Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be difficult for me or for any other minister to have to defend leaving things unchanged in these other areas if the affect of having done so was subsequently to lead to a case of fraud in an investment firm , building society or insurance company which the existence of the duty would have helped to prevent . |
| 2 | ( b ) Money paid to a person in a public or quasi-public position to obtain the performance by him of a duty which he is bound to perform for nothing or for less than the sum demanded by him is recoverable to the extent that he is not entitled to it . |
| 3 | We tend to take plants for granted , seeing them as just another aspect of the environment and failing to appreciate the vital service which they perform both for ourselves and for all other living creatures on this planet . |
| 4 | Our limited ambition can , therefore , only be to sustain a reasonable quality of life for ourselves and for those animals that serve us . |
| 5 | Bogey trying to prevent me except for two H. |
| 6 | there was something about these middle class daughter 's relationships with their ( rather less ) disabled mothers which made sharing a household less tolerable to them than for working class daughters . |
| 7 | Although social workers were trained in dealing with stress , said Mr Gower , the whole subject of removing children from their parents was no less emotive for them than for other members of the community . |
| 8 | Then , when the war ended in the summer of 1945 , after being demobbed from Germany , he 'd gone straight back to the US , with no possible hope of any real communication between them except for one or two impermanent and unreliable addresses . |
| 9 | Firstly there are undertakings to maintain the confidentiality of business secrets and not to use them except for limited purposes . |
| 10 | Perhaps surprisingly , even today most of these metals are still of considerable importance and few ‘ new ’ metals have superseded them except for certain specialised uses ; one metal unknown to the ancients which is used in large quantities today is aluminium . |
| 11 | It appeared on the evidence that he believed himself not to be liable ; but he knew that the plaintiffs thought him liable , and would sue him if he did not pay , and in order to avoid the expense and trouble of legal proceedings against himself he agreed to a compromise ; and the question is , whether a person who has given a note as a compromise of a claim honestly made on him , and which but for that compromise would have been at once brought to a legal decision , can resist the payment of the note on the ground that the original claim thus compromised might have been successfully resisted … . |
| 12 | If at the time any claim arises under this Policy there is any other existing insurance covering the same loss damage or liability the Corporation shall not be liable to pay or contribute more than its rateable proportion of any such claim provided always that nothing in this condition shall impose on the Corporation any liability from which but for this condition it would have been relieved under the provisions of Proviso ( a ) of Paragraph 2 of Section A of this policy . |
| 13 | Provided always that nothing in this condition shall impose on the Corporation any liability from which but for this condition it would have been relieved under the provisions of Exception ( c ) to Part A of this Policy . |
| 14 | 8.1.4 any other act or thing by which but for this provision the Guarantor would have been released [ other than a variation of the terms of this Lease agreed between the parties that is prejudicial to the Guarantor ] Until the case of P & A Swift Investments v Combined English Stores Group plc it was believed that the benefit of a guarantor 's covenants could only be enforced by a successor in title to the landlord 's reversion , where there had been an express assignment to it . |
| 15 | For me and for many , a personal relationship with Jesus started on a Venture ( they were called ‘ camps ’ in my day ! ) and attending and serving on a venture were valuable stepping stones towards greater Christian maturity . |
| 16 | There are people who know probably more than me and for one reason or another have been afraid to stand up and be counted , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Their high degree of competitiveness is a lesson both for British companies that compete with them and for all those who are looking for ways to sharpen their competitive edge . |
| 18 | ‘ I make men out of them and for that I 'm at fault . |
| 19 | Even now , disabled people find themselves in hospital because it is the only place that will look after them and for that reason alone . |
| 20 | For them and for some of the new workers of the industrial revolution in the Midlands and North , the acts brought an era of " secret unionism " . |
| 21 | I feel almost more sorry for you than for any , for you have let your heart entwine itself so round mine that the shock to you will be very great ; take care that you be not too much overcome . |
| 22 | This is the object of his pupil 's desire , though at present she is like the man who and for this reason Such a staff is spoken prayer . |
| 23 | Make us more of a church body , Lord , using the gifts that you have given us in service for you and for one another , and learning form one another in humility . |
| 24 | The more energetic visitors , may be inclined to take a dip in the cooling waters of the lake itself and for this , or for leisurely days in the sun , the hotel provides a private lakeside sun terrace with sun-loungers . |
| 25 | Social discipline is wanted not just for itself but for these ends . |
| 26 | ‘ A lot of prayers were said for me but for six weeks absolutely nothing happened . |
| 27 | In the end it was n't just for me but for those I wanted to share my life with . |
| 28 | Edwards ( 1979 , 16 ) , for example , characterises the situation as one where for most of the twentieth century management have met ‘ chronic resistance to their effort to compel production ’ and consequently ‘ have attempted to organize production in such a way as to minimise opportunities for resistance and even to alter workers ’ perceptions of the desirability of opposition ’ . |
| 29 | It is not normal ( in the strict sense of the word ) for a young person to be attracted to a greatly older one nor for old age to be seen as a highly desirable or essential sexual attribute . |
| 30 | I got the first one except for this one . |