Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for by [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I know now , although I think I knew at the time , why one was so cared for by the ordinary people of Bury in 1941 .
2 The excess of non-variceal bleeds among patients receiving surgery is almost entirely accounted for by a single patient who experienced numerous bleeds for oesophagitis ( unrelated to the surgical procedure ) .
3 It is time to give serious consideration to a standing United Nations army , perhaps paid for by the rich and manned by the poor of the world .
4 Any loss in emotional or dramatic range , however , is generally compensated for by the fearsome intensity of the vision that results , and the compelling stylishness with which it is communicated .
5 This was the outcome of changes in population growth and its age distribution which were only partly compensated for by the marked increase in female participation ratios , especially of those in the 25–60 age groups [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] .
6 Hence by 1914 a large proportion of one of the largest groups traditionally provided for by the Poor Law had been substantially removed from direct association with it .
7 This trend is partly accounted for by the steady increase in cohabitation .
8 The inconsistency of the results is partly accounted for by the different methods used for adjusting for other variables , such as disparities in size and monopoly power between control types , but clearly these studies do not bring a definitive answer much closer .
9 The richness of the Malesian flora , for example , may be partly accounted for by the Laurasian elements in the lowland rain forest and the Gondwana elements in the heath forest and in montane communities .
10 A large proportion of this increase was also accounted for by the new offence of failing to send children to school , which in 1920 accounted for nearly one-quarter of all criminal cases .
11 It is argued that this difference may be partially accounted for by the higher standard of living in Sri Lanka , but also that the motives and social composition of offenders in normal times were such that depressed economic conditions did not necessarily lead to substantial increases in criminal activities .
12 The bulk , the Scaevolan cases , seem to be most readily accounted for by the textual transmission of his works .
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