Example sentences of "in for the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " 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 | None of the European resorts has yet gone in for the wholesale investment in snow-making which we see in the United States , mainly because the capital outlay is enormous and the running costs extremely high . |
| 3 | A clenched fist , a frosty stare or a head-thrust , feet-planted , arms-akimbo posture , being recognizable as proper parts or adjuncts to acts of real violence , can stand in for the real thing in the ritualized ‘ aggression ’ to be described in a later chapter of this book . |
| 4 | Like Marx , William 's grandad went in for the broad dialectic of history and was n't too fussy about the fine print . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Kharif could be thrown in for the Arpal Chase at Kelso ( 1.40 ) . |