Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the question of what pictures are entirely or for practical purposes Bellini 's own is answered largely by personal taste ; there is therefore a considerable divergence of view . |
| 2 | ‘ After the tent blew down we renegotiated the situation so that for 11 performances they would receive the same fee . |
| 3 | Attention is drawn to the fact that , while the balance conditions ( 7.9 ) and ( 7.10 ) for the Maxwell L-C bridge are independent of frequency , those for the Hay version are frequency dependent , so that for good results with this version an extremely pure sinusoidal source is needed and , ideally , a detection system that only responds to the same frequency . |
| 4 | Confused data on peasant landownership and family size made it virtually impossible to make accurate assessments , so that for many provinces only half of the taxable land per head was in fact recorded in the tax lists . |
| 5 | He also became President of the Royal Society , so that for 5 years he led its activities in nurturing British science and ripening its fruits . |
| 6 | At present , however , it still has limited availability so that for some patients sigmoidoscopy and barium enema examination provide an alternative . |
| 7 | Coming back to the family after being away for so long except for short periods , Joe saw them with new eyes . |
| 8 | Instead , Anna 's limbs suddenly began to jerk alarmingly and for several seconds she thrashed her head from side to side until tiny bubbles of foam appeared on her lips . |
| 9 | so as for emotional outbursts and not getting any penalty i guess he knows all albout it and that 's why he was asked/spoke to the press about Ooh-Aah 's turkish outburst . |
| 10 | In all cases the necessity of balancing professional and academic requirements has been recognised , with the inexorable move toward a ‘ graduate ’ profession being accepted responsibly , though more slowly than for similar professions : ‘ It is a matter for concern that , compared with other professions surveying has not made a greater impact upon university life and thought in general ’ ( Wells Report , 1960 ) . |
| 11 | The model allows us to recast the DFR equation for cells in a table , rather than for individual values . |
| 12 | What pity she had possessed for others had been diffuse and impersonal , for women as a mass rather than for individual women such as poor , defeated Poll whom she saw daily , the marks of Jem 's fists on her face . |
| 13 | He also stresses that the new female values encouraged marriage for love rather than for prudential considerations , and maintains that women 's increasing search for sexual fulfilment pushed up the general fertility rate of lower-class marriages in the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | In this case it would always be advantageous to invest for one month at a time rather than for two months at one go . |
| 15 | The results of the actor tests show that there are still substantial levels of discrimination against Asians and West Indians when applying for manual jobs ; that the discrimination is stronger against applicants for non-skilled rather than for skilled jobs ; that it is mainly based on colour prejudice rather than prejudice against foreigners ; and that levels of discrimination against Indians , Pakistanis and West Indians are much the same . |
| 16 | This was chosen more because it was available rather than for religious reasons . |
| 17 | A rather higher proportion ( n.s. ) of referrals to the specialist team came in the form of requests for general assessment rather than for specific services . |
| 18 | The Society believes it is particularly unacceptable for changes of this sort to be put forward through Regulations when the White Paper preceding the Legal Aid Act , and the Lord Chancellor 's comments during the passage of the Act , made it clear that the Regulation-making powers were intended to be used for routine upratings , rather than for radical changes to the scheme . |
| 19 | It is likely , at present , that businesses will use EDI for contracts with regular trading partners , rather than for one-off contracts . |
| 20 | The problem is compounded when attempts are made to find out the costs of individual services when subsidies are paid line-by-line , rather than for whole sectors ; yet this is what RENFE 's 1984 programme contract with the state claimed to achieve ( RENFE 1984a : 80 ) . |
| 21 | The pipefitters ' main responsibilities were for aspects of the plant 's infrastructure rather than for particular machines . |
| 22 | For elderly people this will be on two levels — a premium for people aged 60 to 79 , and a higher rate for those who are 80 and over or for younger pensioners who are sick or disabled . |
| 23 | The related Madagascar fody which has ‘ invaded ’ the Seychelles is a bolder , more aggressive bird , and the males are most striking : bright red all over except for brownish wings and tail . |
| 24 | The Essenes resided not only in remote desert communities , but also in urban centres , where they maintained houses not only for themselves , but also for wandering brethren from elsewhere and for other itinerants . |
| 25 | The deal might have gone through but for two things . |
| 26 | Just as for two-terminal networks , the large-signal response of a four-terminal network may be determined by graphical analysis of the static characteristics . |
| 27 | The case for abolishing SERPS altogether and for second pensions to be provided by funded schemes in the private sector remains powerful . |
| 28 | Finally , you may wish to subdivide these blocks into smaller areas , either permanently or for short periods for even greater control when strip- or paddock-grazing a ley or for folding stock over roots . |
| 29 | Calculating dependency ratios retrospectively or for current circumstances is not problematic . |
| 30 | On the other hand , they were more optimistic yesterday than for many months that the long legislative process to make the single market a reality by December 31 , 1992 would be finished on time . |