Example sentences of "[adv] for the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He joined the Puffin Bookshop in the summer of 1985 and quickly established himself as someone with a deep interest in books for children , especially for the very young , and won the hearts of customers , fellow members of staff and publishers visiting the shop , not to mention the many authors and illustrators who gave their time freely for the events and signings at the bookshop . |
| 32 | Beautiful woman , internationally known , wife of talented fashion designer — it was heaven-sent copy , especially for the more sensational press . |
| 33 | ( According to these advertisements a large proportion of the population wears white from head to toe , especially for the more messy activities . |
| 34 | There is a great variety of watersports available nearby and a golf course 4 miles away for the more energetic amongst you . |
| 35 | Weeks later , half were downstairs for the more tuneful brew mixed up by various members of the Flying DJ family . |
| 36 | The rather flat results of the autumn sales of nineteenth-century paintings in New York indicated that the market remains somewhat thin , although , as usual , good pictures , attractively priced , nearly always sell , if not for the frequently high estimates given them by the auction houses . |
| 37 | Even so , as Arnold Freeman argued in Boy Life and Labour ( 1914 ) if it were not for the admittedly frail system of compulsory schooling , ‘ we should be manufacturing a race of hooligans who would make our existing civilisation an impossibility ’ . |
| 38 | It is not for the squeamish , but equally it is not for the merely despairing . |
| 39 | Prose serves for day-to-day communication , but not for the more sacred things of life . |
| 40 | This is because a major aim of public sector housing policy has been to provide a good standard of accommodation usually for the less well-to-do who can not or do not wish to buy their own homes . |
| 41 | ‘ Oh well , ’ he said , going as always for the muddly middle way , and hoping to struggle along it to safety . |
| 42 | Braving storms and great creatures of the deep including the whale shark , they sailed hopefully for the most romantic of destinations , a coral island , and succeeded . |
| 43 | They took the honours yesterday for the most attractive play despite the loss of their captain Katie Dodd with the recurrence of a long-standing muscle injury . |
| 44 | For one inclusive price you can enjoy the thrills of the Astroglide ( a six-lane slide that 's as tall as a house ) , roller-coaster , Western train ride , adventure play area plus roundabouts specially for the very young . |
| 45 | Having sung the praises of swimfeeders I must point out that I do not think they are the be-all and end-all of barbel fishing , specially for the very big ones . |
| 46 | It runs specialized homes and schools for the blind , such as a social rehabilitation home for the newly blind , and several training establishments and workshops , and a placement service . |
| 47 | The experience which Anderson gained while working directly for the newly independent governments of Africa made him uniquely well placed for his second career , in the field of development co-operation . |
| 48 | Suitable also for the slightly heated aquarium . |
| 49 | Political theories and doctrines are both affected by political conditions and the needs of practical action , just as they influence them in turn ; and changes in these conditions are largely responsible not only for the more or less continuous process of reinterpretation of the ideologies of political parties and movements , but also for the more profound revision of theoretical conceptions . |
| 50 | The Editor of the Criminal Statistics for 1896 noted this and added , ‘ The growth of public sentiment with regard to sexual crime , of which the ( Criminal Law Amendment ) Act was one manifestation , is no doubt responsible also for the more vigorous prosecution of offences . ’ |
| 51 | Thank you also for the very useful information concerning the proposed upgrading of the A5 through Snowdonia . |
| 52 | The comparatively brief use of stop-motion animation ( combined with rear projection ) in RoboCop , notably for the violently ineffective mechanical law-enforcement droid ED 209 , and the amiable parody of an O'Brien/Harryhausen dinosaur in the car commercial for the SUX 6000 , is a different case , or rather two . |
| 53 | She had one advantage over him ; he had only a general idea of which shops would interest Garry and his ‘ Mrs Smith ’ , but Claudia knew Dana would make straight for the most exclusive dress shops , and luckily Claudia had a very good idea which one would be at the top of her list . |
| 54 | Before he stepped up for the most nerve-shattering moment of his career Guennady Grishin had kept his nerve to fire the Russians into a 4-3 advantage . |
| 55 | Why not stand up for the uniquely British spirit embodied by Richard Lester ( who 's American — DQ ) , Rita Tushingham , Shelagh Delaney , Tom Courtenay , etc . |
| 56 | In the blue corner , we have the ‘ JD Telecaster ’ , the Japanese-made version of the very same instrument , and one you can probably pick up for the very interesting price of £400 or less . |
| 57 | As churches we feel an obligation to speak up for the least privileged in our society , for those who live in the areas of highest unemployment , poorest housing and social disintegration . |
| 58 | Badly paced , with a familiar climax ( The Silence Of The Lambs meets Cape Fear ) , but if you stay awake look out for the relatively complex treatment of the IRA early on , the Gulf War references and Sean Bean 's sunglasses |
| 59 | So if you 're a third man , or a third woman for that matter , look out for the specially selected hotels at which you can make some fantastic savings when a third person shares a room . |
| 60 | As you can see , unless you feel that there is something suspect about the property , such as an extension which you feel may be badly constructed , or it is very old ( say , 18th century ) it is really not worth paying out for the more in-depth survey in the initial stages , which costs twice as much as the ordinary valuation survey . |