Example sentences of "[pron] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caving , of course , does nothing for pristine clothing , but the bedraggled and apparent roughnecks seen in the streets of Ingleton after a hard day can afford to ignore the caustic comments of observers : they know a wonderful world their critics will never see . |
| 2 | Nothing for Irish eyes to about |
| 3 | ‘ We can do nothing for Eastern Europe if we fail among ourselves in a few days ’ time to agree on economic and monetary union , social and environmental policies so that we can complete the European single market on time . ’ |
| 4 | Erm and there were two very profound reasons for that , one was the decline in employment in southern agriculture , the increasing mechanization of agriculture displacing er millions of er agricultural workers er and the second and more important factor was that the southern states provide almost nothing in the way of social provision and certainly nothing for black people er whereas the northern states were much more generous . |
| 5 | In a psychoanalytic study of the Amazons Bernice Schultz Engle points out that according to tradition they ‘ cared nothing for womanly arts , spent ten months of the year farming , pasturing cattle , and especially in training horses . |
| 6 | After 1911 , women whose husbands were in insured employment received a maternity benefit of 30/ rising to £2 after World War I , which was completely absorbed by the cost of an attendant , leaving nothing for extra food and necessities for the mother and baby . |
| 7 | Nature cares nothing for human definitions , after all , as Sprague de Camp points out . |
| 8 | Unless we care nothing for human freedom and are impervious to human suffering , denunciation seems an implausible general justification for a system which deliberately inflicts punishment on people . |
| 9 | We have a single-minded policy for British industrial success , but the Opposition have a feeble-minded policy which would achieve nothing for British industry . |
| 10 | I have to warn Professor that there 's more than one party can play that game and if he thinks that it is sensible to run the affairs of this council on deliberate obstructionism on the basis that if you go on long enough you can wear people down then I think it 's unfortunate , it 's bad for this council bad for the people we serve , it does frankly nothing for local government and I ca n't blame central government if it loses patience So I recognise at the end of the day that erm Mr has had troubles with some of his erm er newcomers he obviously needs to re-establish some control over his group . |
| 11 | Some people feel that the herd instinct does nothing for American tourists , and I feel the same about American athletes . |
| 12 | There was nothing for white people in Dhang : just a cluster of shops and shacks ; stalls at the side of the road leading from the station ; a bicycle repair shop ; little wooden shops on stilts which sold biscuits , cigarettes and sweets . |
| 13 | They will give me next to nothing for valuable objects . |
| 14 | The honourable gentlemen is asking me for procedural advice across floor of the house , which he knows that I do not volunteer . |
| 15 | Other jobs and dignities , including the leadership of the House , the chairmanship of the party , the conduct of Central African affairs , the oversight of European negotiations , the first Secretaryship of State , and even the Deputy Premiership , were to be added unto me for varying periods in the years that followed ; and each time Macmillan went abroad-notably during his Eastern tour in 1958 and his African trip in 1960-I was automatically invited to act as head of the government . |
| 16 | I 've been wanting you to kiss me for absolute ages . ’ |
| 17 | There was no way I could have refused even if I had wanted to , so a few days later I found myself shaking in the BBC 's hospitality suite , very glad to have Mary and Chris with me for moral support . |
| 18 | If she 's not polishing the auld bits and pieces , she 's naggin' me for new curtains ! ’ |
| 19 | No , I had decided that whatever I washoping to do , I was going to do on my own so if anyone was going to be proud of me they were going to be proud of me for legitimate reasons . |
| 20 | ‘ So if you do n't want anyone thinking you might be with me for personal reasons , why bother ? ’ |
| 21 | Anyway , I 'd been very busy the day before and Doreen had irritated me for other reasons . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought you left me for other women . ’ |
| 23 | but it always bothers me for other people like you know . |
| 24 | I was sitting on my fishing stool wearing winter clothes , and a sailcloth robe thrown over me for extra warmth . |
| 25 | I felt he was vying with me for proprietary rights over Jean-Claude . |
| 26 | He had the impertinence to berate me for knee-jerk reactions on behalf of the Government when he opposes absolutely everything that the Government do , however sensible it obviously is . |
| 27 | Indeed , the EEC , in anticipation of its enlargement , had also begun to consider how it might accommodate the remaining EFTA states , all of whom for varying reasons could not consider joining the EEC , or were precluded from doing so . |
| 28 | And both have been designed to enable you to hold them for long periods of time . |
| 29 | But who can tell the damage we do to our writing voices when we roughly silence them for long stretches ? |
| 30 | In the afternoons , my servant , Tabby , took them for long walks on the moors behind the house . |