Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not about violence or brutal police officers and I say that because for the last few years there 's been an awful lot of publicity about the particularly in the Metropolitan area and I ask you you will have read some terrible things about certain police officers . |
| 2 | Brigade officers said that but for the two men 's prompt action the woman almost certainly would have died . |
| 3 | And she might have accepted that but for the wry flicker in the eyes of the reflection that had looked back at her from the bathroom mirror . |
| 4 | The area of Washington I know best lies around Dupont Circle , its streets now ablaze with pink , purple and white azaleas , the pavement cafes now opening up , and where for the past two decades the left think tank , the Institute for Policy Studies , has been loc-ated . |
| 5 | And since for the successful confection and storage of many , although not all , potted meats and fish , clarified butter is a necessary adjunct , it seems only fair to warn readers that the process does involve a little bother , although a trifling one compared to the services rendered by a supply of this highly satisfactory sealing , mixing , and incidentally , frying ingredient . |
| 6 | He did so by wandering the streets , and when for the second time he passed the food office where she worked , he knew what he was going to do . |
| 7 | And as for the gawping idiots — have n't you thought how useful a little judicious publicity could be ? |
| 8 | And as for the young singers , they certainly gave the design the stamp of approval . |
| 9 | There 's nothing you can do about the latter , and as for the former you 'll simply have to stop worrying . |
| 10 | He said Advanced Micro 's announcement it plans to ship ‘ hundreds of thousands ’ of 80486 chips this year amounts to about one week of Intel 's total productive capacity , and as for the latter 's plans to line up a manufacturing partner to boost production in 1994 , he said he doubts the company will find much excess capacity in the industry — and any company acting as a partner with Advanced Micro could face legal action , but he would not say what Intel might do . |
| 11 | There was no way Guy Sterne could be remotely interested in her , and as for the other way around … |
| 12 | And as for the three highlanders lounging around the spikey Volkswagen . |
| 13 | And as for the ensuing year , and that they be paid for the services , a sum to be determined by the N C V O Executive Committee . |
| 14 | And as for the National Health Service , well , it is n't financing my work now ! |
| 15 | But as for the long-term , he acknowledges that non-IBM sales will be key to Havant 's success , and says that he hopes to see half of the plant 's output going to new customers . |
| 16 | but as for the dead they have conscious of nothing at all |
| 17 | However , The Folio Society is dedicated to producing books of outstanding quality at affordable prices : classics and curiosities , published as though for the first time , with specially commissioned illustrations to enhance the text . |
| 18 | She 'd accused him of always looking at other women : looking , looking , as though for the next conquest . |