Example sentences of "[det] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Single European Act , fully in force from 1992 , will be a bonus for business but will do little for the rest of us . |
| 2 | His flashy marketing campaigns have done little for the success of Midland 's new products . |
| 3 | ‘ The music scene is very male dominated and there is little for the girls ’ he said . |
| 4 | There was little for the crews to do . |
| 5 | Maybe it has been charging too little for the uncertainties involved , but that is another matter . |
| 6 | Timeshare is not normally a solution SAVE would recommend for a historic house because so much of the expenditure goes on pure marketing , leaving too little for the building , but where it is well organized the outcome may be satisfactory . |
| 7 | Until recently he believed that ‘ the magnificent State of Britain' had done little for the Science upon which her wealth , power and very existence depended ; except to provide security and freedom in a country its citizens could be proud of , and this had indeed been enough . |
| 8 | It did little for the image of a man who has been part of the backbone of the team for so long , and was playing in his eighty-seventh Test . |
| 9 | But 3p off a litre of petrol will do little for the men at Ford who need their jobs . |
| 10 | On a hot day the engine-out rate of climb did little for the blood pressure . |
| 11 | If the room be too mean , and too little for the books ; if it be too much out of repair ; if the situation be inconvenient ; if the access to it be dishonourable ; is the library keeper to answer for it ? … |
| 12 | This remarkable volte face did little for the president 's public reputation , was the cause of much scathing comment in the media and , not surprisingly , a poll revealed that 86 per cent of Americans , ‘ had no confidence in the ability of the President to manage the economy ’ . |
| 13 | If a flagrant oversight like this could occur it says little for the prospects of men of lowly status being correctly recorded . |
| 14 | That will do little for the Vance-Owen plan 's chances of success and little , therefore , for the vigour of the principles of international conduct . |
| 15 | Although Nicholas 's victories over the Persians in 1828 and the Ottoman Empire in 1829 had made him temporarily safe from international complications in this area , they did little for the extension of Russian control over the peoples who lived to the north of Georgia . |
| 16 | Your mag promotes and encourages all this ; reading an analysis of Joe Satriani 's playing , for example , probably does little for the confidence of most readers ( I myself found it quite stretching at first ! ) . |
| 17 | We simply stop when we are satisfied that the piles are firm enough to carry the structure , as least for the time being . |
| 18 | So it looks as if she 's left the master , as least for the time being . ’ |
| 19 | Bestie and Marsh were joined by ex-Manchester United boss , Wilf McGuinness , at Friday 's sporting luncheon when 350 fans paid out £25 each for the privilege of hearing their idols speak . |
| 20 | The United Kingdom Egg Producers ' Association , which is meeting the legal costs of the nuns ' case , was ‘ pleased and surprised ’ with the ruling that the nuns should be paid the full market price of £1.42 each for the birds if they were slaughtered . |
| 21 | There are three gas furnaces , one each for the steam hammers , drop stamps , and rolling mill . |
| 22 | In March 1204 the men of Cornwall agreed to pay a fine of 2,000 marks and 20 palfreys worth 10 marks each for the disafforestment of the whole of the county , with the exception of two moors and two woods , and for having a sheriff chosen from their own nominees . |
| 23 | Such comments would include , for example , any opinions that the trial judge has expressed , in a case where there was more than one defendant , as to the respective parts each played and thus as to the culpability of each for the offence . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's $48.50 each for the stamps . |
| 25 | A common feature of the local authority/school relationship is the lack of understanding of each for the other . |
| 26 | And of course we searched each for the other 's books . |
| 27 | Our fondness each for the other is pure and innocent , a union of two happy souls — it could be that a way will be found for us . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Two dinars each for the sardines , five for the guitar . ’ |
| 29 | You owe me £19.50 each for the electricity bill . |
| 30 | We bought one each for the girls . |