Example sentences of "[subord] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the secret lay within the grasp of a few , there was never a great danger of a nuclear exchange — except for an accidental one . |
| 2 | The library was empty except for an elderly man pottering in Biography and a couple of schoolchildren in the reference section ; there was opportunity for what Joyce called a natter , and no escaping it . |
| 3 | Yanto sat in front of the now blazing fire , naked , except for an ex-army blanket draped around him . |
| 4 | Except for an unsuccessful trip to Baghdad before the allied air offensive , the UN 's secretary-general , Javier Perez de Cuellar , has played a minor diplomatic part . |
| 5 | The ecological setting was similar to that of today , except for an alkaline lake which has long since evaporated . |
| 6 | I can not remember our Louis having had an amorous affair , except for an occasional romp in the hay with an attractive little tram-conductress called Cathie . |
| 7 | Therefore — except for an occasional mutated child which turns out to be plainly of the wrong metal for its caste — ranks must remain separate . |
| 8 | A torrente is a river which usually flows only after rain or the melting of the snows ; most of the rivers that descend from the Apennines towards the Po and the Adriatic are torrenti , more or less dry in summer except for an occasional pool where you could swim in those far-off days without much danger to your health . |
| 9 | He was faithful to his wife — except for an occasional nurse , which she had to agree did n't count — and was n't into drugs or gambling or politics . |
| 10 | They are transparent , shaped like the long slender leaves of a willow and without fins except for an undulating fringe around their margin . |
| 11 | There were no institutions of higher learning except for an obscure agricultural college in Mogilev province . |
| 12 | For a lot longer than that , the French themselves have viewed the driver from Marseilles as the most horrific encounter possible , except for an English breakfast . |
| 13 | A woman , naked except for an unbuttoned faded red blouse , tumbles out . |
| 14 | The garden is tackled single-handedly and she uses no new-fangled gadgets , except for an old trusty rotary mower which is used for the grass bank alongside the road . |
| 15 | It was nearly bare except for an old portable TV and a sixties-style PVC settee . |
| 16 | The place was almost empty except for an old man in one corner and a boy and a girl eating chicken and chips two booths away . |
| 17 | A few things remained in the bureau drawer ; the odds and ends that accumulate in drawers : an engagement diary for 1981 which had only a few entries ; an old wallet , empty except for an out-of-date RAC membership card . |
| 18 | In the cave itself , bas-reliefs sculpted close together on a stalagmite cone , hard to make out for the most part , except for an obvious and memorable reindeer some three feet long , in the museum , animals graphically carved or engraved on bone , many of them heads of horses , but fish too , and pieces of bone , antler and ivory carved quite elaborately into abstract patterns of diamond shapes , chevrons or spirals . |
| 19 | An important objective in counselling is to help the older individual live for today rather than for an uncertain tomorrow . |
| 20 | Experience to date has shown that dates for Proofs under the Optional Procedure are allocated much quicker than for an ordinary action . |
| 21 | The real difficulty for insurers is that settlement of a claim for provisional damages is significantly more difficult than for an ordinary action . |
| 22 | Easier , he says , for a zonal defender like himself to switch to a marking game than for an Italian marker to change to zonal defence , ‘ because a zoner is all positional play . ’ |
| 23 | It is he who must answer before Parliament for anything that his officials have done under his authority , and , if for an important matter he selected an official of such junior standing that he could not be expected competently to perform the work , the minister would have to answer for that in Parliament . |
| 24 | However , the relatively high ( if lower than average ) proportion of people in the educational and health occupations regarding themselves as in the seasonal , temporary or casual category might result from many of them being engaged on a " temporary " basis but for an unspecified ( non-fixed ) period , perhaps to replace workers who are absent or until regular or permanent recruitments can be made . |
| 25 | It would have been a perfect day at Hereford Regatta , but for an unwelcome visitor . |
| 26 | Prosecution counsel Mr CHristopher Clarke QC said the plan would have succeeded but for an important factor which Jones had overlooked . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) The covenant implied by subsection ( 1 ) ( " the lessor 's repairing covenant " ) shall not be construed as requiring the lessor — ( a ) to carry out works or repairs for which the lessee is liable by virtue of his duty to use the premises in a tenant-like manner [ below ] , or would be so liable but for an express covenant on his part , ( b ) to rebuild or reinstate the premises in the case of destruction or damage by fire , or by tempest , flood or other inevitable accident , or ( c ) to keep in repair or maintain anything which the lessee is entitled to remove from the dwelling-house . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's so flexible that it 's the first book we reach for , whether for an intensive teenager or adult refresher course . ’ |
| 29 | Andrew will now be cared for for an indefinite period at a psychiatric institution in Wales . |
| 30 | Application one is outline , for for an agricultural growing farm , . |