Example sentences of "[subord] for the [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Now considering there was at least 1,000 miles of sand between Baghdad and Damascus , everybody who heard this remark had hysterics , everybody except for the stupid young officer who went off to think about this .
2 Except for the acute pathogenic variant of simian immunodeficiency ( SIV ) PBj14 , no HIV or virus strains activate normal T cells or isolated viral proteins .
3 You would n't know it was autumn except for the odd dry leaf blowing down the road from the cemetery .
4 In fact nothing happened during those five months in 1940 except for the odd German plane flying over .
5 William Langdon , Hodge 's political adviser , told Byrnes on 20 November that the Korean people had always been a distinct nation except for the short colonial period and possessed high literacy , cultural and living standards , when judged by Asiatic or Middle Eastern standards : if trusteeship was approved , it would have to be supported by force .
6 All other bands detected by the cDNA ( with one exception : see Fig. 4 legend ) are normal , except for the expected reduced intensity in the patient .
7 This echoed the prevailing Italian-restaurant theme , except for the large comfortable mahogany desk which featured reassuring and recognizable objects like drawers and blotters .
8 Isobel stepped out into the corridor , quiet except for the ever-present low murmur of the station 's output as it played over unobtrusive speakers .
9 On May 30 a special congress of the South Tyrol People 's Party ( SVP ) , representing the German-speaking minority , accepted the " package " and on June 5 the members of the Austrian Nationalrat ( lower house of parliament ) except for the right-wing Austrian Freedom Party ( FPÖ ) also accepted the agreement .
10 Calculation of standard errors of sample statistics is generally more complicated for the sampling schemes described in this chapter than for the simple random sample .
11 Vegetius was important less for his technical advice than for the general philosophical message on the conduct of war which his work contained .
12 Resolving the curvature of the line of latitude perpendicular and parallel to the surface gives ; while for the geodesic great circle the corresponding components are 1/r and 0 .
13 In the case of the discretionary sentence there is always a notional equivalent determinate sentence which could be imposed in accord with established sentencing practice but for the current mental state of the defendant which makes him a danger to the public .
14 Obviously Jackson could have proposed these many things plus the obliteration of the moon and none of it , none of his isolate and courageous and visionary ideas would have mattered but for the huge national endorsement he received .
15 And it would have remained little more than a name but for the immense political danger that threatened it 21 years ago .
16 Exactly the same as for the primary addictive disease of Chemical Dependency or any other form of addictive disease .
17 As for the other main intruder into the parliamentary arena , the support for the SNP at this time was a more complex phenomenon .
18 As for the other popular route — disks by post through a shareware library — things may not be so clear cut .
19 As for the famous stinging tail , it 's only used as a last resort .
20 Eligibility depends on the client 's resources : the income limits and contributions are the same as for the ordinary green form scheme , but the capital limit is different .
21 As for the poor old majority of ordinary rugger buggers playing at club level ( roughly 40,000 of them ) , well they have just bee forgotten , relegated as they are , especially in the ‘ test match ’ unions , to timetables dictated by the 90 and playing any days but Saturdays .
22 As for the mysterious little girl , she was never seen again .
23 Again , let the surface dry and finish off with two coats of polyurethane and wax as for the straight sanding process .
24 As for the regionally-planned green field sites for development , they are usually placed near new urban centres deliberately to provide employment .
25 As for the Conservative Central Office foray to the US , the Government remains uneasy about this .
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