Example sentences of "[adj] for [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision was a cruel blow for Manley , who was outstanding for most of the game , and the controversy continued after the final whistle . |
| 2 | We believe that it would be right for much of the communication between teachers and parents to take that form at the reporting ages and between them . |
| 3 | But is it right for those in the congregation to regard the priest at the Eucharist as ‘ a specific and bodily reminder ’ of Jesus ? |
| 4 | In conclusion , the population of England remained fairly stable for much of the fifteenth century , at a far lower level than in the first half of the fourteenth . |
| 5 | Census of Production figures are not disagreeable to the spatial levels which are possible for those from the Censuses of Population and Employment . |
| 6 | By comparison , radio and TV audiences were homogenous for most of the period , not least because there was only a limited choice for 10 years after 1945 . |
| 7 | But by looking back at the archaic phase of Greek history and forward to later autocrats , as we have done with the Sicilian tyrants , we can remind ourselves that the democratic interludes of Greek history were not merely short but untypical — in Syracuse , Macedon , Cyrene and satrapal Asia Minor one-man rule was normal for much of the period 479–323 BC . |
| 8 | Public speaking is made much easier for many , and more Palatable for those on the receiving end , if it is accompanied by a visual presentation to illustrate the talk . |
| 9 | I feel quite sorry for some of the airbase families , in fact . |
| 10 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
| 11 | Certain aminoacid residues at critical points in the peptide sequence ‘ anchor ’ the peptide in the groove , and this interaction is moderately specific for each of the different allelic forms of MHC molecules . |
| 12 | Fritz H Schröder 's editorial on screening for prostatic cancer makes the point that the specificity and positive predictive value are too low for any of the available screening tests to be recommended . |
| 13 | And do n't forget for each for each of the acids . |
| 14 | The External Financing Limit ( EFL ) proposed for 1983–84 was for £1,130 million , easily the largest for any of the nationalised industries . |
| 15 | Though water is solid for much of the year , the annual thaw in spring and summer provides a wide range of aquatic habitats that support biological activity , and may even allow high productivity for a few weeks each year . |
| 16 | Though water is a solid for much of the polar year , and generally poor in minerals even when in liquid form , both snow and aquatic polar habitats support life . |
| 17 | The winters there are long , hard and cruel ; two-thirds of the entire territory are grounded on ‘ permafrost ’ — permanently frozen earth , in many areas over one kilometre deep ; eastern Siberia contains the northern hemisphere 's ‘ pole of cold ’ , at Oimyakon , several degrees south of the Arctic Circle where temperatures in this inhabited settlement sometimes sink to — 70°C ; major rivers , seas and ports are frozen solid for most of the year , and growing conditions are so disadvantageous as to create one of the most fragile ecological systems in the world . |
| 18 | The association of periodontal index and total mortality reflects the findings of the periodontal classification ; the relative risk was 1.53 for those at the 90th centile compared with those below the lowest decile of the distribution of the index . |
| 19 | She was aware , though no-one spoke , that for much of the time Ernest and Charlotte were also awake . |
| 20 | She 'd been thinking just that for most of the long , aching , sleepless night . |
| 21 | Thinking back on it , I should have used the amp like that for some of the other songs too , because it really worked … |
| 22 | It would seem that for some of the pop contingent evolution never happened . |
| 23 | Although a network based on landlines would be more economic for most of the work , project coordinator Peter Linington of SERC pointed out that Project Universe will act as an important test bed for satellite products and services . |
| 24 | Polar ponds and lakes are limited in their energy uptake by snow-covered ice , which also inhibits wind-stirring for much of the year . |
| 25 | Any support , whether financial or political for those outside the enterprise culture — the poor , the homeless , the unemployed — has been written off as the unrealistic and dangerous machinations of the ‘ loony left ’ . |
| 26 | Confident of winning the ball , Hove brought their full-back into the line , thereby giving them the overlap , but their rather mediocre handling and some excellent shadowing by Godwin prevented them from capitalising on this for much of the half . |
| 27 | We agree that there is a case for this for some of the drugs they mention , particularly to avoid toxicity in renal failure or , in the case of itraconazole , to ensure that adequate dosages are used . |
| 28 | The bank can do this for any of the following reasons : |
| 29 | Fenton was given 18 months detention in a young offenders institution for the aggravated burglary and 12 months concurrent for each of the other offences . |
| 30 | It was a period that I would once have dreaded : short days and biting cold , when the river , so exciting for much of the year reflects the drab January sky and the dead vegetation . |