Example sentences of "[conj] for the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Designed long ago , the defences of Famagusta consisted of towers and wallwalks , battlements and arrow slits , without proper seating for cannon , or for the ventilation that cannon demanded . |
| 2 | What evidence can be gleaned for the ‘ Queen Margaret ’ school , or for the counter-argument that such changes are largely a matter of style rather than substance , by examining the procedure and mechanics of government since 1979 ? |
| 3 | That discretion would not be exercised reasonably if no reasonable Minister could conclude that the issuing of the warrant was necessary in the interests of national security or for the prevention or detection of crime . |
| 4 | The terror , however , was not for herself or for the children but for Edward , who might realise that what he was saying was true . |
| 5 | By virtue of ss 20–1 of the 1890 Act , partnership property consists of property brought originally into partnership stock , or acquired ( by purchase or otherwise ) on account of the firm or for the purposes and in the course of the partnership business . |
| 6 | Sections 20 and 21 deal with the holding of partnership property as follows : s20 ( 1 ) All property and rights and interests in property originally brought into the partnership stock or acquired , whether by purchase or otherwise , on account of the firm or for the purposes and in the course of the partnership business , are called in this Act partnership property , and must be held and applied by the partners exclusively for the purposes of the partnership and in accordance with the partnership agreement . |
| 7 | I could see no point in the takeover either for Andrew Stavanger personally , or for the T. and T. company . |
| 8 | Although Winch contends that there can not be causes for the rules followed or for the intentions and motives of the actors who follow them , other philosophers disagree . |
| 9 | The expression ‘ dishonestly appropriates ’ in clause 1(1) means the same as ‘ fraudulently converts to his own use or benefit , or for the use or benefit of any other person ’ in [ the Larceny Act 1916 , section ] 20(1) ( iv ) ; but the former expression is shorter and , we hope , clearer . |
| 10 | A feature of such stories is their selectivity , for they omit to mention the number of part-time reserve police who are unemployed or in low-status employment , or who sign up for mercenary reasons or for the power and respect that they believe accompanies the uniform . |
| 11 | Dostoevsky had no use for the two peasants or for the hood and the cudgel , but he wanted the cap . |
| 12 | Nobody in the SDLP criticised Currie for his espousal of Thatcherism or for the fact that he stood against and defeated a Labour candidate to get into the Dail . |
| 13 | ( 1 ) Where an application is made for a new licence , or for the renewal or permanent transfer of a licence , by an applicant who is not an individual natural person , the following provisions of this section shall apply . |
| 14 | ( 4 ) An applicant for the grant of a new licence , including the provisional grant of such a licence , or for the renewal or permanent transfer of a licence may appeal to the sheriff against a refusal of a licensing board to grant , renew or transfer the licence , as the case may be . |
| 15 | I ca n't think of anything except for the biscuits because I 've run out of biscuits . |
| 16 | This is an identical result to the one just described ( Fig. 3.1 ) for the maximum bone count , but it provides additional information that there is considerable bone loss more or less evenly spread across the mammalian skeleton ( except for the phalanges and metapodials ) . |
| 17 | In recent years they have been streamlined to the point where they are totally identical , except for the name and the cover . |
| 18 | Central to their economic strategy was a commitment to reduce public expenditure ( except for the law and order budget ) and the breaking of the power of the trade unions . |
| 19 | Often visitors to Paris used the good offices of their embassies or legations to procure an invitation , for on these occasions there were no formal presentations to the Emperor or the Empress , except for the Ambassadors and their wives . |
| 20 | There are no committee members , no officers , and no hard plans for the future , except for the hope that the people at this meeting will go out and spread the word in other parts of the country . |
| 21 | ‘ No one , except for the parson and the undertaker 's men . |
| 22 | Except for the climbers and ramblers , which are amenable to being trained and grown on walls and fences , roses can be said to positively dislike being shut in . |
| 23 | He picked up the canvas shoulder-bag , which was empty except for the map and a compass . |
| 24 | So out I went , Halton is ringed with beautiful beech forests and one of my training runs just happened to take me through one of these forests where I felt I was utterly safe except for the birds and the bees . |
| 25 | Except for the flies that is which had the persistence of pit bull terriers . |
| 26 | It was like a dance without music , silence through the whole barn except for the tapping and the quiet thud of the hoofs . |
| 27 | This meant that on the blonde version the entire bass — body , neck and fingerboard — was light-coloured wood , except for the scratchplate and the front of the headstock . |
| 28 | Seems reasonable , except for the fact that he has n't cut the mortises for the mullions . |
| 29 | It 's terrible if you take a lot of it because it 's just bad for your personality — not for your health , except for the fact that you get thin . |
| 30 | Well , that was all fine and dandy , except for the fact that there was n't one sign in clones for the Kilturk checkpoint . |