Example sentences of "for [Wh det] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had written a particularly tear-jerking script for 1OAB 's ‘ last hour ’ for which we might well have played ‘ Hearts and Flowers ’ as an obbligato . |
| 2 | These states of motion are subject to instantaneous change through the act of measurement , in a process for which we can not claim to have discovered an exhaustive and convincing interpretation . |
| 3 | Shadow environment secretary Jack Staw said : ‘ This was an historic betrayal by the Liberals for which they will not long , nor lightly , be forgiven . ’ |
| 4 | I wondered what it was that could come between a husband and wife when their child killed herself away from home and in circumstances for which they could not hold themselves in any way responsible . |
| 5 | These developed from the legal concept of ultra vires ( beyond the strength ) which , since the mid nineteenth century , had prohibited local councils from doing anything for which they could not show precise legal authority . |
| 6 | The report confirmed that house officers spend much of their time on inappropriate tasks — either those that are beyond their competence and for which they can not hope to provide optimum care ( like providing the main source of symptom control to inpatients , the sole medical cover to surgical patients , and explaining complicated procedures to patients and relatives ) and others that could be done just as well by non-medical staff ( like filing reports , taking routine blood samples , and arranging beds ) . |
| 7 | With such a healthy list of urgent needs , advice workers might be excused if they become impatient when training for which they can not see an immediate need is imposed upon them . |
| 8 | It also confutes their claim to completeness by staging narrative structures for which they can not account . |
| 9 | Sparing the time to make these two visits may show ways of substantially increasing the household income , and reducing its outgoings on rent , rates , prescription charges and many other expenses for which you may not have realised there is help available . |
| 10 | Poisons for which you must not cause vomiting include oily substances like furniture polish , and corrosive substances such as caustic soda , weed killer , disinfectant , acid and insect sprays . |
| 11 | A whole week in Paris at Easter seemed to her something for which she would willingly have sold her soul . |
| 12 | After one stunned instant , for which she could hardly blame him , he reacted with admirable promptitude . |
| 13 | In a move for which he would later pay , he called for the persecution of Deng Xiaoping , who was banished from office and attacked as second only to Liu as China 's ‘ leading capitalist roader ’ . |
| 14 | The Knack also provided Crawford with the opportunity to do the sort of daredevil stunts for which he would later become famous . |
| 15 | After signing the accord , the Czechoslovak Prime Minister , Marian Calfa said it was a milestone on the way to Czechoslovakia becoming a full EC member , for which he would now press . |
| 16 | Churchill , who at first thought it was the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster which was the proposition and for which he would happily have settled , accepted the greater post with tears in his eyes and an expression of grateful loyalty . |
| 17 | So poor Willy was left in a situation where there was nobody to help him out with the f a full pool table for which he could n't get the key . |
| 18 | He was subject to influences for which he could not compensate ’ . |
| 19 | And he besought his mother that she would love her even as she loved him himself , and that she would do good to her and show her great honour , for which he should ever serve her with the better good will . |
| 20 | Santa Anna lost so much time and so many men in a pyrrhic victory , for which he need never have fought in the first place , that when he finally met the full Texan force under General Sam Houston he was utterly defeated . |
| 21 | Perhaps Locke did not recognise the difference because he used the same word , ‘ idea ’ , both for what we would ordinarily call an idea and for what is imprinted in , or on , the mind , the ‘ sensation ’ . |
| 22 | In general , many of these inquiries were motivated by the need for what we would now regard as manpower planning , especially to do with the defence of the realms concerned . |
| 23 | It was the Parish Council themselves who had to consider things very quickly and go for what they could best endeavour but you c er I ca n't see how that can be used to nullify the general view of the public of South Milford and the other parishes . |
| 24 | Unless , like Chris Patten , she needed you for what she could n't do herself ( write a decent speech ) , any wet , however bright , was kippered on the back benches . |
| 25 | Nostalgic for what he would not give twopence to see back |
| 26 | It hardly matters , given the man ; the essence , his core , a sly pederast ( Parker was a regular subscriber to magazines entitled such as Boy and Superboy , Kim and Pim ) ; he thought it best , and he felt safer ( it was his constant dread that the magazines — delivered from an English P.O. box number — should go adrift or burst in transit ) that as a cover-up he acted crude ; and he did it so well ( it might be a hateful zest for what he could not have ) that you would have never thought . |
| 27 | Hopeful for what he will not miss when it fails |
| 28 | The Brodskys in striking contrast go for what I can only describe as an unconventional line-up to match the photo on the cover . |
| 29 | It was also essential that he believed he was being cured , because of the need he would face soon for what I can only call ‘ self-help ’ . |