Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ego can itself be an object for libidinal attachments , as it is in narcissism , a stage in the development , or rather the starting-point for development , of every person . |
| 2 | The Book of Kells has not survived the centuries complete and has lost some of its printed pages , or perhaps the plan for the illumination was never completed . |
| 3 | The essential matter which has been argued before me is whether or not the order for payment out to Crossman Block should now be confirmed . |
| 4 | Conversely , national issues which were serious or even explosive before 1914 have receded : I am thinking of the famous ‘ Macedonian Question ’ , the Ukraine , or even the demand for the restoration of historic Poland . |
| 5 | Mr Deputy Speaker , er i you will have observed that the two front benches have spoken at incredible length and you have had to reprimand them , or certainly the opposition for er going away from the subject matter and do you not er believe that it would have been far better to allow some back benchers to get . |
| 6 | Although perhaps the paradigm for the village school was some idyllic haven seen on a summer 's day , the report is still a good review of the position and can be related to other parts of Western Europe . |
| 7 | Some patients may have preexisting conditions , e.g. diabetes mellitus , which , although not the reason for their current admission , may affect their care . |
| 8 | If top panel is without perspective and bottom is nothing but perspective , then is that not the place for a different kind of vision ? |
| 9 | Launer , which carries the Royal Warrant , offers far more than just the style for which the Queen is famous . |
| 10 | Even before last week 's double blitz the Compensation Agency for Northern Ireland was facing record pay-outs this year — more than double the total for 1991–92 . |
| 11 | That would more than double the income for the exchequer next year providing two point three billion pounds . |
| 12 | The existence of economies of scale in family life ( bulk buying , spreading fixed costs , etc. ) means that , although two can not live as cheaply as one ( it seems to us at least ) , cohabitation means that a given per capita standard can be maintained for two at less than double the expenditure for one . |
| 13 | The ministers approved a budget of 192,000,000 ECU for the period to 1992 , more than double the award for the expiring two-year phase ; they also agreed to open talks with the EFTA members with a view to extending the scheme . |
| 14 | Prior to World War I , infant mortality rates in the workhouses were more than double the rate for the entire population . |
| 15 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |
| 16 | Although neither the correlation for right nor left turns is significant in its own right ( 10 degrees of freedom ) they are both in the direction predicted , moreover , the difference between these two correlations is significant , z=1.85 , p<0.05 . |
| 17 | Detecting mutations by hybridising products of the reaction with allele specific oligonucleotides is possible , although again the need for two distinct procedures is a drawback . |
| 18 | More than likely the explanation for such results lay simply in the fact that the elderly , institutionalized patients who formed Cameron 's subjects were so pleased to be noticed and made a fuss of in experiments of this sort that their memories improved as a consequence . |
| 19 | The inedibility of the early land plants to animals and , apparently , fungi led to the great Coal Measures of the Carboniferous and thus to the fuel of the Industrial Revolution and thence the technology for the destruction of those forests ' successors . |
| 20 | Complex technology requires large-scale production , and so the need for huge investments of capital and large organisational structures . |
| 21 | Lynall Urwick put forward a counter-argument that a wide span of control had been possible in this example because the work of the merchandising managers did not interlock , and so the need for coordination and integration was not present : this reduced the burdens of supervision and made a wider span of control feasible . |
| 22 | If UK exports or capital inflows into the UK are paid for in foreign currencies , then UK residents will sell these currencies in foreign exchange markets to purchase pounds , since only the latter can be spent in the domestic economy , and so the demand for pounds will rise . |
| 23 | He says that prisoners who are addicts face the problem of drug withdrawal , and so the demand for drugs is often high . |
| 24 | As prices rise , the value of transactions rises and so the demand for money rises . |
| 25 | Her family soon knew what to expect and so the potential for resentment was never allowed to build up . |
| 26 | Just before we packed up and got aboard the truck , I piped up and down the beach for a few moments . |
| 27 | He 's been travelling up and down the country for over a quarter of a century watching the Clarets and he would n't dream of being anywhere else but on the coach to Brighton on Boxing Day . |
| 28 | He left his job as Chairman of Ratners in November and was busy searching up and down the country for another shop . |
| 29 | He 's been playing the part in theatres up and down the country for over a year , so he 's had several first nights for this production alone . |
| 30 | It must have had the throat of a raven because it cuckooed its way up and down the valley for weeks on end . |