Example sentences of "[that] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , none of the superpowers have been willing to say that they would not actually use these weapons in a second nuclear strike , on the grounds that for the deterrent to be credible the other side has to be convinced that a first nuclear strike would result in nuclear retaliation . |
| 2 | It is clear that for the banking sector as a whole , foreign currency business predominates . |
| 3 | A note on the file at St Martin's-le-Grand shows that for the year ending 31 December , 1920 , the Electrophone Company 's income from subscribers was £11 868 , its operating expenses were £5866 , and its royalty payment to the Post Office was just £496 . |
| 4 | in specific terms I ca n't remember , I would have certainly of said that for the year er nineteen eighty eight we should build into our budget an amount , what that amount was I ca n't remember , but er that was , that was never given the go ahead |
| 5 | On 10–5- They found " that for the present at least no arrangement preferable to the present appeared practicable . " |
| 6 | It was the Bioscope 's view that for the person ‘ in search of different phases of human nature there is no better place to find objects of study than to visit a bioscope show ’ . |
| 7 | Cecil recalls that for the tour the crew members were drawn from various squadrons from 5 Group . |
| 8 | The Attorney-General raised a further constitutional point , namely , that for the court to use Parliamentary material in construing legislation would be to confuse the respective roles of Parliament as the maker of law and the courts as the interpreter . |
| 9 | However he argues that for the development of lexicons there is a need for parsers capable of phrasal analysis , requiring lexicons with reliable information about subcategorisation . |
| 10 | Mr Gill : Given the reluctance of large organisations and bureaucracies to devolve powers to the lower orders , does my hon. Friend consider that for the principle of subsidiarity to be acceptable it will be necessary for a full and detailed prospectus to be issued showing what powers will be devolved to the national Parliaments ? |
| 11 | Jay Barlow of the US discovered that for the vaquita , new births into the population each year almost exactly balanced the losses through natural mortality . |
| 12 | Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty-four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning-point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it . |
| 13 | She and Sarah tried to arrange their dates for the same evenings , so that for the rest of the week they were free to go out together . |
| 14 | In particular it caused the bankruptcy of the BCR , which meant that for the rest of its life it was in the hands of the Receiver . |
| 15 | Two years ago he was involved in a dreadful crash on the western Ring Road in which his wife , who was sitting beside him in the passenger seat , received such serious injuries to the lower half of the body that for the rest of her life — a life which ended tragically last week — she was confined to a wheel-chair . |
| 16 | Granpa shook his head and frowned , but I was so proud of my dad that for the rest of the day I just strutted around the market by his side . |
| 17 | Trains had been laid on to despatch them to all parts of the country , so that for the rest of their lives they would be able to recall a few moments of honour , even glory . |
| 18 | Whatever the truth may be , it seems certain that for the decade 1900 to 1910 the Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union had little impact upon the living standards of its members on British ships . |
| 19 | Experts know little about how people are coping , but research in the past couple of years shows that for the majority of India 's people the cooking energy crisis is already here . |
| 20 | We are also aware that for the majority of women , a visit to a car showroom or Service Department can be a difficult and sometimes downright unpleasant experience due to indifferent attitudes by some Sales/Service staff who are under the misguided impression that because you are female you know little or nothing about the motor car . |
| 21 | Given that almost three-quarters of lone mothers are on income support this means that for the majority income will not change , regardless of how much maintenance is collected . |
| 22 | He brings with him his radio and prepares for — his — match with Lierse listening to BBC hoping for Leeds goals … and after the Wembley match he went straigth to Batty for changing shirts — i think he said that for the couple of last minutes that was the main thing — not that he had made a great goal or Norway getting a draw . |
| 23 | From the start , it was realised that for the branch of an American headhunting firm in London to gain credibility and attract clients unused to search , it was necessary to appoint British consultants and researchers rather than Americans , but nevertheless with strong support and detailed advice from the corporate headquarters across the Atlantic . |
| 24 | Perhaps he said that for the benefit of Signor fragolli , so I just said , ‘ OK . ’ |
| 25 | It never crossed her mind — that was the bad part of the mistake — that for the prince as well the marriage could not be an end in itself . |
| 26 | From the November replies , for example , it appeared that for the peak year for absenteeism , S5 , 27% of the pupils were authorised absentees at least once during the week , while 15% were unauthorised absentees . |
| 27 | Later figures showed that for the whole of 1922 over twice as much grain was transported by rail and waterways as in 1921 . |
| 28 | The main line was not built beyond Lydham Heath , neither was this proposed second junction , so that for the whole of its feeble existence the railway retained the wrong junction here and every train in each direction had to make a highly inconvenient reversal at this point . |
| 29 | But there can be no doubt that for the discovery of certain parts of truth the wicked and unhappy are in a more favourable position and are more likely to succeed ; not to mention the wicked who are happy — a species about whom the moralists are silent … |
| 30 | At times , of course , we know that the rate of subsidence ( and the rate of uplift ) has influenced the type of sedimentation , so the two are connected , but my general thesis remains that for the preservation of the bulk of the continental stratigraphical record we must think of the two as separate and independent phenomena . |