Example sentences of "[conj] for the [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Dostoevsky had no use for the two peasants or for the hood and the cudgel , but he wanted the cap . |
| 5 | ( 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 . |
| 6 | ( 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 . |
| 7 | In recent years they have been streamlined to the point where they are totally identical , except for the name and the cover . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ No one , except for the parson and the undertaker 's men . |
| 10 | He picked up the canvas shoulder-bag , which was empty except for the map and a compass . |
| 11 | It was like a dance without music , silence through the whole barn except for the tapping and the quiet thud of the hoofs . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The body 's asleep , drunk , inert except for the arm and the hand . |
| 14 | Except for the drumming and chanting coming from the temple , and the photo display of the horrors of VD which had attracted a huge audience of twelve-year-olds . |
| 15 | All thoughts and concepts , at least , except for the stranger and his blue box . |
| 16 | Just such a perspective was provided by the New Testament , the gospel of good news , with its doctrines of incarnation , resurrection and atonement , which separated Christians from Jews and in the process did away with the shadow-land of Sheol , except for the heathen and the damned . |
| 17 | Disabled access is available at all venues except for the Hospitium and Bedern Hall . |
| 18 | When he went inside , the place was deserted except for the barman and Devlin at the piano . |
| 19 | ( 5 ) that the spending plans submitted should fall within the guidelines described earlier in that the money should not be spent on sets of textbooks , nor for the furnishing or decoration of premises , and that no more than 20% should be allocated to non-book resources |
| 20 | Unfortunately , the savage wretches had no use for paper money , nor for the apparatus and infrastructure of a moneyed society . |
| 21 | Such clichés fill her first speech of welcome to Wilekin with a set of offers that for the reader and writer are ironically naive in the context of which we are aware : ( " If you like , come and sit , and what your will is , let me know , my dear life . |
| 22 | This kind of accommodation would have been more suitable for the servants than for the owner and his family . |
| 23 | Prior to the passing of the SGSA , s 7(4) of the UCTA prevented exclusion of liability for breach of warranties of title and quiet possession " arising by implication of law " ( see s 7(1) ) , in business contracts ( other than for the sale and hire purchase of goods ) under which possession or ownership of goods was transferred , unless such exclusion passed the test of reasonableness . |
| 24 | Rosewood is also the choice for the fingerboard , although for the neck and headstock Encore have opted to use a single piece of sakura . |
| 25 | Another possibility if for the user or the analyst ( or both ) to develop a ‘ prototype ’ . |
| 26 | Particular provisions were made for first offenders and for the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts . |
| 27 | The Declaration outlines proposals for the lifting of censorship , the maintenance of press freedom , and for the funding and support of non-governmental publications . |
| 28 | Conditions were thus ripe by the height of the emancipation campaign in the late 1820s and early 1830s for the cheap and rapid production of vast quantities of antislavery material and for the expansion and relative cheapness — and consequent probable expansion in readership — of newspapers . |
| 29 | Finishing school DECORATIVE painters James Kerr and Alistair Erskine , whose commissions include work at St James 's Palace and for the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch , are sharing their skills . |
| 30 | There will be targets for waiting times , for answering calls and for the promptness and accuracy of benefit payments and customer satisfaction surveys will be carried out . |