Example sentences of "[Wh det] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for our present purposes , its interest is that it locates stylistic significance in the ideational function of language ; that is , in the cognitive meaning or sense which for the dualist is the invariant factor of content rather than the variable factor of style . |
| 2 | Capitalists were forced to concede the wage rises which for the system as a whole were needed to sustain accumulation . |
| 3 | Ingenious balance shafts , which for the layman alleviate vibration and centrifugal imbalance , make this power unit smooth enough to be the envy of any chauffeur-driven decision maker . |
| 4 | The polar moment of inertia of the Moon C has been determined from J 2 , and from the physical librations which for the Moon have played an equivalent role in determining C to that played by the rate of polar axis precession in the case of the Earth ( see section 3.2.1 ) . |
| 5 | Convocation was rarely concerned now with reform ; Archbishop Stratford in 1342 was the last primate until the sixteenth century to issue provincial constitutions in this body which for the rest of the reign was wholly concerned with royal taxation or with eliciting , in exchange for grants , relief from crown or lay encroachments on church liberties or property . |
| 6 | Er we export some to India We export and anticipate to export a fair quantity to another country , which for the purpose of our own affairs shall be nameless . |
| 7 | born in Church Street I , I was only one , there were no brothers or sisters which for the record , I regret because all around me I had cousins , dozens of them and erm the families round me was big families and it was the , there was er times when it was bad weather or something like that and you could n't congregate outside , you 'd go to somebody 's house , are you coming ? |
| 8 | There is also a mention if the cargo contribution to airlines which for the passenger carriers is , at 50 per cent return on revenue , the most profitable thing they have in the market at the moment . |
| 9 | ‘ I Tavole del Giudizio : Composizione in sei tempi ’ is an installation composed of eight mirror-topped tables , which for the duration of the exhibition will be rearranged at regular intervals in six different positions , each signifying a different concept : division/multiplication ; dispersion ; eliptical organisation ; self-reflection ; refectory/social life ; absolute/relative . |
| 10 | Neither origins nor ends predetermine meaning , which for the reader may rest as much in the gaps between the stories as in the stories themselves , in their continuity and succession as in their uniqueness and completion . |
| 11 | So it is that close attention to the language itself and reference to systemic knowledge allows us to negotiate meaning and acquire the kind of information which for the reader in the schematic know is provided in advance . |
| 12 | Drought , which had seriously affected the country between 1987 and 1989 and had led to severe job losses , remained a problem , the resulting need to increase food imports contributing to a rising trade deficit ( which for the period January to July 1990 totalled US$1,125 million , an increase of 35 per cent on the corresponding period in 1989 ) and expected to offset any gains from higher prices for oil exports . |
| 13 | It all starts off on the Friday evening of the Spring Bank Holiday with the President 's dinner , which for the centenary is being held in a marquee to cater for the huge numbers who wish to attend . |
| 14 | And Dounreay , which for the moment is the major employer of highly trained and specialised employees ; wage packets are accordingly high . |
| 15 | They were selected because it is clear that , judged by current psychiatric criteria , they all did suffer from episodes of psychosis — to introduce a technical term to be defined more precisely as we proceed through this and the following chapter , but which for the moment can be taken as synonymous with the layperson 's conception of mental illness as it occurs in its most disintegrative form and which especially refers to serious disorders , like schizophrenia . |
| 16 | We consider a matrix A , which for the moment we regard as having distinct eigenvalues . |
| 17 | He has a singular mind and what is on it at the moment , seems , in our time of stagnation , to speak for a lost England ; and England which for the moment has been buried beneath the slogans of ideology and the jargon of modish materialism and press vendettas and bile . |
| 18 | A great many of them , out of respect for her , for him , for the grief which was meant to inhabit him , but which for the moment , he knew , he only represented . |
| 19 | They themselves might ‘ motor ’ down to their country retreat at the weekends but they looked with signal disfavour on the idea that the vast mass of the populace might enjoy a similar mobility and have access to pleasures which for the moment were peculiarly their own . |
| 20 | Paragraph six , detailed what the Secretary of State of the Environment is asking the staff commission to advise him on , and paragraph seven , gives some details of a circular which the staff commission has already put put out , which for the moment at least , really more applies to other authorities such as Cleveland , who are now , or the Isle of Wight , who are now in to this particular situation . |
| 21 | We had reached a position of stalemate — but a position which for the sake of the Government had to be settled . |
| 22 | quick look at the map , the River Ouse conveniently chops Selby district in roughly half , and that there might well be considerations which for the sake of was not okay . |
| 23 | For later he also believed that the motor accident and its consequences could have destroyed his morale but for the tranquil worship of the little Oxfordshire village which for the time was his base . |
| 24 | But there may be legitimate reasons for incorporating a company which is intended to remain dormant indefinitely or for retaining on the register a company which for the time being has ceased to carry on business but which the members may wish to use at some time in the future for the same or some different business . |
| 25 | It does nothing whatsoever for the music and provides a distraction as unwelcome as it is contextually inappropriate . |
| 26 | Even if it is true that only intention is relevant , this is no argument whatsoever for the admissibility of such trusts . |
| 27 | And erm I would suggest that additional favouring of Hartlepool will do nothing whatsoever for the relationship with with North Yorkshire . |
| 28 | 14.1 shall not be under any liability to or to any party in any way whatsoever for the destruction , damage , delay or any matters of this nature whatsoever arising our of war , rebellion , civic commotion , strikes , lock-outs and industrial disputes ; fire , explosion , earthquake , act of God , flood , drought , or bad weather ; the unavailability or deliveries , supplies , work , disks , or other media or the requisitioning or any other act or order by any government department , council or other constituted body . |
| 29 | The distinction between the meaning of the word ‘ agent ’ in the common law sense of ‘ special agent ’ and its meaning in what for the want of a better expression I will call its ‘ equitable sense ’ was not expressly pointed out until the judgment of the court was delivered by Slade L.J . |
| 30 | After they had devoured the nuts and drunk the lemonade they discussed who would write what for the Gazette . |