Example sentences of "[adv] word for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not word for word , now |
| 2 | He reached out for something outside his prison and found The Rights of Man , he concentrated on passages he knew well and summoned them up word for word . |
| 3 | Read out aloud , it seemed to bear out word for word what Alfred Wells had recalled on oath in court . |
| 4 | So the process that you have to carry out , then is to find a way of transferring your literal translation once you 've worked out word for word what is being said , into terms which mean something to a modern reader or , listener . |
| 5 | It is frequently the case that the words Mr Ingham uses to the lobby on a Wednesday to describe the Prime Minister 's view of something will be repeated , often word for word , by Mrs Thatcher herself at Prime Minister 's Question Time the following day . |
| 6 | understand the meaning behind the sentence but you could n't word for word . |
| 7 | This time he is the target of their action , while the miners are repeating virtually word for word the demands Mr Yeltsin made in a television broadcast two weeks before the strike began . |
| 8 | A 1982 paper by Johanson , Maurice Taieb and Yves Coppens in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology , which is about the hominid fossils of the Hadar , includes a description of the geology of the region that matches , virtually word for word , Kalb 's grant application . |
| 9 | The British Standards Institution will probably adopt it virtually word for word , as will the German DIN ( not surprising — the Germans did the original work ) . |
| 10 | There are sentences in ‘ Neo-Angular 's ’ speeches which are echoed almost word for word in the essays of T. S. Eliot and the letters of Evelyn Waugh . |
| 11 | However , the preamble to this convention reaffirms certain broad humanitarian principles of considerable potential relevance to the nuclear weapons issue , and inter alia it repeats almost word for word the terms of Article 35 of 1977 Geneva Protocol I , already quoted . |
| 12 | Many researchers are surprised and delighted at their ability to remember conversations almost word for word . |
| 13 | Of the latter , one was dedicated to King Henry II of England in a prologue taken almost word for word from Bede 's preface to Ceolwulf at the beginning of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People . |
| 14 | Hall reveals through his examination of Colnaghi documents that Berenson 's recommendations at times ‘ follow almost word for word , Gutekunst 's own letters to Berenson ’ , suggesting that it is time for a re-examination of the role of dealers as well as the more famous advisers in influencing taste . |
| 15 | In this case , in addition to a writ issued by the Derbyshire County Council , the former leader of the council , Mr. Bookbinder , has sued for libel and his action , which is based almost word for word upon the same allegations as those in the council 's statement of claim , continues . |
| 16 | 15.00 : Dictated letter for parent almost word for word as Head 's letter . |
| 17 | The scheme with which the Secretary of State has been landed is almost word for word the proposition set out in the pamphlet in 13 rather badly argued pages . |