Britain you can wish for good weather and only hope for the best .
14 Flintshire must win by at least five wickets to snatch second in the four-strong group and thus qualify for the semi-final knockout stage .
15 In Los Angeles , discussions centred not merely on drug usage as a topical exploitation subject for movies but also on the widespread and varied substances which were readily available , being increasingly used and largely blamed for the incredible recent upsurge in violence within the protest movement .
16 I chose my family , and just waited for the big boys to come up to the Birkdale area .
17 This is not an amalgamation for its own sake , it is not an amalgamation to manage a continuing and more comfortable decline , it 's not bolting together two super unions into one mega union and just hoping for the best .
18 Meanwhile , may I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for the coming year .
19 He applied for the first chair and then thought better of it and withdrew the application ; refused to apply for the second despite the supplications of Cambridge friends ; and finally applied for the third , the chair of primacy , the regius chair made vacant by the retirement of Charles Raven .
20 Notoriously strong , due to enforced national service , and generously funded for the same reason , French Army sides of the past have launched international careers like that of Eric Vergniol , who this year switched to rugby union .
21 Meanwhile the patient , who has not been named , was making a rapid recovery and yesterday walked for the first time since the operation .
22 We are not going to have any shooting trouble with them but they are tough bargainers and always ask for the whole earth , expecting maybe to get an acre . "
23 The notion of " betrayal " took hold on militants in the labour movement and partly accounts for the bitter resentment between the Left and most union officials during the 1930s .
24 Even allowing for the fact that television programmes are necessarily selective choosing shocking cases to illustrate the point , and also allowing for the evident confusion with the programme caused by pre-1 April material combined with a post-1 April dialogue , some disturbing situations were illustrated .
25 The hostel staff advised us about the best areas for walking , and also arranged for the essential guide , to keep us on the right path and to protect us from the buffalo .
26 In the election of 1918 they could not bear it and both voted for the Labour Party .
27 In short , if agriculture is judged by the criteria of performance applied to manufacturing industry , there is every reason to argue that its output has been artificially and substantially inflated for the whole period since 1950 .
28 Two years later , again at Daytona , on 11 March 1929 , he recaptured the record from the American Ray Keech at 231.362 m.p.h. in Golden Arrow , designed by Captain J. S. Irving with a 900-hp aero-engine hired from Napier and originally designed for the Schneider trophy winner Supermarine seaplane .
29 From simple pastimes such as hiking in the company of qualified guides , to tennis , to golf , riding , fishing , rafting , mountain biking and even paragliding for the adventurous , Saalbach-Hinterglemm has it all .
30 The dog , which was hardly backed at 5–1 , clocked a tremendous 27.47 secs for the 450 metres trip , and even allowing for the +30 going still ‘ found ’ 47 spots .
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