Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ornaments recovered from Neolithic cemeteries in the Rhine and Danube basins show that the shells most favoured for personal adornment were those of the mussel Spondylus gaederopus from which were fashioned necklaces , pendants and bracelets . |
| 2 | In February 1940 at the Labour Exchange at Devizes , I duly registered for military service . |
| 3 | He looked at his master rather anxiously as he spoke , and Cornelius Fennell , catching that warning eye , perversely asked for another piece . |
| 4 | One of the things that makes war so fascinating to its students and so frustrating to its participants is that in a moment of supreme crisis it is rarely given for one side , obsessed by its own difficulties , to see just how bad things are in the enemy camp . |
| 5 | The breed was initially dual-purpose , whatever its colour , but for the most part ceded its milking role to the neighbouring Ayrshire ; it has continued as a beef breed but has never been intensively developed for that role . |
| 6 | The general reconnaissance raid , mounted to find out what enemy defences if any stood along a stretch of coast , developed into the assault pilotage surveys of 1943 and 1944 , secretly landing for specific intelligence of beach conditions and defences . |
| 7 | They can not only compensate for declining liquor sales , but can even arrest and reverse that trend . |
| 8 | You 've done more than you thought you 'd ever get away with and so in a sense it 's all gain from here , in fact it 's been all gain for some time and so you ca n't complain and you do n't intend to if fate deserts you now . |
| 9 | When is a building sufficiently furnished for full habitation ? |
| 10 | She only asked for one word to be removed . ’ |
| 11 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 12 | If I analyse the bosses I 've worked for , the ones who irritated me the most were the ones who were indecisive and who constantly asked for more information just to delay making a decision . |
| 13 | Good science does not necessarily make for good philosophy . |
| 14 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 15 | THERE was an article in The Times the other day which said that good spelling did not necessarily make for good writing . |
| 16 | The veined and variegated roots yielded beautiful veneers much prized for ornamental work . |
| 17 | Boss wrongly sacked for sexual harassment |
| 18 | If we consider the mathematics of combinations we must come to the conclusion that the pattern making activity of the mind is far better designed for conceptual thinking than any computer . |
| 19 | Although technically possible on magnetic tape , logarithmic searches are too slow to be economic , so they are normally only considered for direct access devices . |
| 20 | In 1990 , many took advantage of the Government 's new Gift Aid scheme ( a scheme apparently designed for higher rate taxpayers who hate the nearly incomprehensible Deposited Covenant form ) . |
| 21 | The UK Government offers Overseas Research Student(ORS) awards annually to provide for partial remission of fees to overseas postgraduate students of outstanding merit and research potential who are studying for research degrees . |
| 22 | Beyond the door lay the cargo compartment , bare , bleak , functional and obviously designed for one purpose only , the transport of missiles . |
| 23 | Look through the books and patterns you have , see what 's available at your local knitting centre , perhaps send for that book you never bought earlier and have a really fun time with the wealth of designs from Iris Bishop or Wendy Phillips or whoever you like best . |
| 24 | A charity such as ours must constantly strive for greater efficiency , to put every penny of your subscription to good use . |
| 25 | Is there a broad enough base for popular capitalism ? |
| 26 | Home responsibilities protection only counts for full tax years , which is a disadvantage , since most of us do not arrange our lives from April to April . |
| 27 | The guidance says that Kenneth Clarke , the Health Secretary , ‘ is minded ’ to go for Japanese-style pendulum arbitration — where the arbiter would be free only to find for one party or the other , and would not be able to compromise . |
| 28 | Vial did not apparently introduce for some time any regular system of instruction which would have concentrated the labours of the students . |
| 29 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 30 | If you do want to portray an older figure , it would be preferable to try Hermione in The Winter 's Tale — she is a more fantastical character , without the added complications of historical authenticity , and so allows for greater flexibility of characterisation . |