Example sentences of "[verb] for the [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employees change for the better when they work in the community . |
| 2 | What is different is a flat designed for the disabled where they can gain confidence to live outside |
| 3 | Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best . |
| 4 | But deep down she 'd known she was sitting on a plane bound for the Caribbean because she wanted to be . |
| 5 | We probably spent more time watching what happens in facilities where care is provided for the elderly than anyone has done before . |
| 6 | Rachel was popular among the stall , always courteous and concerned and never asking for the impossible except with great charm and self-deprecation . |
| 7 | More accurate perception of orientation was found for the left than for the right hand , at least among right handers ( Benton , Levin and Varney , 1973 ; Varney and Benton , 1975 ; Benton , Varney and Hamsher , 1978 ) . |
| 8 | In other words , sticking to those sectors that we know and understand and which we chose for the nineties because we believe they had good growth prospects . |
| 9 | The incidence of a tax measures the final tax burden on different people once we have allowed for the indirect as well as the direct effects of the tax . |
| 10 | Full-time workers are engaged to promote ‘ The Maharishi Effect ’ — the theory that a community or area will be changed for the better if one per cent of the population meditates . |
| 11 | ‘ I ken you were all right when the Prince was here , ’ he continued , ‘ and there are plenty in Glasgow that will keep you safe , but things have changed for the worse since you went away . |
| 12 | During the initial negotiations over ECSC , the international climate changed for the worse as conflict broke out in Korea in June 1950 . |
| 13 | Of course , it is not always helpful to prepare for the worst if there is a possibility that the event may not occur . |