Example sentences of "for [verb] [adv] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Farrar was the first real researcher into the history of teaching the deaf , and unearthed many previously unknown items of literature about the deaf and was largely responsible for building up Oxley 's Library of the Deaf ( this Library was largely fragmented after Oxley 's death , and many rare articles and books disappeared ) . |
| 2 | While the remorseless Soviet military build-up continued to give Defence powerful arguments for keeping up Britain 's Defence forces , the failure of the British economy to grow in the enervating climate of the Welfare State progressively eroded Britain 's military strength . |
| 3 | Providing he can install a little discipline , the next governor may also be able to take the credit for cleaning up Arizona 's politics . |
| 4 | He occasionally uses his verbal felicity as a means of protecting his negative face , just as he does when he makes his ethical arguments for turning down Hollar 's request deliberately complex . |
| 5 | During the work the original opening between Cell-y-bedd and the church was discovered , thus explaining the entry in the Parish records in 1721 ‘ for shutting up Melangell 's door — 9 pence ’ ! |