Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Sudeley ( Glos. ) , for instance , which Gloucester held between 1469 and 1478 , the key offices went to John Huddleston junior of Millom , initiating a family connection with the county which endured for several generations . |
| 2 | At Sudeley ( Glos. ) , for instance , which Gloucester held between 1469 and 1478 , the key offices went to John Huddleston junior of Millom , initiating a family connection with the county which endured for several generations . |
| 3 | He had no short-term memory , which made for some strange dishes but it kept her safe from him . |
| 4 | But even if the Verulamium defences were post-Hadrianic , it may not have been the same operation which provided for such an in-significant place as Great Casterton . |
| 5 | The election was conducted according to an electoral law agreed during the round table talks , which provided for half the 400 Grand National Assembly seats to be elected on a constituency basis and the remainder by proportional representation [ see p. 37380 ] . |
| 6 | FOR TWO DAYS I WENT ABOUT RACKING MY BRAINS FOR A PLOT OF ANY SORT ; – ON THE SECOND NIGHT I DREAMED THE SCENE AT THE WINK ) W , AND A SCENE AFTERWARD SPLIT IN TWO , IN WHICH HYDEPURSUED FOR SOME CRIME , TOOK THE POWDER AND UNDERWENT THE CHANGE IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS PURSUERS . |
| 7 | This band had such an enormous impact on the rock world in the late '60s , and it was only some years later that I fully appreciated my own debt , realising that for a ( heavy ) rock band , Zep often had an underlying funkiness , due in large part to the style of J.P.J. which allowed for some very subtle and interesting grooves . |
| 8 | Consolidation has been accompanied by an increase in renting , a phenomenon which existed for some time in African shanty towns , before it became common in Latin America . |
| 9 | I am afraid that this war , which started for all the reasons I have mentioned , is turning gradually into a similar kind of war to the Lebanese . |
| 10 | The efforts being made now to change these attitudes are seeking to reverse a trend which persisted for most of this century endorsed by official government attitudes to the care of the handicapped . |
| 11 | This and other statements were clear enough , and it seems a little one-sided to attribute causal power to one set of statements — those which encouraged Protestants to reject the O'Neill government — and yet deny causal power to those statements which called for such rejection to be confined within the limits of legality . |
| 12 | The Turkish-Cypriot administration in the northern part of the island rejected as unacceptable a UN Security Council resolution of Oct. 11 which called for both sides to observe the existing framework for a settlement [ as agreed in April 1989 — see p. 36711 ] which envisaged the establishment of a bizonal federal republic . |
| 13 | The Alpha 's ability to delete a whole effect from a patch ( or add another ) is a godsend , and I found it useful to dispense with the equaliser , which worked for some sounds but definitely not for others . |
| 14 | The fact that ‘ She ’ appears to those privileged to see her as a veiled figure and that her lustrous orbs , dazzling limbs and perfect ankles are revealed with tantalising slowness , has a rather different effect on today 's readers than it no doubt had when the book was first published , very nearly a century ago , in 1887 , to be greeted with a storm of ecstasy or alternatively of appalled disapproval , which lasted for many decades . |
| 15 | They stayed on in Constantinople and became the nucleus of the Varangian Guard , which lasted for many centuries . |
| 16 | There had earlier been an interim order which lasted for some 13 days up to 23 December 1991 and it is common ground on this appeal that the 13 days must by reason of the regulations be subtracted from the three months . |
| 17 | He developed a flu-like cold which lasted for several days . |
| 18 | I looked at Harvey , but he was staring at his feet which twitched for another little dance . |
| 19 | Much of the historical evidence presented in this chapter suggests that under the harsh conditions of poverty which prevailed for most people in the early industrial period , family relationships necessarily were highly instrumental , with support being offered only if there was some hope of mutual benefit precisely because anything else would have been an unaffordable luxury . |
| 20 | In the follow-up work , which continued for several weeks , the class worked on the design of castles inventing all manner of ingenious devices to prevent unwanted intruders or attackers getting in , went on a site visit to a castle , produced drawings and models and carried out a great deal of oral work , all inspired by the original story . |
| 21 | We were still confined to our trenches due to the bombardment which continued for some time . |
| 22 | This resulted in passage of flatus , which continued for some minutes . |
| 23 | Likewise the middle-aged mother may also have had aspirations which had for many years been put aside until her parenting responsibilities were at an end . |
| 24 | Similar assumptions were made by those authorities , like the London County Council , which had for some years been committed to the development of comprehension . |
| 25 | They came to the bank of the stream which had for some time been running unseen beside them . |
| 26 | Ms Cann accordingly drew up a second deal , which accounted for all the different royalties ( television , merchandising and so forth ) separately . |
| 27 | The rector of Weston-Longville in Norfolk was well placed to appreciate the contrast between the six-figure income of Prinny at Carlton House , the building of which accounted for much of his debt , and the nine pounds annual wage he paid his servant Ben Leggatt . |
| 28 | There were , however , a number of variables other than positive discrimination policies , which accounted for this relationship . |
| 29 | The figures also had to bear the cost of rationalising the company 's Thermalite aircrete block factories in the UK onto three sites , which accounted for most of a £10.4 million exceptional charge . |
| 30 | ICL Plc has been been ringing the changes , not only with boardroom shuffles ( CI No 2,125 ) , but with a push towards what it calls more ‘ autonomous business groupings ’ and a greater emphasis on software and services , the area which accounted for some 60% of UK sales in 1992 . |