Example sentences of "and [prep] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His care for disabled children spans work at the orthopaedic hospital in Oswestry , Alder Hey Hospital , Liverpool , and through Riding for the Disabled . |
| 2 | I was not alone in the way I identified with the saga of the March family , nor was I alone in identifying with Jo ( and presumably all readers do ) in her hurts and disappointments , her longings for femininity that clashed with her dreams of independence and achievement ; and in wishing for the ultimate fairness of all things as they were shaped by those nineteenth century moral certainties . |
| 3 | This was achieved by a religious ritual which may have stemmed from one in which the original parricides mutilated themselves ( and especially the organ which was responsible for their incestuous desires ) out of remorse and guilt at what they had done and in mourning for the primal father . |
| 4 | The difficulty lay both in defining the ‘ upper ’ and ‘ lower ’ limits of the stratum within the hierarchy of social status , and in allowing for the marked heterogeneity of its membership within those limits : there was always , at least , an accepted internal stratification into grande moyenne and petite bourgeoisie , the latter shading off into strata which would be de facto outside the class . |
| 5 | He made the cut by three strokes , and in qualifying for the final two rounds he has already guaranteed himself a place on next season 's growing satellite tour , Europe 's golfing second division . |
| 6 | He made the cut by three strokes , and in qualifying for the final two rounds he has already guaranteed himself a place on next season 's growing satellite tour , Europe 's golfing second division . |
| 7 | The PDI , which staged the largest rallies , managed to stretch the limits of official tolerance by attacking " nepotism " in high places , a reference to the business dealings of Suharto 's family [ see also below ] , and by calling for the presidential term to be limited to two years , an implicit criticism of Suharto 's years in power . |