Example sentences of "[conj] for [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On land , where for the most part rocks are not built up by deposition but broken down by erosion , deposits , such as sand dunes , are only very rarely created and preserved . |
| 2 | The market can close for the remainder of the trading day or for a much shorter period such as half an hour , depending on the exchange . |
| 3 | For a widow or for a chronically sick parent with three children , the total loss is almost £20 or £1,030 per annum . |
| 4 | They may be attached to a particular school for a single day or even part of a day , or for a substantially longer period . |
| 5 | The strength can be 6:1 , or for the most durable surface , 3:1 may be used . |
| 6 | Then because of the reputation the area got for the blues or for the so called red light area , you get people coming in from out of town , which then brought it 's own problems with it . |
| 7 | If you feel like a gentle lakeside stroll Grasmere Lake is to hand , or for the more energetic , Helvellyn , the most climbed peak in England , rises Up only a short distance from the village . |
| 8 | And when you tire of that , how about hiring a mountain bike and cycling through real mountains , or for the more traditional , cantering out through meadows and forest on horse-back . |
| 9 | The city outside his window was still invisible except for a barely discernible outline of the roofs of Borgo Ognissanti against the paler darkness of the sky . |
| 10 | Mary , lashless , browless , lipless , hairless , except for a freshly washed blond tuft above her left ear . |
| 11 | The woman looked around middle age — although , according to the notes , she was only thirty-eight — very thin , except for a grossly enlarged abdomen , and her yellowish hair was stringy and uncombed . |
| 12 | She had no money when she came from India , except for a little in bonds , or something , but not enough to live on . |
| 13 | She was quite attractive except for a very nasty skin condition , her face and arms were covered with a large number of pustules and it was obvious that she had been scratching them ; the scratch-marks were bleeding slightly . |
| 14 | The war was now a long distance away ; everything was quiet , except for a very faint rumble of artillery in the distance , in the direction of the River Seine . |
| 15 | Except for a very few rich people , they are all financially much less well off than they were . |
| 16 | Now greatly reduced , but still common compared to the Arbanne , the Petit Meslier is confined , for the most part , to the Aube département , except for a very small amount cultivated in Fleury-la-Rivière , west of Épernay . |
| 17 | If the surface abundances were typical of the whole Moon then , except for a very thin surface layer , the Moon would be entirely molten . |
| 18 | Ten minutes and the back of an envelope is seldom enough except for the most gifted . |
| 19 | That 's all , except for the most important fact of all . |
| 20 | They are scholars , mystics and sorcerers without peer , but are affected by a languor that means they rarely bestir themselves except for the most pressing and dire of circumstances . |
| 21 | That said , an integrated package will fulfil the basic needs of most people , except for the most demanding power user , and hog only a minuscule fraction of your hard disk compared to the 15Mb monsters now in fashion . |
| 22 | However , except for the most self-sealed at one end — and how many of these are left after even Burma appears to consider re-entering the world ? — and perhaps Japan at the other extreme , the ‘ national economy ’ is not what it was . |
| 23 | All the outer states capitulated to the Republic except for the most easterly islands which proclaimed a Republic of the South Moluccas . |
| 24 | These include requiring a Court before giving a custodial sentence to consider a report by the probation service and to give reasons for such a sentence , except for the most serious offences ; also to satisfy itself that the offence was serious enough to justify the use of custody . |
| 25 | The lyrics are pleasantly vague except for the curiously annoyed ‘ Candy Everybody Wants ’ , which veers close to wounded cynicism and nothing much else happens . |
| 26 | All soft footy anthems and all way too polite , too professional and — except for the hysterically inappropriate ‘ You Should Be Dancing ’ encore — too lacklustre . |
| 27 | The new tax in kind fell on all areas of Russia and on all types of peasant in 1922 except for the completely destitute . |
| 28 | Journeys were usually made on the Friday , except for the relatively short trip to Birmingham , made on Saturday morning . |
| 29 | Except for the more delicate crabs , they had a provincial Sunday lunch quality . |
| 30 | Fresh produce is used from the kitchen garden ( except for the more exotic items from abroad ) , and cakes and bread rolls are home-baked . |