Example sentences of "for [adj] [conj] [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some very clever , very nice and very holy people need to be turned away from internal debates on the relative clap-happiness of church services or the sexual inclinations of the clergy or whether to write letters to the papers campaigning for this or that party in general elections . |
| 2 | As a result , the scrutiny of the estimates in the Committee of Supply became a formal vote to reduce the money for this or that department by a nominal figure so as to permit a general attack on the government 's policy in that field . |
| 3 | Supreme Court Act 1981 , s. 35A : ‘ ( 1 ) … in proceedings … before the High Court for the recovery of a debt … there may be included in any sum for which judgment is given simple interest … on all or any part of the debt … in respect of which judgment is given … for all or any part of the period between the date when the cause of action arose and — ( a ) in the case of any sum paid before judgment , the date of the payment ; … |
| 4 | Interest may be given for all or any part of the period between the date when the cause of action arose and : ( a ) in the case of any sum paid before judgment , the date of the payment ; and ( b ) in the case of the sum for which judgment is given , the date of judgment . |
| 5 | If you want a building or equipment for less than that number of years , it 's best to rent . |
| 6 | Whether one tries to illustrate subsidiarity by an upturned pyramid or a spiked helmet is irrelevant : Sir Christopher 's definition makes it clear that , far from being a guarantee for decentralisation , ‘ subsidiarity ’ is a blank cheque for more and more power to be transferred to Community level , just as the principle 's enshrinement in the German constitution has led to massive centralisation of power and expenditure in that country . |
| 7 | ‘ The War Office , ’ Major Calder explained , ‘ were pressing Captain Carew and myself for more and more information about the IRB . |
| 8 | We were well aware of the problems facing us in the future , and the pressing need was for more and more information about the operations of the big smuggling syndicates . |
| 9 | The Aug. 6 statement was accompanied by a photograph of United States hostage Terry Anderson , kidnapped in March 1985 and now detained for longer than any other of the Westerners captive in Lebanon . |