Example sentences of "for [adj] [noun pl] and for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the removal of family behaviour and disputes to some other arena is regarded as advantageous for instrumental purposes and for the preservation of law 's purity . |
| 2 | The French State was fashioned in a Europe with a wide variety of political forms but , once it was created , it changed the terms of competition and of survival for lesser powers and for the ramshackle empires that in part covered these principalities . |
| 3 | This represents a huge and genuine increase in prosperity — resources and buying-power — for British families and for the British people as a whole . |
| 4 | ‘ I know of Mrs Stringer 's excellent work for pensioners and I am sure that she will be a fine ambassador for British pensioners and for the whole of my Cleveland and Yorkshire North constituency . ’ |
| 5 | Already well known to art colleges in this country from his directorship of the Glasgow School of Art between 1980 and 1986 , a period which witnessed the emergence of an exciting new generation of Scottish figurative painters , Professor Jones returns from the United States with an enhanced reputation for public relations and for the support of his students . |
| 6 | It was easy now to decide what to do , both for outward appearances and for the comfort of his own spirit . |
| 7 | There will be targets for waiting times , for answering calls and for the promptness and accuracy of benefit payments and customer satisfaction surveys will be carried out . |
| 8 | Take one tablespoon three times a day for hoarse coughs and for the relief of gastric ulcers . |
| 9 | There may be complaints and accusations of neglect to be endured at first , but it is stimulating for the old person to have new company and most important for you , the carer , to maintain some friends and some life outside the home , both for present needs and for the future when you will be alone . |
| 10 | Muslims and Jews want to get rid of it for religious reasons ; Americans want ( wanted ? ) to get rid of it for hygienic reasons and for the hypothetical reduced risk of penile cancer in the circumcised population ; Latins love to play with it , like to keep it , and are taught to mobilise it often ; the British would like to ignore it , not to touch it , and eventually get rid of it when it causes too much trouble . |
| 11 | There must also be enough samples put on test to allow for duplicate examinations and for the proper investigations of special problems . |
| 12 | Basic unemployment benefits were reduced , while other supplementary benefits for unemployed people , for single parents and for the sick were to be subjected to means testing . |
| 13 | The authors point to the lawyers ' success in reproducing for themselves the conditions of private practice and its implications for other departments and for the workings of local democracy . |
| 14 | Comprehensive figures for non-assisted projects and for the years 1979-83 are not available . |
| 15 | Of course safeguards are necessary for the environment , for local residents , for local communities and for the right to a decent quality of life , so I warmly welcome the transport and works Bill , which will defend the safeguards but speed up the decision process . |