Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] for [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of writing the only categories are see , go , stop and syntax ( syntax words are words like " in " , " of " and " and " , which would not be indexed or searched for in a subject search system , but which can possibly be used to modify the weighting of other words in a search request ) . |
| 2 | in the assessment of damages for the breach of any of the Warranties full credit shall be given for the amount by which as at Completion the value of any current assets of the Business was greater or any current liability of the Business was less than the figure at which it was stated or provided for in the Accounts ; |
| 3 | The analysis which follows in the succeeding five chapters attempts to show that they are irksome ; and indeed many are immovable without other deep-seated changes in society ; and that these can not be advocated or struggled for on the grounds of soil conservation alone . |
| 4 | With this sort of hierarchical team , the possibility of idiosyncratic judgements is minimized , and with the control of the recording in the supervisors ' hands , errors are more readily noted at the time they occur and can be corrected or allowed for in the subsequent analysis . |
| 5 | A market downturn in rig moves was more than compensated for by a significant increase in supporting offshore construction projects . |
| 6 | Any disappointment he may feel over the delay has been more than compensated for by the news that tickets for this year 's event are already selling fast . |
| 7 | While they might find ‘ delinquent ’ behaviour , in its many manifestations , irritating , as the role of juvenile labour in the production process was always either peripheral or auxiliary , the ‘ delinquency ’ was more than compensated for by the advantages of using young workers who were cheap , malleable , non-unionized , easy to recruit and just as easy to dismiss . |
| 8 | Some tone did go , but this was more than compensated for by the Power Tool 's onboard EQ . |
| 9 | The insects are only an annoyance on the rare days when there is n't a breeze blowing , and are more than compensated for by the wealth of bird life in the area And it is not only birds . |
| 10 | But the inward drift slows slightly as the extra dissipative losses are more than compensated for by the energy and angular momentum which the bar pumps in at this point — recall that the bar is here going around faster than the gas , so it has a tendency to spin the gas up as well as a tendency to cause it to radiate vigorously . |
| 11 | This is more of a glider trait and , while it takes a little getting used to , it is more than compensated for by the aircraft 's power-off glide abilities . |
| 12 | For those on the margins or in casual labour the extra mouths to feed in infancy was more than compensated for by the potentially increased sources of income and domestic help in childhood and adolescence . |
| 13 | Every Sunday morning when his wife woke him he soundly ( if silently ) cursed his adopted religion ; but the hell of getting up when all sensible creatures were lost in lovely sleep , was more than compensated for by the feeling of well-being after Mass , which made him beam and glow like an advertisement for salts — ‘ It 's Inner Cleanliness that counts ! ’ — ; and look forward with relish to eggs and bacon with a righteous sense of having earned them , and the lazy hours to follow . |
| 14 | As the black hole loses mass , the area of its event horizon gets smaller , but this decrease in the entropy of the black hole is more than compensated for by the entropy of the emitted radiation , so the second law is never violated . |
| 15 | While some forms of employment in the area have declined ( for example , in the railway workshops ) , they have been more than compensated for by the high technology boom and its associated distribution and service industries . |
| 16 | An outcome such as 4 raises A's utility to and B's to Intuitively , what is happening is that A 's loss of utility from the reduction of her own income is being more than compensated for by the knowledge that B 's income is also falling . |
| 17 | Hence the loss of areas 3 + 5 to the UK is more than compensated for by the remittance of profits from Germany , as area 10 is greater than areas 3 + 5 . |
| 18 | These setbacks however were more than compensated for by the successes . |
| 19 | If you 're a single parent and sick of being written about as a problem , rather than written for as a reader , One Parent Plus ( Jane Ward , Optima , £4.99 ) should be a refreshing change . |
| 20 | Mr Paine , I feel sure , will be a candidate for some award or other and I trust he will remember the couple whose bravery obviously far exceeded that called for in the normal course of duty . |
| 21 | However that may be , we are satisfied that the plain natural meaning of section 1(1) was that contended for by the Attorney-General . |
| 22 | Advertising revenue fell by less than 1 p.c. to £88.2m , and the 23 p.c. fall in pre-tax profits to £8.62m was more than accounted for by a £1.6m rise in its Channel 4 subscription and by £2.36m of exceptional staff cutting costs . |
| 23 | While it is a premium to the market , it should be more than accounted for by the property . |
| 24 | After nearly perishing on the moors , she is taken in and cared for by the Reverend St John Rivers and his sisters Mary and Diana . |
| 25 | Payment quarters mainly reflect visits done in the preceding quarter but also include visits made and claimed for in the first month of the payment quarter . |
| 26 | Those who are mentally alert may not find it easy or pleasant to take help from the very ones they have supported and cared for over the years . |
| 27 | Demands on social services to provide support are rising steadily as are those made on voluntary groups and organisations who strive to support both carer and cared for with the limited financial and physical resources they have available . |
| 28 | The room had been vandalized — viciously so ; but it was equally apparent that it had been furnished and cared for at a level totally different from the other rooms . |
| 29 | All this is stored and cared for in the six large unheated cupboards in the linen room . |
| 30 | Storms had wrecked the Spanish fleet on the shores of West Ireland , and the refugees had been welcomed and cared for by the Irish people . |