Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb pp] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it was not long before control was achieved , and the method used was that which had already and long ago done for the peoples of the old world . |
| 2 | By welcoming you to a serene enclave where requests are carried out with distinction and despatch , meals may be enjoyed in your room at any hour , and you are courteously awakened with the day 's forecast , thus properly prepared for the elements . |
| 3 | There is now little left for the creditors to salvage from the airline 's wreckage . |
| 4 | Frequently in this period the representation of the man — man — woman triangle suggests that the desire which bonds men over women is as erotically invested for the men in relation to each other as for each of them in relation to the women . |
| 5 | In a rather odd way , 19th-century public schools were just as ideally suited for the fathers of gentlemen as they were for the sons of gentlemen . |
| 6 | The complicated ballot sheet was also relatively easily altered for the purposes of electoral fraud . |
| 7 | However , stock purchased for growth or expansion is normally regarded as capital expenditure and is therefore not considered for the purposes of recurrent funding . |