Example sentences of "and for some " in BNC.

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1 In his note he asked for medical help — some vitamins , eye-drops , ‘ as I ca n't go out ’ — and for some money .
2 I was partly convinced by Culler 's power of persuasion , and for some time thought that the kinds of analysis he described could be assimilated to practical criticism and the English synthesis .
3 And for some there were conferences and congresses in glamorous places , the glittering prizes satirically displayed in Lodge 's Small World .
4 Many Russian exiles have long suspected that spies had been planted in their midst by the KGB , and for some the advertisements confirmed their darkest fears .
5 With the Hammersmith team he took part in the evolution of the heart-lung machine and for some years the Melrose pump-oxygenator was the standard in Britain .
6 During the years of World War N and for some time afterwards there had been a heavy demand for commercial and military explosives but by 1960 when Haslam was made personnel director of the Nobel Division of ICI the demand , particularly for military explosives , had dropped dramatically .
7 The kidnappings were a traumatic event and for some time the Gombe Stream Research Centre was closed to students .
8 It did n't require much capital to manufacture the equipment or produce the short films , and for some time it was possible for small craftsmen on the British model to keep up with the big boys in France or the US .
9 But a more puritan era of egalitarian austerity could make them a lot shyer — and for some time to come .
10 And for some reason he found himself drawing a Spitfire .
11 Or : ‘ I do n't understand all this modern poetry at all , but I know what I like , and for some reason your poems manage to penetrate even my thick head .
12 Of course , for Hitler himself — and for some of his oldest and most fanatical supporters — all these ills were reducible solely to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , a point of dogma which was a fundamental premiss within the Nazi Movement .
13 Clothes can be costumes , and for some young women , walking down the street with bleached hair or a biker 's leather jacket says more about them than a thousand words .
14 They waved once and I waved back , and for some time I could see their bright jackets in the dappled shade of the afternoon sun .
15 It added : ‘ It would be a tragedy if the frustrations and the hardships that the recession has caused , and for some it is still causing , if it meant that Britain threw away all the achievements of the last decade .
16 After his election to a five-year term , he said : ‘ Albania has been a one-man country for 70 years , and for some years should be a parliamentary country .
17 Intended for the priesthood , Diderot lost his faith and for some years scraped a living as a tutor , hack journalist and translator .
18 I write in the past tense because I lost it in an arctic spell of weather and for some inexplicable reason have yet to replace it .
19 Despite having an income and for some years an indulgent father , the task of raising them can not have been easy .
20 After Corrections I joined Picture Group in 1981 and for some reason I ended up doing a lot of work for them in the ghettos , guns , drugs and things like that ; it became my forte and I came to feel at ease in this kind of environment .
21 Thickeners and preservatives also are added and for some less critical operations the use of a lemon perfume is tolerated .
22 Isaacs named the substance interferon , and for some years vigorous efforts were made to develop it into a practical therapeutic agent .
23 We played practice rounds with Greg and for some reason I got talking and joking with him a lot .
24 ‘ Psyching-up ’ is what this mental preparation is often called , and for some it starts days before an event .
25 Verbal fluency is an asset and for some people spoken presentations are easy .
26 And for some people it is .
27 Although rejected by the conference , it is noteworthy that the system is now used when the carboxyl group is attached to ring and for some acids ( eg citric acid is 3-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid ) .
28 The Feldwebel saw this and for some reason it worried him .
29 It was entitled ‘ The Condemned Cell ? ’ and I cut it out and for some while it was on my desk .
30 And for some schools , this may be an interesting option , though if carried to extremes , it has serious limitations .
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