Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world No 1 carded four birdies , three consecutively on the back nine , having earlier missed four putts of seven feet or less for birdies . |
| 2 | It costs £90 or so for investors to get the monthly newsletter , the Inside Track |
| 3 | The conventional guess , based on the ups and downs of the business cycle , says that Japan 's GNP will grow by 3–4% in 1991 , then bounce back to 5% or so for years thereafter . |
| 4 | This might take a year or so for planks an inch or two thick and seven years for large oak ship 's timbers . |
| 5 | The notorious ambiguity of Locke 's conception of property , which at times means " Lives , Liberties and Estates " , and at other only " Estates " or property in the ordinary sense , also makes it unclear whether government exists for the benefit of all , or only for property-owners in the usual sense . |
| 6 | Thus , there is no presumption that R&D ventures will stimulate innovation only in competitive output markets or only for firms lacking market power . |
| 7 | The courts seem to take the view that the minimum mark-up is usually in the region of 50 per cent of the hourly rate , and can rise in personal injury cases to 75 per cent in a very big , difficult case , and could go up as far as 100 per cent or more for cases of the greatest difficulty or where quantum is huge and complex . |
| 8 | Later experiments will achieve an accuracy of about 2% for cards and 10% or more for plants , i.e. five-hour detection of growth . |
| 9 | For instance the 1970s concern remains that public expenditure pay may neither be under control for particular groups of workers nor spent wisely or efficiently for others . |
| 10 | It had n't lain loose in the soil for centuries , or even for weeks . |
| 11 | Where the Ministry of Defence has occupied land for generations or even for centuries , will my hon. Friend ensure that in disposing of it the Ministry will work as closely as possible with local authorities to ensure that it is developed consistently in accordance with the wishes of local people ? |
| 12 | cos the publicity is not just for visually impaired people or even for sponsors , it 's for theatres too when they 're seeing this and saying ooh , I noticed they 're doing that , this , this and this |
| 13 | Conversely , reputable composers became more interested in popular music , the tunes of which they preserved in keyboard or lute arrangements and as themes for instrumental variation or even for Masses . |
| 14 | Like dissolves , slow motion can be useful for scenes of sexual love or simply for lovers ' meetings — a usage now long derided , though , and so no longer even parodied , after its long descent through so many TV commercials . |
| 15 | For instance , an extra demand at home or abroad for goods made either cheaper or better by electronics will add to employment . |
| 16 | 9.3 The Seller 's liability under this Condition shall be to the exclusion of all other liability to the Purchaser whether contractual , tortious or otherwise for defects in the goods or for any loss or damage to or caused by the goods , and ( subject to Condition 14 ) all other conditions , warranties , stipulations or other statements whatsoever concerning the goods , whether express or implied , by statute , at common law or otherwise howsoever , are hereby excluded ; in particular ( but without limitation of the foregoing ) the Seller grants no warranties regarding the fitness for purpose , performance , use , nature or merchantable quality of the goods , whether express or implied , by statute , at common law or otherwise howsoever . |
| 17 | It goes without saying that we should forget hardback novels — except perhaps for libraries — and concentrate on the paperbacks which children and their parents prefer . |
| 18 | The City Editor of your sister newspaper showed the greater insight when , in April 1989 , he opined : ‘ It [ the Government ] tries to get us to swallow the ridiculous story that [ water ] privatisation is good for consumers , rather than merely for executives . ’ |
| 19 | It is still much more common than not for teachers to do their teaching behind closed doors , unobserved by another adult , and to feel somewhat threatened on the odd occasion when they are being watched . |
| 20 | Moreover , in the interests of trade regulation , thrashed out after many years of conflict between coalowners , merchants , shipowners and government , colliers were loaded in sequence and sailed in convoy , giving even better opportunities than elsewhere for seamen , keel men and others to pressurize their employers by delay . |
| 21 | There is more need than ever for employers and colleges to work together to meet the needs of providing sufficient well qualified operatives , supervisors and managers for the industry . |
| 22 | As an advocate of the STV has observed , if an MP is " forced by the system to spend his working hours worrying about the number of first-preference votes he will get at the next election , and many of his sleeping hours dreaming about them , he or she will work harder than ever for constituents ' " |
| 23 | There is a greater demand than ever for men possessing good judgment , trustworthiness of character and the power of dealing intelligently and thoughtfully with new conditions . |
| 24 | It is now more feasible than ever for organisations to switch from their expensive proprietary machines to lower-cost Unix computers . |
| 25 | Inspired by Mr Coase , economists began to look more carefully than before for transactions in property rights . |
| 26 | This relegation - for as such it was undoubtedly construed — to the domestic realm , whilst on the one hand promoting a higher status than before for women in terms of motherhood ( a status generated for society 's structural purposes and needs ) , also resulted in an overall decrease in women 's status generally , for , to use the well known Levi-Straussian model , the domestic unit — i.e. the ‘ biological ’ family concerned with reproducing and socializing new members of society — was seen as separate from the public entity — i.e. the superimposed network of alliances and relationships which comprised society proper , as it were . |
| 27 | Currently one in workers suffers from depression in Northern Ireland , and absenteeism because of the condition exceeds that even for ulcers , diabetes , high blood pressure or arthritis . |
| 28 | Since it believes in minimum meddling in industry , there is less need for detailed disaggregated figures , and so for figures to be collected by the departments where policy is made . |
| 29 | If there is anything in the distinction I believe that the term Cabinet Committee ought to be kept for Ministerial committees and perhaps for committees of officials directly subordinate to a Ministerial committee ; but I am far from certain that the distinction is worth making . |
| 30 | Camillo had not been in the attic for months and perhaps for years . |