Example sentences of "[adv] for the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enjoyment obviously does derive from performing successfully for the side but being determined to enjoy the occasion , be it a wet Northampton Monday or a NatWest Final , should n't be reliant solely on personal success . |
| 2 | Its European outlet , Pinnacle Data Systems UK Ltd , is currently in talks with a European manufacturer to get its products made locally for the UK and continental markets . |
| 3 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 4 | I mean it 's mostly for the kids or if , w when we 're travelling in the car anywhere . |
| 5 | There is thus now an excess of supply over demand which augurs badly for the UK as its North Sea oil is relatively expensive to produce and this has put certain marginal oil fields out of production . |
| 6 | After primary fermentation the beer is stored ( the German word is ‘ lagered ’ ) for a short time but rarely for the month or more that is standard abroad . |
| 7 | The planting of the woods above Halling continued into the 19th and early 20th century for woodcutters , as well as producing Bavins etc. for the lime and cement industry , planted young trees . |
| 8 | Houghton convinced himself he was searching so avidly for the match that he was almost willing himself to find it . |
| 9 | It is all right for the hero and heroine to go to bed together , although if they actually make love before they are married , a wedding should follow immediately . |
| 10 | ‘ So off I went , and when I got to the Severn Bridge , I thought to myself , ‘ I can go straight on and take him to Potter 's and get about four hundred quid carcase value , or turn right for the University and probably have nothing … |
| 11 | But apparently he 's all right for the weekend because Saturday is a courting-free day ! ’ |
| 12 | Pallister missed the European Championship because of back and foot injuries and Ferguson stressed : ‘ He has worked so hard this summer to get right for the season and I am sure it will pay off for him . ’ |
| 13 | At the end of November , ten or eleven boys climbed the big walnut tree in the middle of the village , swinging about among its branches , and women and children scrabbled laughingly for the nuts as they fell . |
| 14 | This time the party campaigned more effectively for the treaty and 60% of its supporters voted Yes . |
| 15 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 16 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 17 | They used to put the cloth on for the winter and take it off during the summer . |
| 18 | When Kent played Surrey in 1890 a fine spread was laid on for the gentlemen but the professionals ‘ were left to shift for themselves , and thought themselves lucky to get a bit of bread and cheese ’ . |
| 19 | Henrietta , tall for her age and spectacularly thin , stood by them in the bikini she had put on for the sunshine and the wand , hovering round the crowd , finally pointed at her . |
| 20 | In a sense the music existed rather for the participants than the hearers ; thus they wished only to be helped , or nudged , not commanded , when in danger of error . |
| 21 | John Deverall ( 1979 ) , in a fascinating but as yet unpublished dissertation on the ‘ Public Medium/Private Process ’ dichotomy , draws our attention to authors such as Richard Sennett ( 1974 ) and Iris Murdoch ( 1970 ) , the former deploring the cult of the individual in modern society and the latter arguing fiercely for the arts as ‘ unselfing ’ . |
| 22 | Life was fraught enough for the Stevenses as it was , with the constant care of Jennifer , without her adding to their problems , and besides , she had come to value her privacy and her independence . |
| 23 | Before long , the baby will be large enough for the midwife and doctor to feel her position inside you . |
| 24 | We had gotten to that section of the tune where it was obvious that we had played enough for the outro and I decided , off the top of my head , to start playing a song that I had started writing earlier in the week . |
| 25 | Olsen also mentioned that Frank and a couple of other U21 players has all along been good enough for the WC-squad but as the U21 team had a chance for making it in their own qualifying these players were not considered when games collided ( they usually do ) . |
| 26 | COTES DU RHONE ( Morrisons , £2.99 ) : A gloriously full , juicy , fruity red that is good enough for the turkey and cheap enough for party drinking . |
| 27 | The colour range is amazing and there is generally enough for the hems and sewing on the buttons of one garment on each reel . |
| 28 | Fifth bottom is quite enough for the chairman and the manager to continue their policy of keeping the fans in the dark . |
| 29 | Eventually things got cool enough for the protons and neutrons to fuse and form atomic nuclei ; later still it was possible for electrons to cling to the nuclei , thus creating atoms . |
| 30 | It was enough for the Church that a corpse had been presented for burial . |