Example sentences of "[adv prt] for the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they put her in , they put in for the higher |
| 2 | Below the cheek the head tapers down and is rounded off for the lower jaw ; the mouth finishes up about 2¼in wide . |
| 3 | Difficult to get the old fire up for the Greater Glory of flag , Empire and Prime Minister Ian Paisley , but hearth , home and humping still meant something in this godrotten hellhole khazipit of a world . |
| 4 | By such a mechanism , in which family ties played an important part , a relatively rapid ascent was opened up for the younger sons of the prosperous Catalan farmers who must leave the farm to the chosen heir ( the hereu ) ; within a generation a man could make a modest fortune , exposed to the risk of loss as well as the hope of gain . |
| 5 | The 1986 and 1987 figures show a rapid pick up for the larger firms in particular . |
| 6 | It is a popular story that the Fascists did at least get the trains to run on time , and had that been all things might have turned out for the better , but the Duce also evolved the theory of Italia Irredenta , ‘ Unrecovered Italy ’ . |
| 7 | All I can tell you is that much will change , rapidly and dramatically , and that once you get over the shock you 'll discover everything has worked out for the better . |
| 8 | The pattern is very much first half er , erm , loss or small profit , second half all the profit and in fact you should watch out for the bigger , the bigger Addison Wesley gets , the more the loss in the second half will be because we 're investing for that sale |
| 9 | It may be considered that a three year period in 7.6.5 is too long and that two years is an adequate period for reinstatement to take place , but the landlord will probably hold out for the longer period . |
| 10 | De Craon is snuffling about for the juicier morsels , then it 's back to Paris and heigh ho for Rome and our Holy Father . ’ |