Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [subord] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty arose because for the most part the single-sex grammar schools did not want to become co-educational , in spite of the court 's ruling . |
| 2 | It was a terrible disappointment , my heart sank as for the first time I detected a stiffness in Leo 's voice . |
| 3 | Neil Cochrane 's mouth tightened when for the first time Sally-Anne saw his face plain , and reacted by controlling her own , so that the shock which she had received was only momentarily shown . |
| 4 | ‘ Did n't you say her handbag had been torn open , the contents gone except for the photo in a zipped pocket ? ’ |
| 5 | It is easier for the lecturer to write than for the student to look at a distant blackboard and then back to his so-called " notes " , and so a phase difference develops between the blackboard and the class . |
| 6 | Is everything in Venice frozen except for the canals ? ’ she asked wickedly . |
| 7 | The same principles apply as for the control of parasitic gastroenteritis in ruminants . |
| 8 | On checking artists , names appended it appears that up to 1756 Jeffreys did most of the engraving for Figures of Plants but thereafter his name disappears except for the odd plate , which may well have been made earlier . |
| 9 | If the sense of the magnetic field is irrelevant , but the same physics applies as for the first reversal , the pole that starts at the North Geographic Pole must once again pass through the Americas . |
| 10 | Cursing the Post Office and the weather in equal proportions , ‘ Buck ’ Buchanan slowly brought the aircraft around and with a considerable tailwind we headed back to Moose Jaw only to find the airport building deserted except for the night watchman huddled by his coal-oil heater with the mail-bags beside him . |
| 11 | During this declamation the rest of the audience departed except for the North Sea Gas lady who , when the poet finished , resumed her enquiry about her original subject . |
| 12 | Court fees are prescribed by the Supreme Court Fees Order and the County Court Fees Order except for the requirements relating to deposits payable on the presentation of bankruptcy petitions which are to be found in the Insolvency Fees ( Amendment ) Order 1990 ( 51 1990 No 5 ) . |
| 13 | If this means paying more than 10% on the holiday price , you will be entitled to cancel your holiday with a full refund of all money paid except for the premium paid to us for holiday insurance and amendment charges . |
| 14 | This last would look altogether like a castle keep but for the fantasy of its roof , which has a large slate cone perched , candle-snuffer fashion , on top of an already pointed lower roof . |