Example sentences of "in for the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name . |
| 2 | Like Marx , William 's grandad went in for the broad dialectic of history and was n't too fussy about the fine print . |
| 3 | Apart from saying he had given up singing and trumpet-playing , he invented things , such as that his school had suggested he go in for the Young Musician of the Year contest . |
| 4 | Condensation might entail the one kind of subject and/or manifestation standing in for the whole domain of evil , incurring responsibility for the whole in the process of being made to signify it . |
| 5 | After the news of the secret negotiations between the government , Leyland Vehicles and GM broke in February 1986 , the government allowed alternative bids to be put in for the different parts of the firm . |