Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | END OF THE ROAD : It was Fun while it lasted — but now it 's all over for downcast David Mellor as he is driven away from Westminster after announcing his resignation |
| 2 | If Tim Sherwood 's long range blast in the 73rd minute had gone in instead of smacking against the bar , it would have been all up for United . |
| 3 | With the Tories elected for a fourth successive term , the politics of the opposition are obviously up for radical examination . |
| 4 | The modern tournament is now won by a side carefully garnering its resources for two or three vital games — witness Italy in 1982 — rather than by going all out for emphatic victories in each match . |
| 5 | THE Antrim and East Antrim encounter was a hard fought game with both teams going all out for vital points , particularly East Antrim , struggling at the bottom of the league . |
| 6 | erm schools just do n't help girls to have both and so a lot of the talk about underachievement , and I do n't like that word , amongst girls really ignores the fact that girls are n't underachieving when they do n't go all out for occupational success , when they do n't set their goals very high in schools , they are being very rational because if they do achieve they are going to be faced with immense problems . |
| 7 | Adobe Illustrator , Motif version , already out for other Unix systems , will be offered by the same distributors later this year . |
| 8 | It was based on the construction of a questionnaire , the Parental Attitude Research Inventory ( PARI ) , in which parents were asked to indicate their agreement with such statements as ‘ A child will be grateful later on for strict training , ’ and ‘ Children should realize how much parents have to give up for them . ’ |
| 9 | But then Ferdinando made sense of another rumour , that Napoleon had reneged , that he had made peace with the Austrians at Villafranca the day before and all was now over for Italian hopes . |
| 10 | It was submitted A that the judge in taking a multiplier of seven to compensate the ten point four years loss , was taking a figure that was too low and B , that in applying a substantial discount for other imponderables he was discounting twice over for early death . |
| 11 | Some suggestions a that membership should be mandatory for those holding R Y A positions and appointments , well , that is certainly up for future debate but I do look forward to the day when our membership is truly representative at the individual level as it is currently at the club level and we w should n't forget that the R Y A is its membership . |