Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This effect was greater for subjects reading aloud than for silent reading and larger again for subjects who were led to expect a test on what they had read . |
| 2 | If the degree of rotation was very small , so that for each dot the nearest neighbour is its own image , this would not be surprising : all that need be done is to draw imaginary lines between all pairs of nearest neighbours , and those lines will circle the centre of rotation . |
| 3 | They had bought a house in London so that for some time each year they could be in England , and now , with the baby almost due , Felipe had brought Maggie back . |
| 4 | On the other hand most research materials are retained in stock indefinitely , so that for any work where the condition has seriously deteriorated the tendency is to bind rather than to discard . |
| 5 | If a circular cylinder of orthotropic symmetry is used with axis along 3 , the apparent shear modulus to insert in Equation ( 5.3 ) is so that for this geometry a unique value for is unobtainable . |
| 6 | It is always a pleasure to go to Goldsmiths ' Hall , and never more so than for this event when the stately rooms provide the perfect background for contemporary work . |
| 7 | Any of the following tests would be regarded as suitable proof : Passes in the JMB Test in English ( Overseas ) at grade 3 or better up to June 1989 , the JMB Test in English for Speakers of Other Languages from March 1990 ; the AEB Test in English for Educational Purposes at grade III or better in listening , reading and writing ; the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English at grade C or better ; the Oxford-Arels Examination ( Higher level ) at Credit or Distinction level ; the IELTS ( British Council/University of Cambridge ) , with an average score of 6 or better and for each component a score of 5 or better ; TOEFL with a score of 550 or better ; the London GCE O level Syllabus B in English Language at grade C or better or in an approved SCE or GCE syllabus in English are acceptable for this purpose . |
| 8 | Widows ' pension is normally paid automatically once you have sent off your completed form BW1 , so if for any reason you do not receive it you should enquire at your local Social Security office . |
| 9 | They are free to rotate and the brakes work , so if for any reason a wheels-up arrival is made there should be little or no damage to the airframe . |
| 10 | So if for any reason I feel like adding on some points I will do , and equally I 'll decide to take some points off if I feel like it . |
| 11 | There are options for calculating the critical path only and for each phase or network to be scheduled from the project start date , permitting multiple phases to be scheduled at the same time . |
| 12 | That school , like many of its contemporaries , was essentially a ‘ professionalizing ’ school preparing its better students for the more dignified occupations , rather than for higher education ( a development that was not to be fully realized until after 1945 and the expansion of the universities ) . |
| 13 | The Institute , now renamed the International Federation of Documentation , set out to design a standard international classification scheme primarily for documentation rather than for general library use . |
| 14 | It was further suggested that the principal value of the new statement might be for reference purposes rather than for wide circulation . |
| 15 | I shall start by considering in section 4.3 some variables which are characteristic of Belfast English , but which seem to function at a somewhat higher level of generality than those that we have mentioned so far — as identity markers for the community as a whole rather than for internal differentiation within it . |
| 16 | For the most part , however , these systems were of limited range , designed for the battlefield rather than for strategic use and more suitable for targets in Khuzestan than Tehran . |
| 17 | They will eventually be forced to adjust their attitudes towards regional security to allow for popular attitudes , rather than for Western preference , or face dangerous domestic unrest and a radical intensification of Islam and Arab nationalism . |
| 18 | To others it may seem like a recipe for disaster rather than for successful research . |
| 19 | The first-level supervision , known as the deputy , stood in a service rather than an executive relation , his responsibilities being for safety , maintenance of supplies , and shot-firing rather than for direct supervision . |
| 20 | Perhaps the most interesting Scottish bishop of his day , he was remembered for his scholarship and his good nature , rather than for any accomplishment . |
| 21 | To reduce the relationship between science and religion to one of conflict may also obscure the possibility that , when students of nature were persecuted by ecclesiastical authorities , it was for theological heresies rather than for scientific heterodoxy . |
| 22 | As you can see , the wax has dissolved away extremely quickly , easily except for that lump . |
| 23 | Career choice is a continual process , not a once and for all decision . |
| 24 | Moreover , as things stand , contracting out is not a once and for all decision . |
| 25 | This year 's 6% , I hope , is a once and for all beast , but I am still worried ’ . |
| 26 | So even though you may have paid what you thought was a once and for all registration fee on qualifying prior to 1983 , if you wish to remain eligible to practise you are now required to update your registration status with the Council if you have not already done so . |
| 27 | This is clearly not a once and for all time decision . |
| 28 | Have you summoned the ancient golden strength , to bind me to you once and for all time ? |
| 29 | To discover that real face that is our own amongst the images , the image of a face that will give us a face once and for all time , remains a fantasy rather than a realisable project . |
| 30 | Slade LJ continued by pointing out that , although the breach of a positive covenant is not always capable of remedy : Nevertheless , I would , for my part , accept … submission that the breach of a positive covenant ( whether it be a continuing breach or a once and for all breach ) will ordinarily be capable of remedy … the concept of capability of remedy for the purpose of section 146 must surely be directed to the question whether the harm that has been done to the landlord by the relevant breach is for practicable purposes capable of being retrieved . |