Example sentences of "[conj] for the rest " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or for the rest of what matter of your life ? |
| 2 | Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty-four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning-point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it . |
| 3 | She and Sarah tried to arrange their dates for the same evenings , so that for the rest of the week they were free to go out together . |
| 4 | In particular it caused the bankruptcy of the BCR , which meant that for the rest of its life it was in the hands of the Receiver . |
| 5 | Two years ago he was involved in a dreadful crash on the western Ring Road in which his wife , who was sitting beside him in the passenger seat , received such serious injuries to the lower half of the body that for the rest of her life — a life which ended tragically last week — she was confined to a wheel-chair . |
| 6 | Granpa shook his head and frowned , but I was so proud of my dad that for the rest of the day I just strutted around the market by his side . |
| 7 | Trains had been laid on to despatch them to all parts of the country , so that for the rest of their lives they would be able to recall a few moments of honour , even glory . |
| 8 | JOB losses in the South East will go on rising faster than for the rest of Britain , a leading economist warned yesterday . |
| 9 | Ministers claim that accident rates on YTS are better than for the rest of the working population in that age group . |
| 10 | One may deal briefly with Molla Arab 's supposed first period of office as Mufti , simply saying that there appears to be no more evidence for it than for the rest of Katib Celebi 's construction of the facts concerning the history of the office in the early years , which is not , however , to say that the statement ( or the construction , for that matter ) may be dismissed entirely ( cf. below , n. 166 , for example ) . |
| 11 | higher than for the rest of England and Wales . |
| 12 | Certainly her marriage involved financial sacrifice and for the rest of her life she was almost always short of money . |
| 13 | And for the rest of his life he recoiled from the popular mission and missioner . |
| 14 | Joseph Damien , without hesitation , volunteered , and for the rest of his life lived among the lepers . |
| 15 | Karajan came down from his high conducting stool , the orchestra regrouped for a Mozart concerto , and for the rest of the afternoon the music-making was active and intense , full of a special vibrancy and good humour . |
| 16 | The Maastricht Treaty was a success both for Britain and for the rest of Europe . |
| 17 | With the tightening of world oil demand which will come in the 1990s and the beginnings of a ‘ catching-up ’ programme of crude price increases , it is to be hoped that measures will be taken in good time to counteract what could be a politically unacceptable and potentially debilitating economic dependence on imported energy , for the US and for the rest of the Western world . |
| 18 | This line goes through two data points , the values for the Greater London area and for the rest of the South East . |
| 19 | Delighted to be helpful , the white cells rub their genes together in glee , and for the rest of their lives curl up in their DNA sleeping bags . |
| 20 | Not all did as well as Nancy , both for themselves and for the rest of us . |
| 21 | When it had been authenticated by its silver hallmarks , Sir Charles bought it and for the rest of his life regarded it as an important heirloom . |
| 22 | EXERCISE REALLY MEANS CONTINUING TO EXERCISE : TODAY , TOMORROW AND FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE . |
| 23 | Dorothy had an inspiration as to who they could go as , and for the rest of the evening they amused themselves digging through an old encyclopedia to find pictures from which to copy costumes . |
| 24 | And for the rest of the winter until only the Bundesbank knows when . |
| 25 | The leaders were to receive wages for their men for six months , and for the rest of the year they were to pay the troops out of the ransoms they expected to take . |
| 26 | Finnis explains that Aquinas regarded law as consisting in part of rules which are ‘ derived from natural law like conclusions deduced from principles ’ and for the rest of ‘ rules which are derived from natural laws like implementations [ determinationes ] of general directives ’ . |
| 27 | But shortly after , to my surprise , I saw the female and two kits peering out from one of the branch holes , surveying the river , and for the rest of the day I was treated to some amazing mink behaviour . |
| 28 | In the words of Roger of Howden , " the young King , of his own accord and under no compulsion , laying his hands on the Holy Gospels in the presence of a large crowd of clerks and laymen , swore that from that day onward and for the rest of his life he would be loyal to King Henry , his father and his lord , and would serve him faithfully . |
| 29 | For part of the day it is pounded by water and for the rest of the time it is exposed to the desiccating heat of the sun or the bitter cold of night . |
| 30 | Although ‘ swamping ’ by elderly disabled people was partly responsible for this situation , the lack of motivation is attributable to users ' earlier life experiences : for the majority rehabilitation was inappropriate and for the rest the facilities offered were inadequate . |