Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then contact either on or on for further details . |
| 2 | Direct Line Insurance is Britain 's largest direct insurer and had been running at 100,000 new policies or thereabouts for three years . |
| 3 | ( 1 ) incomplete adaptation — since not all features of JC would be sufficiently salient to be " noticeable " for the purposes of adaptation , some of these would " slip through " and would fail to be adapted ( 2 ) inconsistency — due to possible learning or memory constraints , or perhaps for other reasons not well understood , some adaptations would be made haphazardly , so that the same item might appear sometimes in its LE variant , sometimes in its JC form ( 3 ) misadaptation — where the systems of JC and LE differ in such a way that adapting correctly requires recognising a contrast that exists in JC but not in LE , we would expect LE speakers to " get it wrong " some of the time , creating forms which are neither the target ( JC ) nor LE . |
| 4 | Select part , or all , of the following paragraphs , according to whether the parties have been recently widowed/divorced or alone for many years . ) |
| 5 | As a guide , there are roughly six glasses to a bottle of wine , 25 measures to a 70cl bottle of spirits and four glasses , or enough for six mixers in a 500ml/18fl oz bottle of tonic . |
| 6 | Essences are used as a periodic treatment ; either once a week or daily for two weeks with a three to four week interval before resuming again . |
| 7 | Whatever the support or not for these values , the book fails to recognize the wider changes that have gone on in the family and in gender relations , changes which may be quite separate in origin from the question of poverty , although they add to the poverty of women and children . |
| 8 | Is the land — the slopes and the soils — suitable for ploughing and growing crops , or just for grazing animals ? |
| 9 | Planrainwater'sts died when exposed to 2 ppm or more for 14 days . |
| 10 | Expect to pay £4,000 for a serviceable car , £6,000 for one of quality ( rust-free body , sound engine ) , £10,000 or more for outstanding examples . |
| 11 | Taxis , limousines and chauffeur-driven Rolls Royces disgorged their occupants and luggage twenty trunks or more for some passengers — into a crowd of porters , stewards , sleek businessmen , tycoons , bright young things , would-bc debutantes , aristocrats , parvenus , celebrities , movie-stars , and all the families and friends who made up the send-off party . |
| 12 | Three remembered having iron injections in childhood , two had received iron during pregnancy , and the other nine had taken courses of iron or folic acid , or both for many years . |
| 13 | The college authorities did not aim solely or mainly for brilliant scholars or outstanding athletes , but to develop and train those who were capable of a good pass or honours degree . |
| 14 | Er the Government find it absolutely unacceptable for people to wait on trolleys , once the decision for admission has been made er but My Lords sometimes it is necessary to wait er for observation purposes or sometimes for diagnostic treatments , er which actually have to take place in the A and E department er but My Lords it 's very interesting to see how similar hospitals vary , even within the same vicinity and we believe a great deal of this is due to poor management . |
| 15 | ‘ We pulled him in once or twice for minor offences , but we were pretty sure he was involved in an armed raid in Plymouth . |
| 16 | Client will not be liablewhether under this indemnity or otherwise for any claims arising directly or indirectly from the gross negligence or wilful default of any Indemnified Person . |
| 17 | As Graff argues , literacy can only be understood in context : ‘ it can be established neither arbitrarily nor uniformly for all members of the population ’ ( 1979 , p. 292 ) . |
| 18 | The archive material has been found to be remarkably full , where it exists , but to have considerable gaps , so that only for short periods in particular cities can the levels of illegitimacy be assessed and compared with regional levels . |
| 19 | Policemen also disliked dealing with rape , although obviously for different reasons . |
| 20 | Gibbons et al. ( 1978a ) demonstrated that treatment by social workers using a standardized task-centred approach ( Reid and Epstein 1972 ) was more effective in terms of improving patients ' social problems than traditional care recommended by psychiatrists , although only for female patients ( Gibbons 1979 ) . |
| 21 | In Germany , municipal waste can be landfilled only after being sorted and processed ; in France , tough new landfill standards have recently been introduced ; in Britain , higher standards for new landfills ( although not for existing ones ) are being introduced under the terms of the 1990 Environmental Protection Act . |
| 22 | It is more common than not for upper-class women to join some religious or philanthropic organization which engages in charity work with the poor , in sharp contrast to the Popular Church 's emphasis on self-organization for change . |
| 23 | As the same melody is used more than once for different words , no kind of ‘ word painting ’ can take place , for the notes which may be used for joy in one verse may be needed for melancholy in another . |
| 24 | Improved cost control — nowadays more important than ever for local businesses — as invoices can list who has been buying what and when on your Shell account , and the card can remove the need to settle your account with cash or cheques . |
| 25 | So that here for past services there is ample justification for the promise to give the third share . |
| 26 | Motherhood today often involves giving up paid employment ( although nowadays for shorter periods than in the past ) , and with it the sense of identity and community that work affords . |
| 27 | But the students rarely do , except occasionally for athletic contests . |
| 28 | He was a rugged but skilful wing-half , first for Oxford City where he had his roots , and latterly for Corinthian Casuals , a club embodying the Corinthian spirit he did so much to preserve . |
| 29 | And friendship with Clan Diarmaid , that we 've been fighting off and on for five generations ! |
| 30 | We 've been retrying to get recognition nationally and locally for fifteen years . |